2029 Norwegian parliamentary election

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2029 Norwegian parliamentary election
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  2025
10 or 17 September 2029

All 169 seats in the Storting
85 seats needed for a majority
 
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Leader Jonas Gahr Støre Sylvi Listhaug Ine Eriksen Søreide
Party Labour Progress Conservative
Leader since14 June 20148 May 202114 February 2026
Leader's seat Oslo Møre og Romsdal Oslo
Last election53 seats, 28.0%47 seats, 23.8%24 seats, 14.6%

 
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Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (172654).jpg
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Leader Kirsti Bergstø Trygve Slagsvold Vedum Marie Sneve Martinussen
Party Socialist Left Centre Red
Leader since18 March 20237 April 201424 May 2024
Leader's seat Akershus Hedmark Akershus
Last election9 seats, 5.6%9 seats, 5.6%9 seats, 5.3%

 
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Dag-Inge Ulstein (cropped 3).jpg
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Leader Arild Hermstad Dag-Inge Ulstein Guri Melby
Party Green Christian
Democratic
Liberal
Leader since26 November 202222 August 202426 September 2020
Leader's seat Oslo Oslo
Last election8 seats, 4.7%7 seats, 4.2%3 seats, 3.7%

Incumbent Prime Minister

Jonas Gahr Støre
Labour



Parliamentary elections will be held in September 2029 to elect representatives to Norway's parliament, the Storting, for the period of 2029–2033. [1]

Contents

Parties

Parliamentary parties

The table below lists political parties elected to the Storting in the 2025 parliamentary election.

NameIdeologyPositionLeader 2025 result
Votes (%) Seats
Ap Labour Party
Arbeiderpartiet
Social democracy [2] Centre-left [3] Jonas Gahr Støre 28.0%
53 / 169
FrP Progress Party
Fremskrittspartiet
Right-wing populism [4] Right-wing [5] to far-right [6] Sylvi Listhaug 23.8%
47 / 169
H Conservative Party
Høyre
Liberal conservatism [7] Centre-right [8] Ine Eriksen Søreide 14.6%
24 / 169
SV Socialist Left Party
Sosialistisk Venstreparti
Socialism [9] Left-wing [10] Kirsti Bergstø 5.6%
9 / 169
Sp Centre Party
Senterpartiet
Agrarianism [11] Centre [12] Trygve Slagsvold Vedum 5.6%
9 / 169
R Red Party
Rødt
Marxism [13] Left-wing [14] to far-left [15] Marie Sneve Martinussen 5.3%
9 / 169
MDG Green Party
Miljøpartiet De Grønne
Green politics Centre-left [16] Arild Hermstad 4.7%
8 / 169
KrF Christian Democratic Party
Kristelig Folkeparti
Christian democracy [17] Centre-right [18] Dag-Inge Ulstein 4.2%
7 / 169
V Liberal Party
Venstre
Liberalism [19] Centre [20] to centre-right [21] Guri Melby 3.7%
3 / 169

Opinion polls

This section includes national voter intention polls listed on the Poll of Polls website. [22] The projected seat distribution for each poll, as listed on the website, is shown below the percentages. 85 seats are needed for a majority.

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2026

Polling executionPartiesBlocs
Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size
Resp.RedBlueOthersLeadRedBlueLead
R SV MDG Ap Sp V KrF H FrP
Norstat 16–21 Feb1,00379.97.7
13
5.1
9
4.5
8
21.8
40
5.3
9
2.3
1
4.0
7
20.0
35
26.6
47
2.8
0
ND 0.8
INP 0.7
K 0.4
4.8
7
44.4
79
52.9
90
8.5
11
Opinion 9–16 Feb1,00081.07.2
13
4.2
7
4.5
8
23.1
44
6.4
11
3.0
2
3.7
3
15.7
28
28.0
53
4.1
0
4.9
9
45.4
83
50.4
86
5.0
3
Respons Analyse 4–9 Feb1,002N/a7.8
15
4.5
8
3.4
2
24.9
46
5.2
10
3.9
3
3.5
3
18.0
33
26.1
49
2.6
0
1.2
3
45.8
81
51.5
88
5.7
7
Norfakta 3–4 Feb1,001N/a6.4
12
5.2
9
3.2
2
25.1
46
4.5
8
3.2
2
4.0
7
19.0
35
26.3
48
2.9
0
ND0.4
INP 0.8
Lib 0.1
1.2
2
44.4
77
52.5
92
8.1
15
InFact 2 Feb1,121N/a7.5
13
4.3
7
4.2
7
22.3
42
5.9
10
4.2
7
3.8
3
16.3
27
28.2
53
3.2
0
5.9
11
44.2
79
52.5
90
8.3
11
Opinion 26–31 Jan1,00082.97.1
13
4.1
8
3.1
2
27.2
48
5.9
11
4.4
8
3.6
3
17.3
32
23.7
44
4.5
0
2.5
4
47.4
82
49.0
87
1.6
3
Verian 26–30 Jan990N/a6.9
13
4.5
8
3.6
3
27.2
51
5.7
11
3.4
2
3.4
3
16.5
31
25.1
47
3.9
0
PP 0.5
ND 1.1
INP 0.6
K 0.6
2.1
4
47.9
86
48.4
83
0.5
-3
Norstat 27 Jan [a] 1,000N/a7.0
13
4.1
8
3.7
3
26.8
48
6.8
12
2.7
2
4.7
8
16.0
29
25.2
46
3.0
0
1.4
2
48.4
84
48.6
85
0.2
1
Opinion 12–19 Jan1,00079.06.3
11
5.7
10
4.8
9
23.2
44
5.3
9
2.5
2
3.1
2
18.0
32
27.2
50
3.9
0
4.0
6
45.3
83
50.8
86
5.5
3
Respons Analyse 7–9 Jan1,00183.86.4
11
5.5
9
4.0
7
25.2
47
4.8
8
3.2
2
3.5
3
17.4
32
27.9
50
2.2
0
2.7
3
45.9
82
52.0
87
6.1
5
Verian 5–8 Jan984N/a6.0
10
6.1
10
4.2
7
25.2
48
4.6
7
3.9
3
4.2
7
18.3
32
23.2
45
4.3
0
PP 1.0
ND 1.3
INP 0.1
K 0.6
2.0
3
46.1
82
49.6
87
3.5
5
Norfakta 6–7 Jan1,005N/a6.4
10
5.2
8
4.6
7
24.9
45
4.8
7
4.1
6
4.2
7
17.5
32
25.8
47
2.5
0
ND 1.3
INP 0.5
0.9
2
45.9
77
51.6
92
5.7
15
InFact 6 Jan1,018N/a6.0
10
5.0
8
4.7
8
21.3
42
5.6
9
3.0
2
4.0
7
15.0
25
31.9
58
3.5
0
PP 0.5
ND 1.0
INP 1.0
K 0.2
10.6
16
42.6
77
53.9
92
11.3
15
2025 election 8 Sep4,059,21880.15.3
9
5.6
9
4.7
8
28.0
53
5.6
9
3.7
3
4.2
7
14.6
24
23.8
47
4.3
0
4.2
6
49.2
88
46.3
81
2.9
7

2025

Polling executionPartiesBlocs
Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size
Resp.RedBlueOthersLeadRedBlueLead
R SV MDG Ap Sp V KrF H FrP
Opinion 8–15 Dec1,00082.07.6
14
4.5
9
3.7
3
25.1
47
5.8
11
3.2
2
2.9
1
18.1
34
25.2
48
3.8
0
0.1
1
46.7
84
49.4
85
3.0
1
Norstat 8–13 Dec1,000N/a6.4
11
5.2
9
4.5
8
24.1
45
4.4
7
4.0
7
3.0
2
17.2
30
27.3
50
3.9
0
PP 1.2
ND 0.6
INP 0.9
K 0.4
3.2
5
44.6
80
51.5
89
6.9
9
Respons Analyse 3–8 Dec1,000N/a7.0
11
5.7
9
4.2
7
22.8
42
6.0
10
4.1
7
3.1
2
17.5
32
27.7
49
2.0
0
4.9
7
45.7
79
52.4
90
6.7
11
Norfakta 2–3 Dec1,000N/a6.4
12
5.0
9
5.0
9
25.5
46
6.1
11
2.8
2
3.0
1
17.6
32
26.1
47
2.5
0
PP 0.8
ND 0.2
K 0.4
0.6
1
48.0
87
49.5
82
1.5
-5
Opinion 24 Nov2 Dec1,20181.06.9
12
5.1
9
3.7
3
22.2
42
6.0
11
4.7
8
4.0
3
17.8
32
26.7
49
2.9
0
4.5
7
42.6
77
53.2
92
10.6
15
InFact 1 Dec1,096N/a7.2
12
5.3
9
4.9
8
21.6
41
5.7
9
3.2
2
4.0
6
17.4
31
27.9
51
2.8
0
PP 0.1
ND 0.6
INP 0.4
K 0.4
6.3
10
44.7
79
52.5
90
7.8
11
Verian 1 Dec [a] N/aN/a5.5
10
5.0
9
5.8
10
23.2
42
6.8
12
3.6
2
4.2
7
17.1
30
25.6
47
3.3
0
PP 0.3
ND 0.9
INP 0.5
K 0.3
2.4
5
46.3
83
50.5
86
4.2
3
Norstat 18 Nov [a] 999N/a7.5
13
5.2
9
4.2
7
24.8
45
5.6
10
2.6
2
4.3
8
16.5
29
25.7
46
3.8
0
PP 1.0
ND 0.7
INP 0.5
K 0.4
0.9
1
47.3
84
49.1
85
1.8
1
Opinion 10–17 Nov1,00081.06.8
13
6.8
12
3.8
3
22.6
42
6.4
12
3.3
2
3.0
2
19.7
36
25.0
47
2.5
0
2.4
5
46.4
82
51.0
87
4.6
5
Respons Analyse 4–7 Nov1,000N/a6.4
11
5.5
9
4.5
8
22.0
42
6.2
10
3.8
3
4.3
7
18.7
32
25.7
47
3.0
0
3.7
5
44.6
80
52.5
89
7.9
9
InFact 5 Nov [a] N/aN/a7.4
13
4.9
9
3.7
3
22.3
42
5.9
11
3.7
3
4.3
8
16.9
31
27.1
49
3.8
0
PP 0.1
ND 0.7
INP 0.8
K 0.5
4.4
7
44.2
78
52.0
91
7.8
9
Norfakta 4–5 Nov1,003N/a6.2
11
4.7
8
5.1
9
24.3
45
5.4
10
3.2
2
3.7
3
16.6
29
27.3
52
3.4
0
PP 0.1
ND 1.0
INP 0.3
K 0.4
3.0
7
45.7
83
50.8
86
5.1
3
Opinion 27 Oct3 Nov1,00183.06.1
11
5.1
9
4.9
8
23.9
46
6.1
11
2.5
2
3.4
3
17.0
30
26.8
49
4.2
0
PP 0.7
ND 0.4
INP 1.1
K 0.6
2.9
3
46.1
85
49.7
84
3.6
-1
Verian 27–31 Oct1,194N/a6.3
10
5.8
9
4.1
6
25.0
48
5.5
8
4.6
7
5.7
9
15.9
30
23.3
42
3.9
0
PP 0.7
ND 0.2
INP 1.0
K 0.7
1.7
6
46.7
81
49.5
88
2.8
7
Norstat 21 Oct [a] N/aN/a6.7
12
5.4
10
4.8
9
26.2
49
5.5
10
3.9
3
3.5
3
16.6
30
23.5
43
3.9
0
PP 0.6
ND 0.5
INP 0.6
K 1.2
2.7
6
48.6
90
47.5
79
1.1
11
Opinion 13–20 Oct1,00083.06.9
11
7.0
11
3.8
3
24.8
49
5.4
8
4.3
7
4.8
7
16.2
31
23.2
42
3.7
0
1.6
7
47.9
82
48.5
87
0.6
5
Respons Analyse 8–13 Oct1,002N/a5.7
9
6.0
9
4.1
6
28.4
55
5.1
8
4.2
7
3.6
3
14.9
25
25.0
47
3.1
0
PP 0.3
ND 0.8
INP 0.7
K 0.3
3.4
8
49.3
87
47.7
82
1.6
5
Norfakta 7–8 Oct1,00690.05.9
10
4.9
8
4.5
7
29.0
54
4.5
7
3.4
2
4.4
7
15.1
25
25.5
49
4.9
0
PP 0.2
ND 1.5
INP 1.1
K 0.7
3.5
5
48.8
86
48.4
83
0.4
3
InFact 6 Oct1,094N/a5.6
9
5.5
9
5.5
9
28.8
54
4.8
8
2.8
2
4.6
7
13.9
22
25.3
49
3.1
0
3.5
5
50.2
89
46.6
80
3.6
9
Verian 29 Sep3 Oct992N/a6.2
10
5.8
9
4.4
7
29.4
55
5.9
9
4.2
6
4.1
6
15.0
26
21.6
41
3.4
0
PP 0.4
ND 0.8
INP 0.4
K 0.5
7.8
14
51.7
90
44.9
79
6.8
11
2025 election 8 Sep4,059,21880.15.3
9
5.6
9
4.7
8
28.0
53
5.6
9
3.7
3
4.2
7
14.6
24
23.8
47
4.3
0
4.2
6
49.2
88
46.3
81
2.9
7

Notes

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