Norway: number of votes in the Norwegian parliamentary election by party 2017

This statistic shows the number of votes of each political party received during the Norwegian parliamentary election on September 11, 2017. Arbeiderpartiet was the party in the parliament receiving most votes (800,949 votes). In second place came Høyre with 732,897 votes. Fremskrittspartiet ranked third with 444,683 votes. The next parliamentary election is set for September 2021.

Number of votes in the Norwegian parliamentary election in 2017, by party

Characteristic	Number of votes
Arbeiderpartiet	800,949
Høyre	732,897
Fremskrittspartiet	444,683
Senterpartiet	302,017
Sosialistisk Venstreparti	176,222
Venstre	127,911
Kristelig Folkeparti	122,797
Miljøpartiet De Grønne	94,788
Rødt	70,522
Others*	54,057

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Release date

September 2017

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Region

Norway

Survey time period

September 11, 2017

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

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Supplementary notes

* Pensjonistpartiet, Helsepartiet, Partiet De Kristne, Liberalistene, Demokratene i Norge, Piratpartiet, Alliansen, Kystpartiet, Nordmørslista, Feministisk Initiativ, Norges Kommunistiske Parti, Norgespartiet, Verdipartiet, Samfunnspartiet, Nordting.

Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) elections are held every four years. Seats in the Norwegian Parliament (total number 169) are distributed in accordance with a method known as proportional representation. The system guarantees that political parties gain seats in the Norwegian Parliament in proportion to the number of votes cast for them throughout the country.

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