KINGDOM OF NORWAY LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 14 SEPTEMBER 2009 ================================================================== Elections to the Storting Source: Norwegian government elections website Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------ * Ap - Arbeiderparti (Labour Party) * FrP - Fremskrittspartiet (Progress Party) * H - Høyre (Conservative Party) * KrF - Kristelig Folkeparti (Christian People's Party) * SP - Senterparti (Centre Party) * SV - Sosialistisk Venstreparti (Socialist Left Party) * V - Venstre (Left Party) NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ================================================================== Votes and seats are compared with the 2005 election ------------------------------------------------------------------ Registered voters: 3,503,785 Votes cast: 2,696,468 76.4 Invalid votes: 13,565 00.5 Valid votes: 2,682,903 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Change Seats Change ------------------------------------------------------------------ Centre Party (SP) 165,006 06.2 -00.3 11 Christian People's (KrF) 148,748 05.5 -01.3 10 -1 Conservative (H) 462,458 17.2 +03.1 30 +7 Labour Party (Ap) 949,049 35.4 +02.7 64 +3 Left Party (V) 104,144 03.9 -02.0 2 -8 Progress Party (FrP) 614,717 22.9 +00.8 41 +3 Socialist Left (SV) 166,361 06.2 -02.5 11 -4 Others 72,420 02.7 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 2,682,903 169 ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Labour Party will form a three-party coalition government with the Socialist Left and the Centre Party. SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS BY ELECTORAL BLOC ------------------------------------------------------------------ Electoral Bloc Votes % Change Seats Change ------------------------------------------------------------------ Left (Ap+SV+SP) 1,280,416 47.7 -00.3 86 -1 Right (FrP+KrF+H+V) 1,330,067 49.6 +00.7 83 +1 Others 72,420 02.7 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 2,682,903 169 ------------------------------------------------------------------ This table shows that, as in 2005, the Left coalition polled fewer votes than the combined parties of the Right, and won the election only because the electoral system favours the remote northern electoral districts where the Left has its strength.