Norwegian parliamentary election, 1985

Distribution of mandates after the 1985 Norwegian parliamentary election:

  Socialist Left Party

  Labour Party

  Centre Party

  Christian Democratic Party

  Conservative Party

  Progress Party

Norway

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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 8 and 9 September 1985. The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 71 of the 157 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	1,061,712	40.8	71	+5
Conservative Party	791,537	30.4	50	–3
Christian People's Party	214,969	8.3	16	+1
Centre Party	171,770	6.6	12	+1
Socialist Left Party	141,950	5.5	6	+2
Progress Party	96,797	3.7	2	–2
Liberal Party	81,202	3.1	0	–2
Red Electoral Alliance	14,818	0.6	0	0
Liberal People's Party	12,958	0.5	0	0
Pensioners' Party	7,846	0.3	0	New
Communist Party	4,245	0.2	0	New
Sunnmøre List	2,013	0.5	0	New
Freely Elected Representatives			0	0
Society Party			0	New
Non-Partisan List			0	New
Invalid/blank votes	3,619	–	–	–
Total	2,605,436	100	157	+2
Registered voters/turnout	3,100,479	84.0	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver