1977 Norwegian parliamentary election

1977 Norwegian parliamentary election

11 and 12 September 1977
All 155 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 78 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Reiulf Steen Erling Norvik Lars Korvald Party Labour Conservative Christian Democratic Last election 62 seats, 35.3% 29 seats, 17.2% 20 seats, 11.9% Seats won 76 41 22 Seat change 14 12 2 Popular vote 972,434 563,783 224,355 Percentage 42.5% 24.5% 9.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gunnar Stålsett Berge Furre Hans Hammond Rossbach Party Centre Socialist Left Liberal Last election 21 seats, 6.8% 16 seats, 11.2% 2 seats, 2.3% Seats won 12 2 2 Seat change 9 14 0 Popular vote 184,087 96,248 54,243 Percentage 8.0% 4.2% 2.4%
Prime Minister before election Odvar Nordli Labour Elected Prime Minister Odvar Nordli Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 1977. The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 76 of the 155 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	972,434	42.3	76	+14
Conservative Party	563,783	24.5	41	+12
Christian People's Party	224,355	9.7	22	+2
Centre Party	184,087	8.0	12	–9
Non-socialist joint lists	111,412	4.8	[a]	–
Socialist Left Party	96,248	4.2	2	–14
Liberal Party	54,243	2.4	2	0
Progress Party	43,351	1.9	0	–4
New People's Party	22,524	1.0	0	–1
Red Electoral Alliance	14,515	0.6	0	0
Communist Party	8,448	0.4	0	–
Single Person's Party	2,740	0.1	0	0
Norwegian Democratic Party	1,322	0.1	0	0
Freely Elected Representatives	1,149	0.0	0	New
Lapp People's List	499	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	3,386	–	–	–
Total	2,304,496	100	155	0
Registered voters/turnout	2,780,190	82.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a Seven seats were won by joint lists, of which four went to the Christian People's Party, and one each to the Centre Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party.