1989_Norwegian_parliamentary_election

1989 Norwegian parliamentary election
All 165 seats in the Storting; 83 seats needed for a majority
	Results by county
Prime Minister before election; Gro Harlem Brundtland; Labour	Prime Minister after election ; Jan P. Syse; Conservative

1989 Norwegian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 10 and 11 September 1989.^[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 63 of the 165 seats.

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The non-socialist parties gained a majority, and Jan P. Syse became prime minister of a coalition minority cabinet consisting of the Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic Party, and the Centre Party. This cabinet was disbanded a year later after the Centre Party broke with the Conservatives over the Norwegian EU membership issue. Gro Harlem Brundtland became prime minister in 1990, forming a minority Labour government until the 1993 election four years later.

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Name			Ideology	Position	Leader	1985 result
Name			Ideology	Position	Leader	Votes (%)	Seats
	Ap	Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet	Social democracy	Centre-left	Gro Harlem Brundtland	40.8%	71 / 167
	H	Conservative Party Høyre	Conservatism	Centre-right	Jan P. Syse	30.4%	50 / 167
	KrF	Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	Kjell Magne Bondevik	8.2%	16 / 167
	Sp	Centre Party Senterpartiet	Agrarianism	Centre	Johan J. Jakobsen	6.6%	12 / 167
	SV	Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	Erik Solheim	5.4%	6 / 167
	FrP	Progress Party Fremskrittspartiet	Classical liberalism	Right-wing	Carl I. Hagen	3.7%	2 / 167
	V	Liberal Party Venstre	Social liberalism	Centre	Arne Fjørtoft	3.1%	0 / 167

Party		Original slogan
	Labour Party	Ny vekst for Norge
	Conservative Party
	Centre Party
	Christian Democratic Party	La livet leve
	Liberal Party
	Progress Party	Vi vil gjøre noe med det!
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

1989 Norwegian general election debates
Date	Organiser	P Present I Invitee N Non-invitee
		Ap	H	KrF	Sp	Sv	Frp	V	Ms	Mdg	Refs
											Refs
21 August 1989	NRK	P Gro Harlem Brundtland	N Jan P. Syse	N Kjell Magne Bondevik	N Johan J. Jakobsen	N Erik Solheim	P Carl I. Hagen	N Arne Fjørtoft	N Einar Edvardsen	N Birte Simonsen	^[5]
31 August 1989	NRK	N Gro Harlem Brundtland	N Jan P. Syse	P Kjell Magne Bondevik	N Johan J. Jakobsen	N Erik Solheim	P Carl I. Hagen	N Arne Fjørtoft	N Einar Edvardsen	N Birte Simonsen	^[6]
6 September 1989	NRK	P Gro Harlem Brundtland	P Jan P. Syse	N Kjell Magne Bondevik	N Johan J. Jakobsen	N Erik Solheim	N Carl I. Hagen	N Arne Fjørtoft	N Einar Edvardsen	N Birte Simonsen	^[7]
8 September 1989	NRK	P Gunnar Berge, Gro Harlem Brundtland	P Jan P. Syse	P Kjell Magne Bondevik	P Johan J. Jakobsen	P Erik Solheim	P Carl I. Hagen	P Arne Fjørtoft	P Einar Edvardsen	P Birte Simonsen	^[8]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	907,393	34.27	63	–8
	Conservative Party	588,682	22.23	37	–13
	Progress Party	345,185	13.04	22	+20
	Socialist Left Party	266,782	10.08	17	+11
	Christian Democratic Party	224,852	8.49	14	–2
	Centre Party	171,269	6.47	11	–1
	Liberal Party	84,740	3.20	0	0
	County Lists for Environment and Solidarity	22,139	0.84	0	New
	Environment Party The Greens	10,136	0.38	0	New
	Stop the Immigration	8,963	0.34	0	New
	Future for Finnmark	8,817	0.33	1	New
	Pensioners' Party	7,863	0.30	0	0
	Liberals – Europe Party	470	0.02	0	New
	Common Future	313	0.01	0	New
Total		2,647,604	100.00	165	+8

Valid votes		2,647,604	99.79
Invalid/blank votes		5,569	0.21
Total votes		2,653,173	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,190,311	83.16
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Ap	H	FrP	Sv	KrF	Sp	V	Others

Total vote	34.27%	22.23%	13.04%	10.08%	8.49%	6.47%	3.20%
Gender
Females	35.1%	22.2%	9.9%	11.6%	9.7%	6.6%	2.6%
Males	33.4%	22.2%	16.1%	8.6%	7.3%	6.3%	3.8%
Age
18–30 years old	24.1%	26.1%	21.4%	12.9%	4.2%	4.2%	4%
30-59 years old	36%	22%	10.2%	11.4%	7.3%	7.2%	3.3%
60 years old and older	41.5%	18.4%	10.4%	3.5%	16.2%	7.2%	2%
Work
low income	35%	17.5%	16.6%	9.5%	10.1%	5.3%	2.7%
Average income	36.9%	18%	13.9%	10.7%	8.9%	7.4%	2.7%
High income	28.1%	34.7%	9.1%	10.4%	5.5%	4.2%	4.9%
Education
Primary school	52.6%	11.4%	11.2%	6.2%	8.7%	6.8%	1.4%
High school	33%	21.6%	15.6%	9.6%	7.5%	7.7%	3%
University/college	14.8%	37.3%	8.1%	16.4%	10.9%	2.5%	6.1%

Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research^[9]

1989_Norwegian_parliamentary_election

1989 Norwegian parliamentary election

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Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	H	Frp	SV	KrF	Sp	FfF

Akershus	15	4	5	3	2		1
Aust-Agder	4	1	1	1		1
Buskerud	7	4	2	1
Finnmark	4	2			1			1
Hedmark	8	5	1		1		1
Hordaland	16	5	4	3	1	2	1
Møre og Romsdal	10	3	2	1	1	2	1
Nord-Trøndelag	6	3	1		1		1
Nordland	12	5	2	1	2	1	1
Oppland	7	4	1	1			1
Oslo	16	5	5	3	2	1
Østfold	9	3	2	1	1	1	1
Rogaland	12	3	3	2	1	2	1
Sogn og Fjordane	5	2	1			1	1
Sør-Trøndelag	10	4	2	1	1	1	1
Telemark	6	2	1	1	1	1
Troms	6	3	1	1	1
Vest-Agder	5	2	1	1		1
Vestfold	7	3	2	1	1
Total	165	63	37	22	17	14	11	1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk