Norwegian parliamentary election, 1989

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1989

10 and 11 September 1989
All 165 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 83 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   150x150px Leader Gro Harlem Brundtland Jan P. Syse Carl I. Hagen Party Labour Conservative Progress Last election 71 seats, 40.8% 50 seats, 30.4% 2 seats, 3.7% Seats won 63 37 22 Seat change 8 13 20 Popular vote 907,393 588,682 345,185 Percentage 34.3% 22.2% 13.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Erik Solheim Kjell Magne Bondevik Johan J. Jakobsen Party Socialist Left Christian Democratic Centre Last election 6 seats, 5.5% 16 seats, 8.3% 12 seats, 6.6% Seats won 17 14 11 Seat change 11 2 1 Popular vote 266,782 224,852 171,269 Percentage 10.1% 8.5% 6.5%   Seventh party   Leader Anders John Aune Party Future for Finnmark Last election New Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 8,817 Percentage 0.3%
Prime Minister before election Gro Harlem Brundtland Labour Prime Minister-designate Jan P. Syse Conservative

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

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 Center Party broke with the Conservatives due to the Norwegian EU membership issue. Thus the Labour Party was again in government at the 1993 election four years later.

Results

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Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	907,393	34.3	63	–8
Conservative Party	588,682	22.2	37	–13
Progress Party	345,185	13.0	22	+20
Socialist Left Party	266,782	10.1	17	+11
Christian People's Party	224,852	8.5	14	–2
Centre Party	171,269	6.5	11	–1
Liberal Party	84,740	3.2	0	0
County Lists for Environment and Solidarity	22,139	0.8	0	New
Environment Party The Greens	10,136	0.4	0	New
Stop Immigration	8,963	0.3	0	New
Future for Finnmark	8,817	0.3	1	New
Pensioners' Party	7,863	0.3	0	0
Liberals - Europe Party	470	0.0	0	New
Common Future	313	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	5,569	–	–	–
Total	2,653,173	100	165	+8
Registered voters/turnout	3,190,311	83.2	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver