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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/50px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/75px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/100px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1993_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1993 Norwegian parliamentary election">1993</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>15 September 1997</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2001_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Norwegian parliamentary election">2001</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 165 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Storting" title="Storting">Storting</a><br />83 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #D70926;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland_(30366602783)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland_%2830366602783%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/93px-Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland_%2830366602783%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland_%2830366602783%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/139px-Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland_%2830366602783%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland_%2830366602783%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/185px-Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland_%2830366602783%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="722" data-file-height="1013" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #004F80;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carl_i_Hagen043_2E_jpg_DF0000062790.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Carl_i_Hagen043_2E_jpg_DF0000062790.jpg/97px-Carl_i_Hagen043_2E_jpg_DF0000062790.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Carl_i_Hagen043_2E_jpg_DF0000062790.jpg/146px-Carl_i_Hagen043_2E_jpg_DF0000062790.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Carl_i_Hagen043_2E_jpg_DF0000062790.jpg/195px-Carl_i_Hagen043_2E_jpg_DF0000062790.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="5336" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #ffd959;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kjell_Magne_Bondevik,_Norges_statsminister,_under_presskonferens_vid_Nordiska_radets_session_i_Stockholm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Kjell_Magne_Bondevik%2C_Norges_statsminister%2C_under_presskonferens_vid_Nordiska_radets_session_i_Stockholm.jpg/86px-Kjell_Magne_Bondevik%2C_Norges_statsminister%2C_under_presskonferens_vid_Nordiska_radets_session_i_Stockholm.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Kjell_Magne_Bondevik%2C_Norges_statsminister%2C_under_presskonferens_vid_Nordiska_radets_session_i_Stockholm.jpg/130px-Kjell_Magne_Bondevik%2C_Norges_statsminister%2C_under_presskonferens_vid_Nordiska_radets_session_i_Stockholm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Kjell_Magne_Bondevik%2C_Norges_statsminister%2C_under_presskonferens_vid_Nordiska_radets_session_i_Stockholm.jpg/173px-Kjell_Magne_Bondevik%2C_Norges_statsminister%2C_under_presskonferens_vid_Nordiska_radets_session_i_Stockholm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2336" data-file-height="3504" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland" title="Thorbjørn Jagland">Thorbjørn Jagland</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Carl_I._Hagen" title="Carl I. Hagen">Carl I. Hagen</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Kjell_Magne_Bondevik" title="Kjell Magne Bondevik">Kjell Magne Bondevik</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)" title="Progress Party (Norway)">Progress</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">Christian Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">36.91%, 67 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6.28%, 10 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.88%, 13 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>65</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">25 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">25 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>15 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>904,362</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">395,376 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">353,082 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>35.00%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">15.30% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13.66% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.91<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>9.02<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>5.78<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fifth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Sixth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #87add7;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J_Petersen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/J_Petersen.jpg/86px-J_Petersen.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/J_Petersen.jpg/130px-J_Petersen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/J_Petersen.jpg/173px-J_Petersen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="750" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #00843D;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anne_Enger_crop_splm13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Anne_Enger_crop_splm13.jpg/97px-Anne_Enger_crop_splm13.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Anne_Enger_crop_splm13.jpg/146px-Anne_Enger_crop_splm13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Anne_Enger_crop_splm13.jpg/195px-Anne_Enger_crop_splm13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1057" data-file-height="1409" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #B5317C;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kristin_Halvorsen_Sentralbanksjefens_%C3%A5rstale_2018_(191746).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Kristin_Halvorsen_Sentralbanksjefens_%C3%A5rstale_2018_%28191746%29.jpg/96px-Kristin_Halvorsen_Sentralbanksjefens_%C3%A5rstale_2018_%28191746%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Kristin_Halvorsen_Sentralbanksjefens_%C3%A5rstale_2018_%28191746%29.jpg/144px-Kristin_Halvorsen_Sentralbanksjefens_%C3%A5rstale_2018_%28191746%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Kristin_Halvorsen_Sentralbanksjefens_%C3%A5rstale_2018_%28191746%29.jpg/192px-Kristin_Halvorsen_Sentralbanksjefens_%C3%A5rstale_2018_%28191746%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="664" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Petersen" title="Jan Petersen">Jan Petersen</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Enger_Lahnstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Anne Enger Lahnstein">Anne Enger Lahnstein</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Kristin_Halvorsen" title="Kristin Halvorsen">Kristin Halvorsen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Norway)" title="Centre Party (Norway)">Centre</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Left_Party_(Norway)" title="Socialist Left Party (Norway)">Socialist Left</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">17.04%, 28 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">16.74%, 32 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.91%, 13 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">23 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">11 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>5 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>21 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">370,441 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">204,824 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">155,307 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14.34% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.93% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6.01% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2.69<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>8.81<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.90<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Seventh party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Eighth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #006666;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lars_Sponheim_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lars_Sponheim_1.jpg/100px-Lars_Sponheim_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lars_Sponheim_1.jpg/150px-Lars_Sponheim_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lars_Sponheim_1.jpg/200px-Lars_Sponheim_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="2303" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #AAAAAA;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lars_Sponheim" title="Lars Sponheim">Lars Sponheim</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Steinar_Bastesen" title="Steinar Bastesen">Steinar Bastesen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Non-Partisan_Deputies" title="Non-Partisan Deputies">Non-Partisan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3.61%, 1 seat </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0.03%, 0 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>5 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">115,077 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">9,135 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4.45% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0.36% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.84<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.33pp </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1997_Norweigan_Parliamentary_election_maps.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1997_Norweigan_Parliamentary_election_maps.svg/300px-1997_Norweigan_Parliamentary_election_maps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="363" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1997_Norweigan_Parliamentary_election_maps.svg/450px-1997_Norweigan_Parliamentary_election_maps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1997_Norweigan_Parliamentary_election_maps.svg/600px-1997_Norweigan_Parliamentary_election_maps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2221" data-file-height="2690" /></a></span><div>Results by county</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Norway" title="Prime Minister of Norway">Prime Minister</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland" title="Thorbjørn Jagland">Thorbjørn Jagland</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Prime Minister after election</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Kjell_Magne_Bondevik" title="Kjell Magne Bondevik">Kjell Magne Bondevik</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">Christian Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Parliamentary elections</b> were held in <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> on 14 and 15 September 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-NS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the election <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Norway" title="Prime Minister of Norway">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland" title="Thorbjørn Jagland">Thorbjørn Jagland</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour Party</a> had issued the <a href="/wiki/36.9_ultimatum" title="36.9 ultimatum">36.9 ultimatum</a> declaring that the government would step down unless it gained 36.9% of the vote, the percentage gained by the Labour Party in <a href="/wiki/1993_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1993 Norwegian parliamentary election">1993</a> under <a href="/wiki/Gro_Harlem_Brundtland" title="Gro Harlem Brundtland">Gro Harlem Brundtland</a>. Whilst Labour won a plurality of seats, they were unable to reach Jagland's 36.9% threshold, gaining 35% of the vote. </p><p>As a result of this, the Labour government stepped down, being replaced by a centrist coalition of the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">Christian People's Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Norway">Liberal Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Norway)" title="Centre Party (Norway)">Centre Party</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Kjell_Magne_Bondevik" title="Kjell Magne Bondevik">Kjell Magne Bondevik</a> being appointed Prime Minister, and confidence and supply support from the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative Party</a> and the right-wing <a href="/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)" title="Progress Party (Norway)">Progress Party</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contesting_parties">Contesting parties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Norwegian_parliamentary_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Contesting parties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Norway" title="List of political parties in Norway">List of political parties in Norway</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="3" width="225px">Name </th> <th rowspan="2">Ideology </th> <th rowspan="2">Position </th> <th rowspan="2">Leader </th> <th colspan="2">1993 result </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes (%) </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#D70926; width:2px;"> </th> <td align="center"><b>Ap</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour Party</a><br /><small>Arbeiderpartiet</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centre-left_politics" title="Centre-left politics">Centre-left</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland" title="Thorbjørn Jagland">Thorbjørn Jagland</a> </td> <td align="center">36.9% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">67 / 165</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #D70926; width: 41%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#0065F1; width:2px;"> </th> <td align="center"><b>H</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative Party</a><br /><small>Høyre</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_conservatism" title="Liberal conservatism">Liberal conservatism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centre-right_politics" title="Centre-right politics">Centre-right</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jan_Petersen" title="Jan Petersen">Jan Petersen</a> </td> <td align="center">17.0% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">28 / 165</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87add7; width: 17%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#00843D; width:2px;"> </th> <td align="center"><b>Sp</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Norway)" title="Centre Party (Norway)">Centre Party</a><br /><small>Senterpartiet</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nordic_agrarian_parties" title="Nordic agrarian parties">Agrarianism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">Centre</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_Enger" title="Anne Enger">Anne Enger Lahnstein</a> </td> <td align="center">16.7% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">32 / 165</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00843D; width: 19%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#B5317C; width:2px;"> </th> <td align="center"><b>SV</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Left_Party_(Norway)" title="Socialist Left Party (Norway)">Socialist Left Party</a><br /><small>Sosialistisk Venstreparti</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_socialism" title="Democratic socialism">Democratic socialism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">Left-wing</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kristin_Halvorsen" title="Kristin Halvorsen">Kristin Halvorsen</a> </td> <td align="center">7.9% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">13 / 165</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #B5317C; width: 8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ffd959; width:2px;"> </th> <td align="center"><b>KrF</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">Christian Democratic Party</a><br /><small>Kristelig Folkeparti</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democracy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">Centre</a> to <a href="/wiki/Centre-right_politics" title="Centre-right politics">centre-right</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kjell_Magne_Bondevik" title="Kjell Magne Bondevik">Kjell Magne Bondevik</a> </td> <td align="center">7.8% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">13 / 165</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #ffd959; width: 8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#004F80; width:2px;"> </th> <td align="center"><b>FrP</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)" title="Progress Party (Norway)">Progress Party</a><br /><small>Fremskrittspartiet</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_liberalism" title="Conservative liberalism">Conservative liberalism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">Right-wing</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_I._Hagen" title="Carl I. Hagen">Carl I. Hagen</a> </td> <td align="center">6.2% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">10 / 165</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #004F80; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#006666; width:2px;"> </th> <td align="center"><b>V</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">Liberal Party</a><br /><small>Venstre</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_liberalism" title="Social liberalism">Social liberalism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">Centre</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lars_Sponheim" title="Lars Sponheim">Lars Sponheim</a> </td> <td align="center">3.6% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 165</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006666; width: 0.6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#d4001a; width:2px;"> </th> <td align="center"><b>R</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Electoral_Alliance" title="Red Electoral Alliance">Red Electoral Alliance</a><br /><small>Rød Valgallianse</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Far-left_politics" title="Far-left politics">Far-left</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aslak_Sira_Myhre" title="Aslak Sira Myhre">Aslak Sira Myhre</a> </td> <td align="center">1.0% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 165</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #d4001a; width: 0.6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign">Campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Norwegian_parliamentary_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Slogans">Slogans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Norwegian_parliamentary_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Slogans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%; text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:left;">Party </th> <th>Original slogan </th> <th>English translation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D70926"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour Party</a> </td> <td>«Eldre og helse først!» </td> <td>«Elderly and health first!» </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#00843D"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Norway)" title="Centre Party (Norway)">Centre Party</a> </td> <td>«Ja til samholds-Norge, nei til forskjellsNorge» </td> <td>«Yes to a united Norway, no to a Norway of difference» </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#87add7"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative Party</a> </td> <td>«Jan Petersen best som sjef/Høyre best for Norge.» </td> <td>«Jan Petersen (Leader of party) best suited as boss/Conservative best suited for Norway» </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#B5317C"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Left_Party_(Norway)" title="Socialist Left Party (Norway)">Socialist Left Party</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffd959"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">Christian Democratic Party</a> </td> <td>«Et varmere samfunn med kristne verdier» </td> <td>«A warmer society with christian values» </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#004F80"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)" title="Progress Party (Norway)">Progress Party</a> </td> <td>«Frihet under ansvar. Nei til redusering av forsvaret» </td> <td>«Freedom under responsibility. No to reducing the army» </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#006666"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">Liberal party</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#d4001a"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Electoral_Alliance" title="Red Electoral Alliance">Red Electoral Alliance</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4">Sources: <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Debates">Debates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Norwegian_parliamentary_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Debates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; line-height:15px; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="12">1997 Norwegian general election debates </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">Date </th> <th rowspan="3">Organisers </th> <th colspan="9"><span style="background-color: #90FF90; color:black;"> P </span> Present   <span style="background-color: #CCFFCC; color:black;"> I </span> Invitee <span style="background-color: #FFD0D0; color:black;"> N </span> Non-invitee  </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Ap</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">H</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Norway)" title="Centre Party (Norway)">Sp</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Left_Party_(Norway)" title="Socialist Left Party (Norway)">Sv</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">KrF</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)" title="Progress Party (Norway)">Frp</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">V</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Red_Electoral_Alliance" title="Red Electoral Alliance">R</a> </th> <th rowspan="2">Refs </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#D70926"> </th> <th style="background:#87add7"> </th> <th style="background:#00843D"> </th> <th style="background:#B5317C"> </th> <th style="background:#ffd959"> </th> <th style="background:#004F80"> </th> <th style="background:#006666"> </th> <th style="background:#d4001a"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">12 Sep</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/NRK" title="NRK">NRK</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#90FF90"><b>P</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Jagland" title="Thorbjørn Jagland">Thorbjørn Jagland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hill-Marta_Solberg" title="Hill-Marta Solberg">Hill-Marta Solberg</a> </td> <td style="background:#90FF90"><b>P</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Jan_Petersen" title="Jan Petersen">Jan Petersen</a> </td> <td style="background:#90FF90"><b>P</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Anne_Enger" title="Anne Enger">Anne Enger Lahnstein</a> </td> <td style="background:#90FF90"><b>P</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Kristin_Halvorsen" title="Kristin Halvorsen">Kristin Halvorsen</a> </td> <td style="background:#90FF90"><b>P</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Valgerd_Svarstad_Haugland" title="Valgerd Svarstad Haugland">Valgerd Svarstad Haugland</a> </td> <td style="background:#90FF90"><b>P</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Carl_I._Hagen" title="Carl I. Hagen">Carl I. Hagen</a> </td> <td style="background:#90FF90"><b>P</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Lars_Sponheim" title="Lars Sponheim">Lars Sponheim</a> </td> <td style="background:#90FF90"><b>P</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Aslak_Sira_Myhre" title="Aslak Sira Myhre">Aslak Sira Myhre</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Norwegian_parliamentary_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="6" style="text-align:center;color:black;background:#F8F9FA"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1997_Norwegian_Storting.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/1997_Norwegian_Storting.svg/360px-1997_Norwegian_Storting.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/1997_Norwegian_Storting.svg/540px-1997_Norwegian_Storting.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/1997_Norwegian_Storting.svg/720px-1997_Norwegian_Storting.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#D70926"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">904,362</td><td style="text-align:right">35.00</td><td style="text-align:right">65</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#004F80"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)" title="Progress Party (Norway)">Progress Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">395,376</td><td style="text-align:right">15.30</td><td style="text-align:right">25</td><td style="text-align:right">+15</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#87add7"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">370,441</td><td style="text-align:right">14.34</td><td style="text-align:right">23</td><td style="text-align:right">–5</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ffd959"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">Christian Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">353,082</td><td style="text-align:right">13.66</td><td style="text-align:right">25</td><td style="text-align:right">+12</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00843D"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Norway)" title="Centre Party (Norway)">Centre Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">204,824</td><td style="text-align:right">7.93</td><td style="text-align:right">11</td><td style="text-align:right">–21</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#B5317C"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Left_Party_(Norway)" title="Socialist Left Party (Norway)">Socialist Left Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">155,307</td><td style="text-align:right">6.01</td><td style="text-align:right">9</td><td style="text-align:right">–4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#006666"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">Liberal Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">115,077</td><td style="text-align:right">4.45</td><td style="text-align:right">6</td><td style="text-align:right">+5</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#d4001a"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Red_Electoral_Alliance" title="Red Electoral Alliance">Red Electoral Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">43,252</td><td style="text-align:right">1.67</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#8098CE"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Pensioners%27_Party_(Norway)" title="Pensioners' Party (Norway)">Pensioners' Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">16,031</td><td style="text-align:right">0.62</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#AAAAAA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Non-Partisan_Deputies" title="Non-Partisan Deputies">Non-Partisan Deputies</a></td><td style="text-align:right">9,195</td><td style="text-align:right">0.36</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#6A9325"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Norway)" title="Green Party (Norway)">Environment Party The Greens</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,884</td><td style="text-align:right">0.23</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:darkblue"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Fatherland_Party_(Norway)" title="Fatherland Party (Norway)">Fatherland Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,805</td><td style="text-align:right">0.15</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ffe4e1"></td><td>Natural Law Party</td><td style="text-align:right">2,207</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#990000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Norway" title="Communist Party of Norway">Communist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,979</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:yellow"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Conservative_Party" title="Christian Conservative Party">Christian Conservative Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,386</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:yellow"></td><td><a href="/wiki/New_Future_Coalition_Party" title="New Future Coalition Party">New Future Coalition Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">491</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:darkblue"></td><td><a href="/wiki/White_Electoral_Alliance" title="White Electoral Alliance">White Electoral Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">463</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Justice Party</td><td style="text-align:right">281</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:purple"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_People%27s_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal People's Party (Norway)">Liberal People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">258</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Children–Elderly</td><td style="text-align:right">246</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:black"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Society_Party_(Norway)" title="Society Party (Norway)">Society Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">214</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">2,584,161</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">165</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="6" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>2,584,161</td><td>99.63</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>9,508</td><td>0.37</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>2,593,669</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>3,311,190</td><td>78.33</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="6" style="text-align:left">Source: Nohlen & Stöver, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eed.nsd.uib.no/webview/">European Elections Database</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voter_demographics">Voter demographics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Norwegian_parliamentary_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Voter demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Cohort </th> <th colspan="8">Percentage of cohort voting for </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Ap</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)" title="Progress Party (Norway)">FrP</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">H</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">KrF</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Norway)" title="Centre Party (Norway)">Sp</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Left_Party_(Norway)" title="Socialist Left Party (Norway)">Sv</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">V</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5em;">Others </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#D70926"> </th> <th style="background:#004F80"> </th> <th style="background:#87add7"> </th> <th style="background:#ffd959"> </th> <th style="background:#00843D"> </th> <th style="background:#B5317C"> </th> <th style="background:#006666"> </th> <th style="background:#DCDCDC"> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Total vote</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">35.00%</td> <td>15.30%</td> <td>14.34% </td> <td>13.66%</td> <td>7.93%</td> <td>6.01%</td> <td>4.45%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Gender </th></tr> <tr> <td>Females</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">34.8%</td> <td>12.3%</td> <td>12.4% </td> <td>17.6%</td> <td>7.9%</td> <td>8.1%</td> <td>4.1%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Males</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">35.2%</td> <td>18%</td> <td>16% </td> <td>10.2%</td> <td>8%</td> <td>4.2%</td> <td>4.9%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Age </th></tr> <tr> <td>18–30 years old</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">30.5%</td> <td>19.4%</td> <td>11.4% </td> <td>11.4%</td> <td>6.2%</td> <td>9.8%</td> <td>4.9%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>30-59 years old</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">35.5%</td> <td>14.4%</td> <td>16.5% </td> <td>11.9%</td> <td>7.9%</td> <td>6.4%</td> <td>5%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>60 years old and older</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">37.8%</td> <td>14.6%</td> <td>10.9% </td> <td>20.7%</td> <td>9.8%</td> <td>1.1%</td> <td>2.2%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Work </th></tr> <tr> <td>low income</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">33.5%</td> <td>17%</td> <td>7% </td> <td>16.4%</td> <td>9.2%</td> <td>6.8%</td> <td>5%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Average income</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">36%</td> <td>16.7%</td> <td>11% </td> <td>15.2%</td> <td>9.2%</td> <td>4.7%</td> <td>3.8%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>High income</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">35.4%</td> <td>11.7%</td> <td>27% </td> <td>8.2%</td> <td>4.2%</td> <td>7.1%</td> <td>5.2%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Education </th></tr> <tr> <td>Primary school</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">44.7%</td> <td>15.3%</td> <td>5.6% </td> <td>15.3%</td> <td>10.6%</td> <td>2.5%</td> <td>1.6%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>High school</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">35.9%</td> <td>17.2%</td> <td>12.9% </td> <td>13.8%</td> <td>8.8%</td> <td>4.8%</td> <td>3.9%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>University/college</td> <td style="background:#ffccd4;">26.3%</td> <td>9.9%</td> <td>24.3% </td> <td>12%</td> <td>4.1%</td> <td>11.6%</td> <td>7.7%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11!"> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">Source: <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Institute_for_Social_Research" title="Norwegian Institute for Social Research">Norwegian Institute for Social Research</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seat_distribution">Seat distribution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Norwegian_parliamentary_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Seat distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="4">Constituency </th> <th rowspan="4">Total<br />seats </th> <th colspan="11">Seats won </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">By party </th> <th> </th> <th rowspan="23"> </th> <th colspan="2">By coalition </th></tr> <tr> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Ap</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)" title="Progress Party (Norway)">FrP</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">KrF</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">H</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Norway)" title="Centre Party (Norway)">Sp</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Left_Party_(Norway)" title="Socialist Left Party (Norway)">SV</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">V</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><a href="/wiki/Non-Partisan_Deputies" title="Non-Partisan Deputies">TVF</a> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><abbr title="H, FrP, KrF,V, SP. TVF">Borgerlig</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:50px;"><span class="nowrap"><abbr title="aP, Sv">Red-green</abbr></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#D70926;"> </th> <th style="background:#004F80;"> </th> <th style="background:#ffd959;;"> </th> <th style="background:#87add7;"> </th> <th style="background:#00843D;;"> </th> <th style="background:#B5317C;"> </th> <th style="background:#006666;;"> </th> <th style="background:#00ad8e;"> </th> <th style="background:#87add7;"> </th> <th style="background:#D70926;"> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Akershus_(Storting_constituency)" title="Akershus (Storting constituency)">Akershus</a> </th> <th>14 </th> <td>5 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Aust-Agder_(Storting_constituency)" title="Aust-Agder (Storting constituency)">Aust-Agder</a> </th> <th>4 </th> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Buskerud_(Storting_constituency)" title="Buskerud (Storting constituency)">Buskerud</a> </th> <th>7 </th> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;">Finnmark </th> <th>4 </th> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Hedmark_(Storting_constituency)" title="Hedmark (Storting constituency)">Hedmark</a> </th> <th>9 </th> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Hordaland_(Storting_constituency)" title="Hordaland (Storting constituency)">Hordaland</a> </th> <th>16 </th> <td>5 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal_(Storting_constituency)" title="Møre og Romsdal (Storting constituency)">Møre og Romsdal</a> </th> <th>10 </th> <td>3 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Nord-Tr%C3%B8ndelag_(Storting_constituency)" title="Nord-Trøndelag (Storting constituency)">Nord-Trøndelag</a> </th> <th>6 </th> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Nordland_(Storting_constituency)" title="Nordland (Storting constituency)">Nordland</a> </th> <th>12 </th> <td>5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Oppland_(Storting_constituency)" title="Oppland (Storting constituency)">Oppland</a> </th> <th>7 </th> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Oslo_(Storting_constituency)" title="Oslo (Storting constituency)">Oslo</a> </th> <th>17 </th> <td>6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/%C3%98stfold_(Storting_constituency)" title="Østfold (Storting constituency)">Østfold</a> </th> <th>8 </th> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rogaland_(Storting_constituency)" title="Rogaland (Storting constituency)">Rogaland</a> </th> <th>12 </th> <td>3 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sogn_og_Fjordane_(Storting_constituency)" title="Sogn og Fjordane (Storting constituency)">Sogn og Fjordane</a> </th> <th>5 </th> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag_(Storting_constituency)" title="Sør-Trøndelag (Storting constituency)">Sør-Trøndelag</a> </th> <th>10 </th> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Telemark_(Storting_constituency)" title="Telemark (Storting constituency)">Telemark</a> </th> <th>6 </th> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;">Troms </th> <th>6 </th> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Vest-Agder_(Storting_constituency)" title="Vest-Agder (Storting constituency)">Vest-Agder</a> </th> <th>5 </th> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Vestfold_(Storting_constituency)" title="Vestfold (Storting constituency)">Vestfold</a> </th> <th>7 </th> <td>3 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: left;">Total </th> <th>165 </th> <th>65 </th> <th>25 </th> <th>25 </th> <th>23 </th> <th>11 </th> <th>9 </th> <th>6 </th> <th>1 </th> <th>91 </th> <th>74 </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="13">Source: <a 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href="/wiki/1847_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1847 Norwegian parliamentary election">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1850 Norwegian parliamentary election">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1853_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1853 Norwegian parliamentary election">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1856 Norwegian parliamentary election">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1859 Norwegian parliamentary election">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1862 Norwegian parliamentary election">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1865 Norwegian parliamentary election">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1868 Norwegian parliamentary election">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1870 Norwegian parliamentary election">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1873 Norwegian parliamentary election">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1876 Norwegian parliamentary election">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1879 Norwegian parliamentary election">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1882 Norwegian parliamentary election">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1885 Norwegian parliamentary election">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1888 Norwegian parliamentary election">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1891 Norwegian parliamentary election">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1894 Norwegian parliamentary election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1897 Norwegian parliamentary election">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1900 Norwegian parliamentary election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1903 Norwegian parliamentary election">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1906 Norwegian parliamentary election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1909 Norwegian parliamentary election">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1912 Norwegian parliamentary election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1915 Norwegian parliamentary election">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1918 Norwegian parliamentary election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1921 Norwegian parliamentary election">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1924 Norwegian parliamentary election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1927 Norwegian parliamentary election">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1930 Norwegian parliamentary election">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1933 Norwegian parliamentary election">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1936 Norwegian parliamentary election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1945 Norwegian parliamentary election">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1949 Norwegian parliamentary election">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1953 Norwegian parliamentary election">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1957 Norwegian parliamentary election">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1961 Norwegian parliamentary election">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1965 Norwegian parliamentary election">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1969 Norwegian parliamentary election">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1973 Norwegian parliamentary election">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1977 Norwegian parliamentary election">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1981 Norwegian parliamentary election">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1985 Norwegian parliamentary election">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Norwegian parliamentary election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="1993 Norwegian parliamentary election">1993</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Norwegian parliamentary election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="2005 Norwegian parliamentary election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="2009 Norwegian parliamentary election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="2013 Norwegian parliamentary election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="2017 Norwegian parliamentary election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="2021 Norwegian parliamentary election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Norwegian_parliamentary_election" title="2025 Norwegian parliamentary election"><i>2025</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_Norwegian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1898 Norwegian local elections (page does not exist)">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_Norwegian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1901 Norwegian local elections (page does not exist)">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1904_Norwegian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1904 Norwegian local elections (page does not exist)">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1907_Norwegian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1907 Norwegian local elections (page does not exist)">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_Norwegian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 Norwegian local elections (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_Norwegian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 Norwegian local elections (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1916_Norwegian_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1916 Norwegian local elections (page does not exist)">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1919 Norwegian local elections">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1922 Norwegian local elections">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1925 Norwegian local elections">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1928 Norwegian local elections">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1931 Norwegian local elections">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1934 Norwegian local elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1937 Norwegian local elections">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1945 Norwegian local elections">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1947 Norwegian local elections">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1951 Norwegian local elections">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1955 Norwegian local elections">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1959 Norwegian local elections">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1963 Norwegian local elections">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1967 Norwegian local elections">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1971 Norwegian local elections">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1975 Norwegian local elections">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1979 Norwegian local elections">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1983 Norwegian local elections">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1987 Norwegian local elections">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1991 Norwegian local elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1995 Norwegian local elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Norwegian_local_elections" title="1999 Norwegian local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Norwegian_local_elections" title="2003 Norwegian local elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Norwegian_local_elections" title="2007 Norwegian local elections">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Norwegian_local_elections" title="2011 Norwegian local elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Norwegian_local_elections" title="2015 Norwegian local elections">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Norwegian_local_elections" title="2019 Norwegian local elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Norwegian_local_elections" title="2023 Norwegian local elections">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_Parliament_of_Norway" title="Sámi Parliament of Norway">Sámi elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Norwegian_S%C3%A1mi_parliamentary_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election (page does not exist)">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Norwegian_S%C3%A1mi_parliamentary_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Norwegian_S%C3%A1mi_parliamentary_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election (page does not exist)">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Norwegian_S%C3%A1mi_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Norwegian_S%C3%A1mi_parliamentary_election" title="2005 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Norwegian_S%C3%A1mi_parliamentary_election" title="2009 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Norwegian_S%C3%A1mi_parliamentary_election" title="2013 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Norwegian_S%C3%A1mi_parliamentary_election" title="2017 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Norwegian_S%C3%A1mi_parliamentary_election" title="2021 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election">2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1905_Norwegian_union_dissolution_referendum" title="1905 Norwegian union dissolution referendum">1905 (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Norwegian_monarchy_referendum" title="1905 Norwegian monarchy referendum">1905 (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Norwegian_prohibition_referendum" title="1919 Norwegian prohibition referendum">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Norwegian_continued_prohibition_referendum" title="1926 Norwegian continued prohibition referendum">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Norwegian_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1972 Norwegian European Communities membership referendum">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Norwegian_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="1994 Norwegian European Union membership referendum">1994</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1997_Norwegian_parliamentary_election&oldid=1242544206">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1997_Norwegian_parliamentary_election&oldid=1242544206</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" 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