October, 1936
The time had finally come. As the ballot boxes opened, people gathered, swarmed in even, and voted for the future of Norway. In her entire history, these elections were the most tumultous and important, as parties such as the Labour Party ran for a socialist ticket, while many other hoped to prevail the status quo.
But most knew that at that point, progress could not be stopped.
The results shocked most, and left even more speechless. The Labour Party won the elections, with a bare plurality.
Already a few hours after election results were announced, Politicians from the Farmer's Party and the Conservative Party would ramble, argue and protest, but they were powerless against it. The King had appointed Sverre Stostad as the new prime minister, and the government would already start working towards preparing to pass through their agenda.
But not all accepted the truth.
Vidkun Quisling, the leader of the Samling Nasjonal and the Samsfundsvernet and a staunch anti-syndicalist finally decided it was his time to strike and take down the syndicalists and socialists once, and for all.
On October 21st, main buildings of the Norwegian Broadcasting company in Oslo were taken over by Quisling's paramilitary, and a few hours later, Vidkun would be heard on all radios throughout southern and middle Norway. He spoke of the common enemy, the left, and the struggle to achieve greatness and "end the plague spanning over Norway". And many would turn on their radios, some would listen, and few would agree. Although Quisling wasn't met with as much success as he had hoped for, it didn't stop him from proceeding further.
The same day, massive protests from would break out amongst the populace and the socialist parties, demanding for the NS to be taken down and outright banned. Some even called for immediate and direct action. The protests soon broke out into fights and strikes and soon enough, most of Oslo would be engulfed in a general strike.
On October 22nd, Quisling's paramilitaries would stand outside of Oslo, ready to step in the parliament and "restore order". The government would try and prevent a fight, but it was already too late.
On the other side of the fence, the Red Guard, finansed by the National-Syndicalist and the Syndicalist wing of the Labour Party stood up and formed militias all around Oslo, claiming to be the only saviour of socialism in Norway after the government decided not to attack Quisling's paramilitarie
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Monday, September 13th.
###Election system Cycle: every 4 years.
Method: Sainte-Laguë method. Paper ballots. ID required. Counted 2 times locally, one of which has to be manually, then a 3rd time with the rest of the constituency.
Stortinget (The Parlament) is the highest authority in Norway. The Monarch is responsible to form a government. Stortinget does not form a government, but can vote to have the Monarch, government or any minister removed or replaced. MPs cannot also be Ministers and their place in Stortinget is taken by the next on the list while they serve as Ministers.
Voting population: 3'876'200 people. 1'645'913 has pre-voted, 42.34%
Timeline: Early-voting until August 10th. 8'469 early-votes were cast.
Pre-voting can be done between 10th August and last Friday before election day. This can be done anywhere. On election day, you can only vote in your home municipality. 172 of 426 (2017 numbers) municipalities open voting Sunday September 10th. All municipalities open for voting Monday September 11th. By law, election day is a day in September. By law, the Monarch selects election day on a Monday. Local municipality government can allow voting to start on the Sunday before, not instead of Monday. Special laws apply outside mainland Norway.
Electoral threshold:
The Norwegians elect 169 representatives for Stortinget. 150 are selected directly, the last 19 are Utgjevningsmandater (Leveling seat/Ausgleichsmandat), one from each election district (corresponding to the old counties). To get a leveling seat, a party must have more than 4.0% total votes. This year, there are 4 parties that can all go on either side of the 4.0%, and will have huge impact on the final result. Informal video from NRK (Norwegian BBC) with English subs.
It is important to note that there also is a Sami parliamentary election the same day. Only Sami people can vote. The Sami people can vote in both elections.
###Table of significant parties from Left to Right 2013–2018: H, FRP, (election in 2017) 2018–2019: H, FRP, V, 2019–2020: H, FRP, V, KRF, 2020–: **
... keep reading on reddit ➡The 13th of September, the Norwegian parliamentary election took place. Various political scandals, crisises and the tense situation in Norway surrounding the dealing of the Coronavirus, the terrorist attack, the involvement in the Belarusian war has caused discontent within the largest parties.
Høyre and her coalition was the political party that voted in favor of invading Belarus, and Labor and her coalition used this to their advantage, campaigning on anti-war sentiments for political gain.
The votes are tallied up, and counted as such:
| Political party | Seats Won |
|---|---|
| Rødt | 3 |
| Sosialistisk Venstreparti | 13 |
| Miljøpartiet de Grønne | 1 |
| Arbeiderpartiet | 48 |
| Senterpartiet | 18 |
| Venstre | 7 |
| Kristelig Folkeparti | 8 |
| Høyre | 43 |
| Fremskrittspartiet | 26 |
| Alliansen | 2 |
| Total Seats | 169 |
As the leader of the Red-Red coalition, Jonas Gahr Støre has been elected as the Prime Minsister of Norway.
Coming out of the Oslo Massacre, the Norwegian Right's popularity was at an all time low. After the army reforms promised by King Haakon, the Society Guard was practically dismantled, and the Fatherland Party was too busy nursing its wounds to attempt any real numbers at the ballot. Of course, the Liberal and Conservative Parties put up a token fight, but with the Farmer's Party tentatively joining the AP/NKP united front, it wasn't a question of whether or not the Left would win, but by what margin. This margin ended up being much more than even the Left anticipated. Combined, with the addition of the not-unpopular Farmer's Party, the Labor united front ended up with 67 percent of the vote, and 114 stortingsrepresentants. The Right, previously an actual contender for the vote, was reduced to a mere 10 percent combined, with 17 representatives, with the remaining 38 representatives going to the Liberal and Conservative Parties. King Haakon of course, was not entirely pleased with the results, but he, unlike many, many, other Monarchs both in the region and abroad, had never taken the step of criminalizing the Communist movement, and with their popular support at an all time-high, he couldn't exactly do so now.
Background
In October of 1936, as the world watched the elections in America, few looked at the election in Norway. It was an election that would help decide the future of the nation. The frontrunner, ahead in every single poll, was the Syndicalist aligned Labour Party which had put the Norwegian moderates and right wing into a fit of terror. Ever since 1925 the Labour Party of Norway had become fully Syndicalist and revolutionary, in solidarity with its allies in the Union of Britain. This had split the party, with a small group calling themselves the Social Democratic Labour Party opting to take a more moderate and non-syndicalist approach. For a while, the Labour party couldn't penetrate the highest levels of government and the Social Democratic Labour party could only gather at most a few seats. That was at least, until Black Monday.
Black Monday has upended Norwegian politics, as both the liberal Venstre and conservative Horye drop in the polls it has become the Labour Party’s time to shine. On the 19th of October the nation watched with bated breath as it watched the results come in, and by the 20th Norway had awoken to a new government.
150 seats total 76 for Majority
| Party | Seats | Ideology |
|---|---|---|
| Arbeiderpartiet | 47 | Syndicalist |
| NSA | 33 | SocDem/SocLib |
| Hoyre | 24 | SocCon |
| Venstre | 23 | Market Lib |
| Bondepartiet | 22 | SocLib/SocCon |
| Kristeleg Folkeparti | 1 | SocCon |
Aftermath
While the Labour Party has received a plurality of votes and one of their best ever results the Storting is too divided to return a Labour led minority government. Without the support of the other parties Labour has been left isolated in Parliament. This has allowed the Social Democrats to step in as the only viable alternative. Though they are still distrusted by some of the more right wing parties they have found a kindred spirit in the Farmers’ Party and with their support have formed a minority government with Olav Olksvik at its head. This government's foundations are very shaky however and they have to play between the still powerful Labour Party on their Left and the Liberals and Conservatives on their right to keep power.
For now, however, the right wing is content to let them take control. It is better than their worst fears of a Syndicalist takeover coming true so Oksvik’s government has gained some temporary stability. In order to win the support of the right wing however the SDLP has had to abandon any pretensions of its connections to th
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| Political Party | Seats | Popular Vote | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venstre | 64 seats | 250,000 | 53.1% |
| Arbeiderpartiet | 27 seats | 100,000 | 21.2% |
| Høyre | 19 seats | 75,000 | 15.9% |
| Miljøpartiet Dei Grøne | 5 seats | 20,000 | 4.2% |
| Kristeleg Folkeparti | 2 seats | 14,000 | 2.2% |
| Norges Kommunistiske Parti | 2 seats | 10,000 | 2.1% |
| Nasjonal Samling | 1 seat | 1,000 | 0.2% |
The Liberal Party, the Labour Party and the Green Party leaders have agreed to make a government coalition in the Norwegian parliamen with State Minister Haakon of the Liberal Party serving as head of state and head of government.
On October 10, 1949 as Norwegians all across the country went to the polls to vote in the parliamentary elections, the topic of NATO membership and what it meant for the country was at the front of many people's minds. While the extremely-popular Labour government under Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen had made leaps and bounds when it came to rebuilding the country in the aftermath of the Nazi occupation of World War II, the election ultimately became a referendum on what many saw as a betrayal of Norway's history of neutrality and nonalignment in foreign affairs which some even painted as being likely to provoke the Soviet Union. On the other end of the spectrum came those who felt that in a world that clearly looked like it would be dominated by the United States and the Soviet Union, Norway could not afford to try and straddle the line between East and West when its values and traditions clearly had far more in common with the West and its support of liberal democracy.
While at one point it appeared as if a split in the Labour Party was possible with its left wing walking out and refusing to support Gerhardsen in his bid for an additional term, his assurances that he would continue promoting Labour's domestic agenda and that the national security report being produced by the Ministry of Defense under Jens Christian Hauge would be presented for debate before the Storting in order to determine exactly what form Norway's commitment to the Western alliance would take allayed the concerns of most of the disgruntled members and even those who still weren't happy with the situation agreed that party solidarity at this juncture was important so that they would have a seat at the table in charting the course, rather than risking throwing some of that decision-making to a coalition partner or—unthinkably—a non-Labour government.
Ultimately though—in spite of what the party elites decided—it fell to the voters of Norway to determine the composition of the next Norwegian government:
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 714,642 | 40.24% | 76 | +0 |
| Liberal Party | 286,335 | 16.12% | 22 | +2 |
| Conservative Party | 212,321 | 11.96% | 20 | -5 |
| Communist Party | 187,143 | 10.54% | 11 | +0 |
| Christian People's Party | 161,476 | 9.09% | 12 | +4 |
| Farmers' Party | 80,418 | 4.53% | 9 | -1 |
| Farmers-Conservatives-Liberals | 45,311 | 2.55% | — | — |
| Farmers-Conservatives | 35,860 | 2.02% | — | — |
| Farmers-Liberals | 22,408 | 1.26% |
> The Nordic country, an island of prosperity in ailing Europe, faces an embarrassment of riches as it tries to figure out how to spend its huge pile of oil money without damaging the economy in the long run.
> New parties need to get above a threshold of 4% to get into the parliament, or get single mandates in one or more provinces. In the case of the capital, Oslo, that would be about 20.000 votes to grasp 1 of the 19 seats available. The party was formed only a year ago and this will be the first national election that PPNO is taking part in.
> Aftenposten writes that the number of asylum seekers to Norway decreased from 17 226 to 9800 in 2012. The main reason in this dramatic decrease is the sharp tightening of immigration policy in 2008 and 2009 by the current socialist coalition government. The newspaper asked all the political parties if they want a restrictive or less restrictive asylum policy than today.
Parties, polls and more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_parliamentary_election,_2013
Parties are listed by current size
Note: there are more parties than the maximum number of poll answers, so some more minor ones will be left out unfortunately :(
September 2021
As previously stated, the Storting is inline for a shake up that could see a drastic change from the current ruling coalition. It must be noted that PM Solberg's government is a minority government with the withdraw of the Progress Party from her coalition.
| Party | Leader | Last Election Seats | Percent | This Election Seats | Percent | Seat Increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jonas Gahr Støre | 49 | 27.4% | 55 | 32.5% | +6 |
| Conservative | Erna Solberg | 45 | 25% | 40 | 23.6% | -5 |
| Progress | Sylvi Listhaug | 27 | 15.2% | 21 | 12.4% | -6 |
| Centre | Trygve Slagsvold | 19 | 10.3% | 22 | 13% | +2 |
| Socialist Left | Audun Lysbakken | 11 | 6% | 10 | 5.9% | -1 |
| Liberal | Guri Melby | 8 | 4.4% | 10 | 5.9% | +2 |
| Christian Democratic | Kjell Ingolf Ropstad | 8 | 4.2% | 7 | 4.1% | -1 |
| Green | Une Aina Bastholm | 1 | 3.2% | 1 | 3.2% | 0 |
| Red | Bjørnar Moxnes | 1 | 2.4% | 1 | 2.4% | 0 |
Without a clear majority despite the Labour Party having increased its lead, a revival of the Red-Green coalition has been made between the Labour Party, Socialist Left, and the Centre Party. A coalition that had been in majority from 2005 until 2013, the coalition has been revived with the new government holding a 87 seat (2 majority) of the Storting. The Liberals have also made it known they are willing to work closely with the Red-Green coalition, though they also plan to be in opposition on certain key legislations.
This means that Labour Party leader, Støre, is now the new PM of Norway. The right leaning parties were only able to amount 68 votes, with each of their parties losing seats, with a net loss of 12 seats. The Red and Green party saw no changes in their seats, and the Liberal Party saw a minor bump, though the Liberal Party decided to remain in opposition to the new ruling coalition.
New PM Støre has stated he and the coalition have plans for immigration and the new path for Norway to follow in the 2020's.
#Norwegian Parliamentary Election
Monady, September 11th.
Prognosis: Current government stays in power!
###Election system Cycle: every 4 years.
Method: Sainte-Laguë method. Paper ballots. ID required. Counted 2 times locally, then a 3rd time with the rest of the constituency.
After concerns about machine counting, manual counting has been ordered locally.. Stortinget (The Parlament ) is the highest authority in Norway. The King is responsible to form a government. Stortinget does not form a government, but can vote to have the monarch, government or any minister removed or replaced.^5 MPs cannot also be Ministers and their place in Stortinget is taken by the next on the list while they serve as Ministers.
Voting population: 3'764'163 people. 1'029'014 has pre-voted, 27.3%^4
Timeline: Pre-voting can be done between 10th August and last Friday before election day. This can be done anywhere. On election day, you can only vote in your home municipality. 172 of 426 municipalities open voting Sunday September 10th. All municipalities open for voting Monday September 11th. By law, election day is a day in September. By law, the King selects election day on a Monday. Local municipality government can allow voting to start on the Sunday before, not instead of Monday. Special laws apply outside mainland Norway.
Electoral threshold:
The Norwegians elect 169 representatives for Stortinget. 150 are selected directly, the last 19 are Leveling seat (Ausgleichsmandat), one from each constituency^1 . To get a leveling seat, a party must have more than 4.0% total votes. Combined with the unusually open results from the polls, smaller parties that makes the 4.0% mark will have a huge impact on the final government. Informal video from NRK (Norwegian BBC) with English subs.
It is important to note that there also is a Sami parliamentary election the same day. Only Sami people can vote. The Sami people can vote in both elections.
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