2005 Norwegian parliamentary election

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2005 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 2001 11 and 12 September 2005 2009 →
All 169 seats in the Storting 85 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jens Stoltenberg Carl I. Hagen Erna Solberg Party Labour Progress Conservative Last election 24.29%, 43 seats 14.64%, 26 seats 21.21%, 38 seats Seats won 61 38 23 Seat change 18 12 15 Popular vote 862,757 582,284 372,008 Percentage 32.69% 22.06% 14.10% Swing 8.40pp 7.42pp 7.11pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kristin Halvorsen Dagfinn Høybråten Åslaug Haga Party Socialist Left Christian Democratic Centre Last election 12.55%, 23 seats 12.41%, 22 seats 5.56%, 10 seats Seats won 15 11 11 Seat change 8 11 1 Popular vote 232,971 178,885 171,063 Percentage 8.83% 6.78% 6.48% Swing 3.72pp 5.63pp 0.92pp   Seventh party   Leader Lars Sponheim Party Liberal Last election 3.91%, 2 seats Seats won 10 Seat change 8 Popular vote 156,113 Percentage 5.92% Swing 2.01pp
Results by county
Prime Minister before election Kjell Magne Bondevik Christian Democratic Prime Minister after election Jens Stoltenberg Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 2005.^[1] The result was a victory for the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition, which received 48.0% of the votes and won 87 out of 169 seats, dominated by the Labour Party's 61 seats. The three-party centre-right government coalition won 44 seats and the right wing Progress Party won 38, becoming the largest opposition party. Voter turnout was 77.1%, an increase of 2 percentage points compared to the 2001 elections.