Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 14 and 15 September 1997.[1] Prior to the election Prime MinisterThorbjørn Jagland of the Labour Party had issued the 36.9 ultimatum declaring that the government would step down unless it gained 36.9% of the vote, the percentage gained by the Labour Party in 1993 under Gro Harlem Brundtland. Whilst Labour won a plurality of seats, they were unable to reach Jagland's 36.9% threshold, gaining 35% of the vote.
1997, norwegian, parliamentary, election, parliamentary, elections, were, held, norway, september, 1997, prior, election, prime, minister, thorbjørn, jagland, labour, party, issued, ultimatum, declaring, that, government, would, step, down, unless, gained, vot. Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 14 and 15 September 1997 1 Prior to the election Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland of the Labour Party had issued the 36 9 ultimatum declaring that the government would step down unless it gained 36 9 of the vote the percentage gained by the Labour Party in 1993 under Gro Harlem Brundtland Whilst Labour won a plurality of seats they were unable to reach Jagland s 36 9 threshold gaining 35 of the vote 1997 Norwegian parliamentary election 1993 15 September 1997 2001 All 165 seats in the Storting83 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Candidate Thorbjorn Jagland Carl I Hagen Kjell Magne BondevikParty Labour Progress Christian DemocraticLast election 36 91 67 seats 6 28 10 seats 7 88 13 seatsSeats won 65 25 25Seat change 2 15 12Popular vote 904 362 395 376 353 082Percentage 35 00 15 30 13 66 Swing 1 91pp 9 02pp 5 78pp Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Jan Petersen Anne Enger Lahnstein Kristin HalvorsenParty Conservative Centre Socialist LeftLast election 17 04 28 seats 16 74 32 seats 7 91 13 seatsSeats won 23 11 9Seat change 5 21 4Popular vote 370 441 204 824 155 307Percentage 14 34 7 93 6 01 Swing 2 69pp 8 81pp 1 90pp Seventh party Eighth party Leader Lars Sponheim Steinar BastesenParty Liberal Non PartisanLast election 3 61 1 seat 0 03 0 seatsSeats won 6 1Seat change 5 1Popular vote 115 077 9 135Percentage 4 45 0 36 Swing 0 84pp 0 33ppResults by countyPrime Minister before electionThorbjorn JaglandLabour Prime Minister after election Kjell Magne BondevikChristian DemocraticAs a result of this the Labour government stepped down being replaced by a centrist coalition of the Christian People s Party Liberal Party and the Centre Party with Kjell Magne Bondevik being appointed Prime Minister and confidence and supply support from the Conservative Party and the right wing Progress Party Contents 1 Campaign 1 1 Political parties 2 Debates 3 Results 3 1 Seat distribution 4 ReferencesCampaign editPolitical parties edit See also List of political parties in Norway Name Ideology Position Leader 1993 resultVotes SeatsAp Labour PartyArbeiderpartiet Social democracy Centre left Thorbjorn Jagland 36 9 67 165H Conservative PartyHoyre Liberal conservatism Centre right Jan Petersen 17 0 28 165Sp Centre PartySenterpartiet Agrarianism Centre Anne Enger Lahnstein 16 7 32 165SV Socialist Left PartySosialistisk Venstreparti Democratic socialism Left wing Kristin Halvorsen 7 9 13 165KrF Christian Democratic PartyKristelig Folkeparti Christian democracy Centre to centre right Kjell Magne Bondevik 7 8 13 165FrP Progress PartyFremskrittspartiet Conservative liberalism Right wing Carl I Hagen 6 2 10 165V Liberal PartyVenstre Social liberalism Centre Lars Sponheim 3 6 1 165R Red Electoral AllianceRod Valgallianse Communism Far left Aslak Sira Myhre 1 0 1 165Debates edit1997 Norwegian general election debatesDate Time Organizers P Present I Invitee N Non invitee Ap H Sp Sv KrF Frp V R Refs12 Sep 00 00 NRK PThorbjorn Jagland Hill Marta Solberg PJan Petersen PAnne Enger Lahnstein PKristin Halvorsen PValgerd Svarstad Haugland PCarl I Hagen PLars Sponheim PAslak Sira Myhre 2 Results edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Labour Party904 36235 0065 2Progress Party395 37615 3025 15Conservative Party370 44114 3423 5Christian Democratic Party353 08213 6625 12Centre Party204 8247 9311 21Socialist Left Party155 3076 019 4Liberal Party115 0774 456 5Red Electoral Alliance43 2521 670 1Pensioners Party16 0310 6200Non Partisan Deputies9 1950 361 1Environment Party The Greens5 8840 2300Fatherland Party3 8050 1500Natural Law Party2 2070 0900Communist Party1 9790 0800Christian Conservative Party1 3860 0500New Future Coalition Party4910 0200White Electoral Alliance4630 020NewJustice Party2810 010NewLiberal People s Party2580 0100Children Elderly2460 010NewSociety Party2140 0100Total2 584 161100 001650Valid votes2 584 16199 63Invalid blank votes9 5080 37Total votes2 593 669100 00Registered voters turnout3 311 19078 33Source Nohlen amp Stover European Elections DatabaseSeat distribution edit Constituency Totalseats Seats wonBy party By coalitionAp FrP KrF H Sp SV V TVF Borgerlig Red greenAkershus 14 5 2 1 3 1 1 1 8 6Aust Agder 4 2 1 1 2 2Buskerud 7 4 1 1 1 3 4Finnmark 4 2 1 1 1 3Hedmark 9 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 5Hordaland 16 5 2 3 2 1 1 2 10 6More og Romsdal 10 3 2 2 1 1 1 7 3Nord Trondelag 6 3 1 1 1 3 3Nordland 12 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 6Oppland 7 4 1 1 1 3 4Oslo 17 6 3 1 4 2 1 9 8Ostfold 8 4 2 1 1 4 4Rogaland 12 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 8 4Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 1 1 1 3 2Sor Trondelag 10 4 1 1 2 1 1 5 5Telemark 6 3 1 1 1 3 3Troms 6 2 1 1 1 1 4 2Vest Agder 5 1 1 2 1 4 1Vestfold 7 3 2 1 1 4 3Total 165 65 25 25 23 11 9 6 1 91 74Source Statistics NorwayReferences edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p1438 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Partilederdebatt 15 August 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 Norwegian parliamentary 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