Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 September 2005. More than 3.4 million Norwegians were eligible for vote for the Storting, the parliament of Norway. The new Storting has 169 members, an increase of four over the 2001 election.

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Norway - 12 September - 2005 - Storting - 2001 election

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The election was won by the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition, dominated by the Norwegian Labour Party, which took 87 seats. The three-party centre-right government coalition won 44 seats and the populist Progress Party won 38, becoming the largest opposition party. Voter turnout was 77.1 percent, an increase of 2 percent compared to the 2001 elections.

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Red-Green Coalition - Norwegian Labour Party - Progress Party

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In terms of votes, the election was closer than the result in terms of seats. The government coalition obtained 26.8 percent of the vote, while the Progress Party polled 22.1 percent, making a combined centre-right total of 48.9 percent. The Red-Green Coalition polled 47.9 percent of the vote, while winning 51.5 percent of the seats. The Red Electoral Alliance polled 1.2 percent making the combined left total 49.1.

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This disparity is caused by the Norwegian electoral system, which assigns seats according to a formula favouring the geographically larger counties with small populations, and disadvantages Oslo and more dense populated counties.

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