1993 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 and 13 September 1993. It was the first European election where the two largest parties fielded a female leadership candidate, and the first election in history where all the largest three parties fielded female leadership candidates. The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 67 of the 165 seats.

1993 Norwegian parliamentary election
12 and 13 September 1993
All 165 seats in the Storting
83 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Gro Harlem Brundtland Anne Enger Lahnstein Kaci Kullmann Five
Party Labour Centre Conservative
Last election 34.27%, 63 seats 6.47%, 11 seats 22.23%, 37 seats
Seats won 67 32 28
Seat change 4 21 9
Popular vote 908,724 412,187 419,373
Percentage 36.91% 16.74% 17.03%
Swing 2.64pp 10.27pp 5.19pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Erik Solheim Kjell Magne Bondevik Carl I. Hagen
Party Socialist Left Christian Democratic Progress
Last election 10.08%, 17 seats 8.49%, 14 seats 13.04%, 22 seats
Seats won 13 13 10
Seat change 4 1 12
Popular vote 194,633 193,885 154,497
Percentage 7.91% 7.88% 6.28%
Swing 2.17pp 0.61pp 6.76pp
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Odd Einar Dørum Aksel Nærstad
Party Liberal Red
Last election 3.20%, 0 seats 0.84%, 0 seats
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 88,985 26,360
Percentage 3.61% 1.07%
Swing 0.41pp 0.23pp
Results by county
Prime Minister before election

Gro Harlem Brundtland
Labour

 Prime Minister after election

Gro Harlem Brundtland
Labour

Voter turnout was 76% , the lowest in a national election since the 1927 elections. The prospect of European Union membership was a key issue in the election campaign.

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