# 1969 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 7 and 8 September 1969. Although the Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 74 of the 150 seats, the coalition of right-of-centre parties won 76 seats and retained power. The closeness of the result and fears of the two blocs winning an equal number of seats led to the number of seats being increased to an odd number for the next elections.

## Contesting parties

| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | 1965 result | 1965 result |
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | Votes (%) | Seats |
| | Ap | Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet | Social democracy | Centre-left | Trygve Bratteli | 43.1% | 68 / 150 |
| | H | Conservative Party Høyre | Conservatism | Centre-right | John Lyng | 20.3% | 31 / 150 |
| | V | Liberal Party Venstre | Social liberalism | Centre | Gunnar Garbo | 10.1% | 18 / 150 |
| | Sp | Centre Party Senterpartiet | Agrarianism | Centre | John Austrheim | 9.3% | 18 / 150 |
| | KrF | Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti | Christian democracy | Centre to centre-right | Lars Korvald | 7.8% | 13 / 150 |
| | SF | Socialist People's Party Sosialistisk Folkeparti | Socialism | Left-wing to Far-left | Torolv Solheim | 5.9% | 2 / 150 |
| | NKP | Communist Party of Norway Norges Kommunistiske Parti | Communism | Far-left | Reidar T. Larsen | 1.3% | 0 / 155 |

## Campaign
### Slogans

| Party | Party | Original slogan | English translation |
| | Labour Party | "Trygghet i fellesskapet" | "Safety in the community" |
| | Conservative Party | "Et samfunn i samarbeide" | "A society working together" |
| | Liberal Party | | |
| | Centre Party | "Bestem med senterpartiet" | "Decide with the center party" |
| | Christian Democratic Party | | |
| | Communist Party of Norway | | |
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### Debates

1969 Norwegian general election debates :
| Date | Time | Organizers | P Present  I Invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  I Invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  I Invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  I Invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  I Invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  I Invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  I Invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  I Invitee N Non-invitee |
| Date | Time | Organizers | Ap | H | V | Sp | KrF | SF | NKP | Refs |
| 5 September | 19:00-22:00 | NRK | P Trygve Bratteli, Reiulf Steen | P Svenn Stray | P Bent Røiseland | P Per Borten, John Austrheim | P Lars Korvald | P Finn Gustavsen | P Reidar T. Larsen | |

## Results

| | Labour Party | 1,004,348 | 46.53 | 74 | +6 |
| | Conservative Party | 406,209 | 18.82 | 28 | –2 |
| | Liberal Party | 202,553 | 9.38 | 13 | –5 |
| | Centre Party | 194,128 | 8.99 | 17 | +2 |
| | Christian Democratic Party | 169,303 | 7.84 | 12 | +1 |
| | Socialist People's Party | 73,284 | 3.39 | 0 | –2 |
| | Communist Party | 21,517 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| | Christians–Conservatives | 83,073 | 3.85 | 2 | – |
| | Centrists–Christians | 83,073 | 3.85 | 4 | – |
| | Socialists–Communists | 3,203 | 0.15 | 0 | – |
| | Democratic Party | 561 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | Lapp People's List | 527 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| Wild votes | Wild votes | 6 | 0.00 | – | – |
| Total | Total | 2,158,712 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,158,712 | 99.82 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 3,884 | 0.18 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,162,596 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,579,566 | 83.84 | | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver ||||||

### Voter demographics

| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for |
| Cohort | Ap | H | Sp | KrF | V | SF | Others |
| Total vote | 46.5% | 22.7% | 12.9% | 11.7% | 9.4% | 3.39% | |
| Gender ||||||||
| Females | 48.8% | 18.7% | 8.2% | 11.4% | 10% | 2.5% | |
| Males | 48.2% | 20.5% | 10.4% | 5.3% | 9.6% | 4.5% | |
| Age ||||||||
| 18–30 years old | 48.2% | 23.9% | 6.9% | 4.9% | 8.5% | 6.9% | |
| 30-59 years old | 50.2% | 18.5% | 9.9% | 6.4% | 10.8% | 3.2% | |
| 60 years old and older | 44.8% | 19.4% | 10% | 14.8% | 8.5% | 1.5% | |
| Work ||||||||
| low income | 49.8% | 12.5% | 15% | 11.2% | 8% | 2.6% | |
| Average income | 56.7% | 9.7% | 10.1% | 8.5% | 9.7% | 4.3% | |
| High income | 38.1% | 35.9% | 4.9% | 5.9% | 11% | 3.2% | |
| Education ||||||||
| Primary school | 67.2% | 7.4% | 8.3% | 7.4% | 6.2% | 2.4% | |
| High school | 44.7% | 19.3% | 11.8% | 8.8% | 10% | 4.4% | |
| University/college | 15.2% | 50.5% | 3.9% | 7.8% | 18.1% | 3.4% | |
| Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research ||||||||

### Seat distribution

| Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Constituency | Total seats | Ap | H | Sp | KrF | V |
| Akershus | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 1 |
| Aust-Agder | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | 1 |
| Bergen | 5 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 1 |
| Buskerud | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | |
| Finnmark | 4 | 3 | 1 | | | |
| Hedmark | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | | |
| Hordaland | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Møre og Romsdal | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nord-Trøndelag | 6 | 3 | | 2 | | 1 |
| Nordland | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Oppland | 7 | 5 | | 2 | | |
| Oslo | 13 | 6 | 5 | | 1 | 1 |
| Østfold | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rogaland | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sør-Trøndelag | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Telemark | 6 | 3 | 1 | | 1 | 1 |
| Troms | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| Vest-Agder | 5 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 1 |
| Vestfold | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | |
| Total | 150 | 74 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 13 |
| Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk |||||||