1977 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1973 11 and 12 September 1977 1981 →
All 155 seats in the Storting 78 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Reiulf Steen Erling Norvik Lars Korvald Party Labour Conservative Christian Democratic Last election 35.3%, 62 seats 17.2%, 29 seats 11.9%, 20 seats Seats won 76 41 22 Seat change 14 12 2 Popular vote 972,434 563,783 224,355 Percentage 42.5% 24.5% 9.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gunnar Stålsett Berge Furre Hans Hammond Rossbach Party Centre Socialist Left Liberal Last election 6.8%, 21 seats 11.2%, 16 seats[a] 2.3%, 2 seats Seats won 12 2 2 Seat change 9 14 Popular vote 184,087 96,248 54,243 Percentage 8.0% 4.2% 2.4%
Results by county
Prime Minister before election Odvar Nordli Labour Prime Minister after election Odvar Nordli Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 1977.^[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 76 of the 155 seats.

Campaign

Political parties

Debates

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	972,434	42.26	76	+14
	Conservative Party	563,783	24.50	40	+12
	Christian Democratic Party	224,355	9.75	18	+2
	Centre Party	184,087	8.00	11	–9
	Non-socialist joint lists[b]	111,412	4.84	7	–
	Socialist Left Party	96,248	4.18	2	–14
	Liberal Party	54,243	2.36	1	0
	Progress Party	43,351	1.88	0	–4
	New People's Party	22,524	0.98	0	–1
	Red Electoral Alliance	14,515	0.63	0	0
	Communist Party	8,448	0.37	0	–
	Single Person's Party	2,740	0.12	0	0
	Democratic Party	1,322	0.06	0	0
	Freely Elected Representatives	1,149	0.05	0	New
	Lapp People's List	499	0.02	0	0
Total		2,301,110	100.00	155	0
Valid votes		2,301,110	99.85
Invalid/blank votes		3,386	0.15
Total votes		2,304,496	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,780,190	82.89
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution