Turnout: 80.10%
About this election
Norway's parliamentary election of 8 September 2025 was a striking comeback for the governing Labour Party, which rose to 28.02% and 53 seats — its strongest result in years — allowing Jonas Gahr Støre to remain prime minister at the head of a Labour minority government. The night's other story was the surge of the Progress Party under Sylvi Listhaug to a record 23.85% and 47 seats, overtaking the Conservatives, who collapsed to 14.65% and 24. The Socialist Left (9), Centre Party (9), Red (9), Greens (8) and Christian Democrats (7) followed, with the Liberals on 3. The red-green bloc retained a majority. Turnout reached 80.1%, the highest in a Norwegian parliamentary election since 1989.
The 169-seat Storting is elected for a fixed four-year term by party-list proportional representation (modified Sainte-Laguë) in 19 constituencies, combining 150 constituency seats with 19 nationwide levelling seats for parties clearing the 4% threshold. The high proportionality of the system meant the dramatic shifts between parties translated fairly directly into seats.
Labour's recovery was widely credited to the return of Jens Stoltenberg — the former prime minister and outgoing NATO secretary-general — as finance minister in early 2025. His arrival steadied a struggling government and is thought to have drawn voters back to Labour, reversing the party's earlier slide in the polls.
Under Sylvi Listhaug the right-wing Progress Party recorded its best-ever result, leaping to nearly 24% and overtaking the Conservatives as the dominant force on the right. The Conservatives' collapse to under 15% was the mirror image, marking a significant realignment within the non-socialist bloc.
The election was fought over the cost-of-living crisis, exceptionally high electricity prices and their link to Norway's connection to the EU energy market, and the wealth tax that had driven some entrepreneurs abroad. Energy policy was especially charged, and it had already split the governing coalition.
The Centre Party slumped after leaving the government in January 2025 in protest at an EU energy directive, having earlier been the chief winner of the 2019 and 2021 cycles. Its departure left Labour governing alone, though the broader red-green bloc still held a parliamentary majority after the election.
Turnout of 80.1% was the highest in a Norwegian parliamentary election since 1989, reflecting how sharply the cost-of-living and energy debates had engaged voters across the country.
In 2021 the red-green parties had won a majority and Støre formed a Labour–Centre coalition; by 2025 the Centre Party had departed and Labour governed alone, but the left bloc held and Støre secured a further term against a transformed opposition.
Norwegian Election Directorate (Valgdirektoratet) — valgresultat.no.
Compiled and reviewed by Bartłomiej Paruzel, Election Data Analyst, from official results. See our data methodology.