| Country: | Norway |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1989 Norwegian parliamentary election |
| Previous Year: | 1989 |
| Next Election: | 1997 Norwegian parliamentary election |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
| Seats For Election: | All 165 seats in the Storting |
| Majority Seats: | 83 |
| Election Date: | 12 and 13 September 1993 |
| Image1: | Brundtland.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Party1: | Labour Party (Norway) |
| Last Election1: | 34.27%, 63 seats |
| Seats1: | 67 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 908,724 |
| Percentage1: | 36.91% |
| Candidate2: | Anne Enger Lahnstein |
| Party2: | Centre Party (Norway) |
| Last Election2: | 6.47%, 11 seats |
| Seats2: | 32 |
| Seat Change2: | 21 |
| Popular Vote2: | 412,187 |
| Percentage2: | 16.74% |
| Image3: | Kaci Kullmann Five - Press conference Nobel Peace Prize 2016 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate3: | Kaci Kullmann Five |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (Norway) |
| Last Election3: | 22.23%, 37 seats |
| Seats3: | 28 |
| Seat Change3: | 9 |
| Popular Vote3: | 419,373 |
| Percentage3: | 17.03% |
| Image4: | Erik Solheim.jpg |
| Leader4: | Erik Solheim |
| Party4: | Socialist Left Party (Norway) |
| Last Election4: | 10.08%, 17 seats |
| Seats4: | 13 |
| Seat Change4: | 4 |
| Popular Vote4: | 194,633 |
| Percentage4: | 7.91% |
| Image5: | (Bilden ar tagen vid Nordiska radets session i Oslo, 2003) (1).jpg |
| Leader5: | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Party5: | Christian Democratic Party (Norway) |
| Last Election5: | 8.49%, 14 seats |
| Seats5: | 13 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 193,885 |
| Percentage5: | 7.88% |
| Image6: | Carl i Hagen043 2E jpg DF0000062790.jpg |
| Leader6: | Carl I. Hagen |
| Party6: | Progress Party (Norway) |
| Last Election6: | 13.04%, 22 seats |
| Seats6: | 10 |
| Seat Change6: | 12 |
| Popular Vote6: | 154,497 |
| Percentage6: | 6.28% |
| Image7: | Odd Einar Dørum (bilde 01).jpg |
| Leader7: | Odd Einar Dørum |
| Party7: | Liberal Party (Norway) |
| Last Election7: | 3.20%, 0 seats |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Seat Change7: | 1 |
| Popular Vote7: | 88,985 |
| Percentage7: | 3.61% |
| Leader8: | Aksel Nærstad |
| Party8: | Red Electoral Alliance |
| Last Election8: | 0.84%, 0 seats |
| Seats8: | 1 |
| Seat Change8: | 1 |
| Popular Vote8: | 26,360 |
| Percentage8: | 1.07% |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
| Before Election: | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (Norway) |
| After Election: | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| After Party: | Labour Party (Norway) |
| Swing1: | 2.64pp |
| Swing2: | 10.27pp |
| Swing3: | 5.19pp |
| Swing4: | 2.17pp |
| Swing5: | 0.61pp |
| Swing6: | 6.76pp |
| Swing7: | 0.41pp |
| Swing8: | 0.23pp |
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 and 13 September 1993.[1] 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.
Voter turnout was 76%, the lowest in a national election since the 1927 elections.[2] The prospect of European Union membership was a key issue in the election campaign.
See also: List of political parties in Norway.
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | 1989 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
| align=center | Ap | Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet | Social democracy Pro-Europeanism | Centre-left | Gro Harlem Brundtland | align=center | 34.2% | ||
| align=center | H | Conservative Party Høyre | Conservatism Pro-Europeanism | Centre-right | Kaci Kullmann Five | align=center | 22.2% | ||
| FrP | Progress Party Fremskrittspartiet | Classical liberalism Pro-Europeanism | Right-wing | Carl I. Hagen | 13.0% | ||||
| SV | Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti | Democratic socialism Hard-Euroscepticism | Left-wing | Erik Solheim | 10.0% | ||||
| KrF | Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti | Christian democracy Euroscepticism | Centre to centre-right | Kjell Magne Bondevik | 8.4% | ||||
| Sp | Centre Party Senterpartiet | Agrarianism Hard-Euroscepticism | Centre | Anne Enger Lahnstein | 6.4% | ||||
| V | Liberal Party Venstre | Social liberalism Euroscepticism | Centre | Odd Einar Dørum | 3.2% | ||||
| F | Future for Finnmark Folkeaksjonen Framtid for Finnmark | Social democracy | Anders John Aune | 0.3% | |||||
| Party | Original slogan | English translation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | «Partiet til venstre der hjerte banker» | «The party to the left where the heart beats» | ||
| Conservative Party | «Vi vil føre en solidarisk politikk for å skape arbeidsplasser, et miljø og leve i og rettferdig fordeling» | «We will drive a solidaric policy to create jobs, an environment to live in and fair distribution» | ||
| Progress Party | «Fremtiden skapes, den vedtas ikke» | «The future is created, it’s not passed (as in a law passed)» | ||
| Socialist Left Party | «Verdiskaping, valgfrihet og internasjonalt samarbeid» | «Creation of values, freedom of choice and international cooperation» | ||
| Christian Democratic Party | «Gjenreis respekten for livets ukrenkelighet i alle livets faser» | « restore respect for the inviolability of life in all phases of life» | ||
| Centre Party | «Nei til EF, forsvar grunnloven» | «No to EC (European Community, later European Union), defend the constitution» | ||
| Liberal party | «Tillit til dem som skaper jobbene» | «Trust to those who create the jobs» | ||
| Sources: [3] [4] | ||||
| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ap | H | Sp | Sv | KrF | FrP | V | Others | |
| Total vote | 36.91% | 17.03% | 16.74% | 7.91% | 7.88% | 6.28% | 3.61% | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Females | 37.3% | 14.4% | 17.1% | 9.5% | 9.3% | 4.4% | 4.3% | |
| Males | 36.6% | 19.4% | 16.5% | 6.5% | 6.6% | 7.9% | 2.9% | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–30 years old | 32.5% | 15.8% | 17.7% | 11.9% | 4.7% | 9.2% | 3.4% | |
| 30-59 years old | 38.1% | 18.3% | 16.1% | 8.5% | 6.4% | 5.4% | 4% | |
| 60 years old and older | 38.5% | 15.3% | 17.2% | 2.4% | 14.5% | 5.5% | 2.9% | |
| Work | ||||||||
| Low income | 35% | 11.1% | 21.6% | 9.1% | 9.7% | 5.1% | 2.7% | |
| Average income | 45.1% | 11.9% | 16.9% | 7.1% | 8.8% | 4.8% | 2.9% | |
| High income | 33.8% | 27.5% | 11.3% | 7.9% | 5.5% | 6.7% | 4.8% | |
| Education | ||||||||
| Primary school | 47.8% | 7.4% | 20.8% | 4.4% | 7.4% | 5.7% | 2.5% | |
| High school | 36.6% | 14.9% | 19.1% | 8.5% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 3% | |
| University/college | 29.6% | 28.1% | 9.4% | 9.7% | 9.2% | 4.7% | 5.5% | |
| align=left colspan="9" | Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research[6] | |||||||
| Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ap | Sp | H | SV | KrF | Frp | V | RV | ||
| Akershus | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Aust-Agder | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Buskerud | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Finnmark | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Hedmark | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hordaland | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Møre og Romsdal | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Nord-Trøndelag | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Nordland | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Oppland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Oslo | 17 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Østfold | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rogaland | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Sør-Trøndelag | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Telemark | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Troms | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vest-Agder | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vestfold | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 165 | 67 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left colspan="10" | Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk | ||||||||