2025 Norwegian parliamentary election explained

Country:	Norway
Previous Election:	2021
Election Date:	8 September 2025
Seats For Election:	All 169 seats in the Storting
Majority Seats:	85
Ongoing:	yes
Party1:	Labour Party (Norway)
Leader1:	Jonas Gahr Støre
Current Seats1:	48
Party2:	Conservative Party (Norway)
Leader2:	Erna Solberg
Current Seats2:	36
Party3:	Centre Party (Norway)
Current Seats3:	28
Party4:	Progress Party (Norway)
Leader4:	Sylvi Listhaug
Current Seats4:	21
Party5:	Socialist Left Party (Norway)
Leader5:	Kirsti Bergstø
Current Seats5:	13
Party6:	Red Party (Norway)
Leader6:	Marie Sneve Martinussen
Current Seats6:	8
Party7:	Liberal Party (Norway)
Leader7:	Guri Melby
Current Seats7:	8
Party8:	Green Party (Norway)
Leader8:	Arild Hermstad
Current Seats8:	3
Party9:	Christian Democratic Party (Norway)
Leader9:	Olaug Bollestad
Current Seats9:	3
Party10:	Patient Focus
Leader10:	Irene Ojala
Current Seats10:	1
Results Sec:	Results
Prime Minister
Before Election:	Jonas Gahr Støre
Before Party:	Labour Party (Norway)
Map:	Storting2021.svg

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Norway on 8 September 2025 to elect the members of the Storting for the 2025–2029 parliamentary term.^{[1] [2]}

Parties

Parliamentary parties

Name	Ideology^[3]	Position	Leader	2021 result
Votes (%)				Seats
	align=center	Ap	Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet	Social democracy	Centre-left	Jonas Gahr Støre	align=center	26.3%
	align=center	H	Conservative Party Høyre		Centre-right	Erna Solberg	align=center	20.4%
	align=center	Sp	Centre Party Senterpartiet	Agrarianism	Centre	Trygve Slagsvold Vedum	align=center	13.5%
	align=center	FrP	Progress Party Fremskrittspartiet	Right-wing populism	Right-wing	Sylvi Listhaug	align=center	11.6%
	align=center	SV	Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti		Left-wing	Kirsti Bergstø	align=center	7.6%
	align=center	R	Red Party Rødt	Marxism	Left-wing to far-left	Marie Sneve Martinussen	align=center	4.7%
	align=center	V	Liberal Party Venstre	Social liberalism	Centre	Guri Melby	align=center	4.6%
	align=center	MDG	Green Party Miljøpartiet De Grønne	Green politics	Centre-left	Arild Hermstad	align=center	3.9%
	align=center	KrF	Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti	Christian democracy		Olaug Bollestad	align=center	3.8%
	align=center	PF	Patient Focus Pasientfokus	Single-issue politics (health politics)	Big tent	Irene Ojala	align=center	0.2%

Opinion polls

See main article: Opinion polling for the 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election.

References

1. Web site: Lov om valg til Stortinget, fylkesting og kommunestyrer (valgloven) - Kapittel 9. Tidspunktet for valg. Stemmegivningen på valgtinget - Lovdata. 2019-11-20.
2. Web site: Valgdagen blir 8. september 2025 . . 3 May 2024 . 18 June 2024 . nb.
3. Web site: Norway. Nordsieck. Wolfram. 2021. Parties and Elections in Europe. 16 September 2021.