Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009

  • SV: 11
  • DnA: 64
  • Sp: 11
  • V: 2
  • KrF: 10
  • H: 30
  • FrP: 41

The parliamentary election in Norway 2009 was held on 14 September 2009. It was the election of the 154th Storting and the 60th choice of this shock.

Appointments, legislative period, electoral system

The election date was followed by the Norwegian tradition, according to which elections take place Reich on a Monday in September, preferably on the second or third Monday of the month. The individual municipalities in the country are allowed at Stortingswahlen to open the polling stations already on the previous day (Sunday) of the actual election date. 2009 made ​​use of this possibility 205 of the 430 municipalities use. Suffrage had 3,530,785 citizens, namely all Norwegians who were at the end of the election year 18 years or older. As of August 10, 2009 were citizens in Norway, who were prevented on election day, choose in advance; as from 1 July Norwegian citizens abroad, Svalbard and Jan Mayen in 2009 had the opportunity to vote.

Were elected for a term of four years, 169 Members of the Storting, the Norwegian National Parliament. Until 31 March 2009, 3688 candidates from 24 different parties had let nominate for the election. 42 per cent of candidates were women.

The Norwegian electoral system based on the principle of proportional representation. 150 parliamentarians are determined directly by the voters, while each of the 19 provinces ( Fylker ) sends an additional representatives as part of a statewide compensatory ratio. An explicit blocking clause for direct mandates do not exist, but can only parties with a voting share of at least 4 percent benefit from the system of compensatory mandates. For the application reaches a so-called "modified " version of the Sainte- Laguë seat allocation process.

Parallel to the general election was traditionally held the election to the Norwegian Sami Parliament.

Starting position

Election 2005

Since 1961, no single party has more gained the absolute majority of seats in the Storting. Coalition and minority governments have alternated since in Norway. In the parliamentary elections of 2005, the strongest party, the Arbeiderpartiet ( Social Democrats ), 61 of the 169 seats won. They formed a coalition with the Sosialistisk Venstreparti (Socialist Left Party ) and the Senterpartiet ( Centre Party ) and presented with Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister. The Alliance possessed faced a total of 87 seats in the Parliament, 82 seats of opposition from right-wing populist Fremskrittspartiet, conservative Høyre, Kristelig Folkeparti ( Christian People's Party ) and liberal Venstre. The bourgeois government of Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway from 2001 to 2005, was replaced with it.

Statements before the election

Before the election, Jens Stoltenberg argued for a new edition of his Norwegian by the media as a red- green coalition designated. In the event a majority of the three government parties much to be said for a continuation of this cooperation, as well as the two smaller parties (SV, Sp) advocated further cooperation.

In several central factual issues existed among the coalition parties, however, considerable differences. The Norwegian long-discussed plans for off-shore oil production near the island of Lofoten and Vesterålen were greeted by the Arbeiderpartiet, but firmly rejected mainly on the Sosialistisk Venstreparti. The smaller parties also profiled as an EU - skeptic, while the Social Democrats, a member of the European Allies faced positive. SV defied next to a Norwegian NATO mission in southern Afghanistan, the Arbeiderpartiet deemed important. Political observers were therefore of the opinion that Jens Stoltenberg had especially in the case of a weaker cutting his governing coalition prefers the model of a minority government without a coalition commitment. Officially, Stoltenberg was not expressed in that direction.

Complicating the situation would have represented a defeat of the coalition parties. The four bourgeois parties, the leap in the Storting managed in 2005, did not form a homogeneous block. The largest of the opposition parties, which Fremskrittspartiet explained by its President Siv Jensen to want to support any coalition that it does not belong to itself. So she gave the constellation of a tolerated by her minority government of Conservatives ( Høyre ), Christian People's Party ( Kristelig Folkeparti ) and Social Liberal Party (Venstre ) a refusal. In contrast, Siv Jensen could have imagined a minority government led by the Fremskrittspartiet if it would be the party's failure to bring the largest party in the Norwegian parliament.

An option was also a government in which participated all parties to the opposition bourgeois camp for Jensen. However, Lars Sponheim closed, the chairman of Venstre, this possibility in the autumn of 2007 categorically. Although his party sought a coalition with the Christian People's Party and the Conservatives, however, favored a Prime Minister Stoltenberg - instead of a head of government Jensen. Also Dagfinn Høybråten of the Kristelig Folkeparti was not willing to enter into a formal coalition with the Fremskrittspartiet because, among other things, their commitment to a reduction in development assistance with the abolition of wealth tax posed too great a hurdle.

The chairman of the Conservative Party Høyre, Erna Solberg, saw their party as a bridge of bourgeois block. She pointed out the similarities in the fiscal, economic and educational policies and encouraged the rest of the opposition parties, including the Fremskrittspartiet to negotiations aimed at preventing a socialist government.

Candidates parties

The seven parties represented in the Storting as candidates in all 19 Fylker:

Also four other parties that did not belong to the Storting, run in all Fylker:

13 other parties as candidates in one or more Fylker (number of Fylker in parentheses):

  • Kristent samlingsparti ( Christian Unity Party ) - ( 17)
  • Pensjonistpartiet ( Pensioners Party ) - ( 12)
  • Norges Kommunistiske Parti (Communist Party of Norway ) - (8 )
  • Det Liberal Folkeparti (Liberal People's Party) - (3 )
  • Samfunnspartiet ( two companies; anarchist ) - (2 )
  • Abortmotstandernes list (list of abortionists ) - (1 )
  • Tverrpolitisk folkevalgte (CDU group; critical of the EU ) - (1 )
  • Sentrumsalliansen (Alliance of the Centre; regional political / social democratic ) - (1 )
  • Samtidspartiet (present party; pro- Islamic) - (1 )
  • NorgesPatriotene (Norwegian patriots, nationalist / critical of Islam ) - (1 )
  • Norsk Republikansk Allianse (Norwegian Republican Alliance; antimonarchical table ) - (1 )
  • Ett ( skrift ) språk ( a written language, language policy ) - (1 )
  • Vigrid ( Vigrid; racist neo-paganism ) - (1 )

Surveys

According to surveys conducted by institutions such as Norstat, Respons analysis or TNS Gallup Fremskrittspartiet was the most popular party in Norway in the period June-September 2008. She reached partial peak values ​​of 32.1 percent. From the autumn of 2008 Arbeiderpartiet the Frp but referred back to second place.

In the election year, most pollsters predicted a victory by Jens Stoltenberg's Arbeiderpartiet. A survey commissioned by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation established on September 2, 2009 vote share of 33.5 percent for the Social Democrats. However, it was questionable whether this result would be enough for a victory of the coalition parties. For the Sosialistisk Venstreparti 7.1 percent were calculated for the Senterpartiet 6.0 percent. These voting shares have the government camp introduced 82 mandates. This contrasted with 87 mandates the bourgeois opposition parties. The Fremskrittspartiet could according to the survey expect, with 25.1 percent of the vote to become the second strongest party in the country. For Høyre 13.6 percent were predicted for the Kristelig Folkeparti 6.6 percent and 5.5 percent for Venstre.

According to public opinion polls, a head-to -head race between the two camps drew from. As unlikely was that besides the seven parties represented in Parliament more groups would move into the Storting.

Election result

The red-green coalition government defended with 86 seats its majority, while the commoners were able to win 83 seats. This laid the Arbeiderpartiet with 35.4 percent of the vote compared to 2005 easily. The Fremskrittspartiet underperformed than predicted, but still recorded at 22.9 per cent but the best result in its history. The conservative Høyre experienced the biggest increase in votes from all parties; with more than three percentage points increase, they came to a voter share of 17.2 percent. The Sosialistisk Venstreparti lost significantly in favor of the voters, they came to 6.2 percent; By contrast, the Senterpartiet could keep up with the same share of the vote in about. Venstre slipped below the 4 percent limit, and also the Kristelig Folkeparti not reached 5.5 percent, the result of the last election. The Socialist Party Rødt improved to 1.3 percent. The share of other parties in the election result was down 1.3 percent. This included primarily the small parties to the losers of the election, while the major parties, especially Høyre with seven additional mandates, most benefited. The turnout was 76.4 percent.

  • Sosialistisk Venstreparti
  • Arbeiderpartiet
  • Senterpartiet
  • Kristelig Folkeparti
  • Venstre
  • Høyre
  • Fremskrittspartiet

Reactions

Jens Stoltenberg announced that he wanted to continue the coalition and retained the appointment of key ministers.

The chairman of Venstre Lars Sponheim, announced the next party congress in early 2010 to resign.

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