1993 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 and 13 September 1993.<ref name=NS>Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 Template:ISBN</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref> The prospect of European Union membership was a key issue in the election campaign.<ref name=":0" />

Contesting parties

Name			Ideology	Position	Leader	1989 result
						Votes (%)	Seats
style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"|	Ap	Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet	Social democracy Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left	Gro Harlem Brundtland	34.2%	Template:Composition bar
style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"|	H	Conservative Party Høyre	Conservatism Pro-Europeanism	Centre-right	Kaci Kullmann Five	22.2%	Template:Composition bar
style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;" |	FrP	Progress Party Fremskrittspartiet	Classical liberalism Pro-Europeanism	Right-wing	Carl I. Hagen	13.0%	Template:Composition bar
style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;" |	SV	Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti	Democratic socialism Hard-Euroscepticism	Left-wing	Erik Solheim	10.0%	Template:Composition bar
style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;" |	KrF	Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti	Christian democracy Euroscepticism	Centre to centre-right	Kjell Magne Bondevik	8.4%	Template:Composition bar
style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;" |	Sp	Centre Party Senterpartiet	Agrarianism Hard-Euroscepticism	Centre	Anne Enger Lahnstein	6.4%	Template:Composition bar
style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;" |	V	Liberal Party Venstre	Social liberalism Euroscepticism	Centre	Odd Einar Dørum	3.2%	Template:Composition bar
style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;" |	F	Future for Finnmark Folkeaksjonen Framtid for Finnmark	Social democracy		Anders John Aune	0.3%	Template:Composition bar

Campaign

Slogans

Party		Original slogan	English translation
style="background:Template:Party color"|	Labour Party	«Partiet til venstre der hjerte banker»	«The party to the left where the heart beats»
style="background:Template:Party color"|	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»
style="background:Template:Party color" |	Progress Party	«Fremtiden skapes, den vedtas ikke»	«The future is created, it’s not passed (as in a law passed)»
style="background:Template:Party color" |	Socialist Left Party	«Verdiskaping, valgfrihet og internasjonalt samarbeid»	«Creation of values, freedom of choice and international cooperation»
style="background:Template:Party color" |	Christian Democratic Party	«Gjenreis respekten for livets ukrenkelighet i alle livets faser»	« restore respect for the inviolability of life in all phases of life»
style="background:Template:Party color" |	Centre Party	«Nei til EF, forsvar grunnloven»	«No to EC (European Community, later European Union), defend the constitution»
style="background:Template:Party color" |	Liberal party	«Tillit til dem som skaper jobbene»	«Trust to those who create the jobs»
Sources: <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Debates

1993 Norwegian general election debates
Date	Time	Organizers	Template:Colors Present   Template:Colors Invitee Template:Colors Non-invitee
			Ap	H	Frp	Sv	KrF	Sp	V	R	Refs
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Template:Nowrap	00:00	NRK	P Thorbjørn Jagland, Gro Harlem Brundtland	P Kaci Kullmann Five	P Carl I. Hagen	P Erik Solheim	P Kjell Magne Bondevik	P Anne Enger Lahnstein	P Odd Einar Dørum	P Aksel Nærstad	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Results

Voter demographics

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Ap	H	Sp	Sv	KrF	FrP	V	Others
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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%
Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	Sp	H	SV	KrF	Frp	V	RV
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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
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk