A red-green victory
The parties in the coalition government received 86 mandates, while the opposition received 83. This is the first time since 1996 that the sitting government has been re-elected and the first time in 40 years that a government has retained its majority in the Storting.
The Labour Party received 35.4 per cent of the vote, while both the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party received 6.2 per cent of the vote. The Labour Party received three new mandates, making it the only party in the Government to strengthen its position in the Storting.
Gains for the non-socialist parties
The non-socialist parties farthest to the right made the most gains. The Progress Party and the Conservative Party received 22.9 and 17.2 per cent of the vote, respectively, which gives them an increase of 10 mandates.
Despite increased support, these two parties did not have enough votes to secure a non-socialist majority. This is largely due to the poor election results of the other two non-socialist parties, the Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic Party.
The only socialist government in Scandinavia
Norway is once again the only country in Scandinavia with a leftist government since the Social Democrats in both Denmark and Sweden have lost power in recent years.
Voter participation was 75.4 per cent, one percentage point lower than in the previous parliamentary election in 2005.