The 1969 election proved to be one of the closest ones in Norwegian history. The only leftist party to win seats, the Labour Party, got 74 seats, while the right-wing parties got 76 seats. When counting the results, people started worrying that the two sides would be evenly split with 75 seats each, which would have caused a problem in determening who would be in government. To prevent this from ever happening, the Storting was expanded with 5 seats for the 1973 election, and the number of seats in the Storting has been an odd one since. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Det norske Arbeiderparti - The Norwegian Labour Party The Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA or Arbeiderpartiet, AP) is a social democratic political party in Norway. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Results ¹A coalition of some members from the Socialist Peoples Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti), The Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti), and the Labour Party, which became the Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) in 1975. ...

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Det norske Arbeiderparti - The Norwegian Labour Party The Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA or Arbeiderpartiet, AP) is a social democratic political party in Norway. ... Høyre - Norwegian Conservative Party The Conservative Party (norwegian Høyre, H, meaning right) is a Norwegian party. ... The Centre Party (Senterpartiet) is a Norwegian political party founded in 1920. ... The Christian Democratic Party of Norway (Kristelig Folkeparti or KrF, litteraly Christian Peoples Party), is a Norwegian political party founded in 1933. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Norwegian political parties | Liberal parties ... The Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti or SV), is a Norwegian political party founded in 1975. ...

Results Categories: Elections in Norway | 1965 elections ... Elections in Norway gives information on election and election results in Norway. ... Results ¹A coalition of some members from the Socialist Peoples Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti), The Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti), and the Labour Party, which became the Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) in 1975. ...