The number of persons entitled to vote in the Norwegian parliamentary elections has been growing steadily from 1945 to 2021. In 1945 when the first parliamentary elections after the German occupation took place, the number of entitled voters amounted to roughly two million. By 2021, the number had almost doubled, reaching 3.9 million registered voters. The Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) is elected every four years.
Number of persons entitled to vote in the Norwegian parliamentary elections 1945 to 2021
The Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) is elected every four years. There are 169 seats in the Norwegian Parliament, distributed in accordance with a method known as proportional representation. The system guarantees that political parties gain seats in the Norwegian Parliament in proportion to the number of votes cast for them throughout the country.
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Statistics Norway. (April 16, 2021). Number of persons entitled to vote in the Norwegian parliamentary elections 1945 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/741464/number-of-persons-entitled-to-vote-in-the-norwegian-parliamentary-elections/
Statistics Norway. "Number of persons entitled to vote in the Norwegian parliamentary elections 1945 to 2021." Chart. April 16, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/741464/number-of-persons-entitled-to-vote-in-the-norwegian-parliamentary-elections/
Statistics Norway. (2021). Number of persons entitled to vote in the Norwegian parliamentary elections 1945 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/741464/number-of-persons-entitled-to-vote-in-the-norwegian-parliamentary-elections/
Statistics Norway. "Number of Persons Entitled to Vote in The Norwegian Parliamentary Elections 1945 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/741464/number-of-persons-entitled-to-vote-in-the-norwegian-parliamentary-elections/
Statistics Norway, Number of persons entitled to vote in the Norwegian parliamentary elections 1945 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/741464/number-of-persons-entitled-to-vote-in-the-norwegian-parliamentary-elections/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Number of persons entitled to vote in the Norwegian parliamentary elections 1945 to 2021 [Graph], Statistics Norway, April 16, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/741464/number-of-persons-entitled-to-vote-in-the-norwegian-parliamentary-elections/