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31-574: On 12 October 2021, Solberg handed the government's resignation as a result of the majority against it following the 2021 election . The cabinet functioned as an interim government until the Støre Cabinet was sworn in. The Government is a centre-right coalition . At its formation in 2013, it consisted of the Conservative Party and the Progress Party , relying on parliamentary support from

62-474: A government, which was formalized for 14 October, and the Støre Cabinet was formed that day. As a minority coalition, the government has to rely on opposition parties to pass budget motions. For both the 2021 and 2022 budgets, the government was able to come to an agreement with the Socialist Left Party. According to Statistisk sentralbyrå , a total of 94.98 million NOK in campaign contributions

93-421: A parliamentary four-year term has ended, which in practice makes snap elections impossible. There were several websites tracking party support ahead of the election, using somewhat different methods. Below is a plot of the 30-day moving average of relevant opinion polls. Below is the percentage of vote each party earned in each electoral district. Below is the number of district seats for each party, with

124-500: A state also known as a working majority . In contrast, a minority government must constantly bargain for support from other parties in order to pass legislation and avoid being defeated on motions of no confidence . Single-party majority governments tend to be formed in the aftermath of strong election performances. The term "majority government" may also be used for a stable long-term coalition of two or more parties to form an absolute majority. One example of such an electoral coalition

155-488: Is biased in favour of rural areas since the area of the county is a factor, but the system of compensation seats reduces the effect this has on final party strength. On 21 June 2017, Solberg's Cabinet established a committee tasked with reviewing the electoral system used in Norwegian parliamentary elections. The 17-member committee, which was led by court judge Ørnulf Røhnebæk  [ no ] , published its report on

186-655: Is in Australia , where the Liberal and National parties have run as an electoral bloc, known simply as the Coalition , for decades. The Coalition is the only party or coalition in Australia to have won at least 90 of the 151 seats in the House of Representatives at a federal election (this has happened three times, in 1975 , in 1996 and 2013 ). The largest majority government in Australia

217-427: Is used, based on population and geographic size. Each inhabitant counts one point, while each square kilometer counts 1.8 points. A total of 150 of the seats are regular district seats. These are awarded based on the election results in each county, and are unaffected by results in other counties. Nineteen of the seats (one for each county) are leveling seats , awarded to parties who win fewer seats than their share of

248-640: The Blue Cabinet and even the Blue Blue Cabinet , referring to Høyre's light blue and the Progress Party's dark blue party colour, respectively. On 16 October 2013, Erna Solberg 's cabinet ministers were formally appointed by King Harald V . The Cabinet had 18 ministers; two fewer than the previous Stoltenberg cabinet. It had eleven ministers from the Conservatives and seven from Progress, reflecting

279-652: The Centre Party opted for pre-negotiations with the Socialist Left Party before subsequent government negotiations. These negotiations began on 23 September and lasted until 29 September (excluding the weekend), when the Socialist Left Party, led by Audun Lysbakken , withdrew from negotiations citing their disagreement with the Labour Party and the Centre Party, in particular over issues of petroleum and welfare. To

310-595: The Liberal Democrats . The Conservatives won the most seats of any single party in the 2010 election, but fell short of an absolute majority. However, by combining with the Liberal Democrats a solid majority in the House of Commons was created. This was the first true coalition government in the UK since World War II . Majority government differs from consensus government or national unity government in not requiring

341-651: The Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic Party through a separate agreement giving them influence on policy. The Liberal Party entered the government in January 2018, and so did the Christian Democratic Party in January 2019. The Progress Party left the coalition, the first Government in which it had participated, in January 2020. From January 2018 to January 2020 the coalition held a majority in

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372-578: The 169 seats in parliament. The opposition, led by Jonas Gahr Støre and his Labour Party , won 81 seats. Other opposition parties included the Centre Party , Socialist Left , the Greens , and the Red Party . The Christian Democrats voted at a party conference to join Solberg's government on 2 November 2018 and on 16 January 2019, Solberg's Conservatives struck a deal with the Christian Democratic Party. This marked

403-535: The Christian Democratic Party entering the coalition, the government consisted of 22 ministers, the greatest number ever in a Norwegian government. 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election Erna Solberg Conservative Jonas Gahr Støre Labour Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 13 September 2021. All 169 seats in the Norwegian legislature, the Storting , were up for election. The election

434-509: The Conservatives, despite a slight drop in its share of votes and the loss of one seat. Incumbent Conservative Party prime minister Erna Solberg conceded defeat. Her party ended up with the second-largest number of representatives. Støre aimed to form a majority government with the Centre Party and the Socialist Left Party , but the latter stated they would remain in opposition, citing disagreements over climate and welfare policies, while remaining open to future negotiations and supporting

465-731: The Parliament. The government is the first in Norway since 1986 in which centre-right parties have participated in a majority coalition. By convention, a Norwegian government is usually named after the Prime Minister, in casu the Solberg Cabinet . The Government, however, has officially referred to itself (until the Liberal Party's entering) as the Høyre Frp Cabinet . Informally, it is called

496-446: The electoral system on 27 May 2020. The committee agreed that the number of seats should remain at 169. Furthermore, a majority of the committee favoured the retention of the current 19 constituencies, lowering the electoral threshold to 3% and the abolition of the two-tier formula for the apportionment of seats; however, the proposed reforms to the electoral law are planned to be implemented in 2022, meaning that they would only apply from

527-526: The first time since 1959. The parties that seek to dissolve the unpopular and controversial Viken county , formed in 2020 by the forced merger of Akershus , Buskerud , and Østfold , won a majority, and as a result the county executive initiated the formal process to dissolve the county and divide it back into its original constituent counties. Government pre-negotiations took place at Hurdalsjøen Hotel in Hurdal municipality after Trygve Slagsvold Vedum and

558-461: The first time since 1985 that Norway would have a majority government representing right-wing parties in the Storting. On 20 January 2020, the Progress Party decided to withdraw from the government due to a decision by Solberg to repatriate a woman linked to Islamic State and her children back to Norway. Despite this, Solberg said that she and her party would continue to head a minority government, and

589-466: The government doesn't have a majority, and needs to cooperate with opposition parties to get legislation passed. A government majority determines the balance of power. A government is not a majority government if it only has a majority when counting parties outside the government that have a confidence agreement with it. A majority government is usually assured of having its legislation passed and rarely if ever, has to fear being defeated in parliament,

620-608: The government on common ground. On 14 October, Støre became prime minister of a minority government , the Støre Cabinet . In the 2017 parliamentary election held on 11 September, Erna Solberg of the Conservatives retained her position as prime minister after four years in power. Her premiership additionally received the support of the Progress Party , the Liberals , and the Christian Democrats , who combined secured 88 of

651-489: The national popular vote otherwise entitles them to. A modification of the Sainte-Lague method, where the first quotient for each party is calculated using a divisor of 1.4 instead of 1, is used to allocate both the constituency and leveling seats. A party must win 4% of the popular vote in order to win compensation seats but may still win district seats even if it fails to reach this threshold. The system for apportioning seats

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682-570: The next parliamentary election in 2025. The reform of the counties and municipalities came into effect on 1 January 2021 and resulted in a reduction in the number of counties from 19 to 11; the 19 constituencies no longer correspond to the county boundaries. As the 2017 election was held on 11 September, the 2021 election was to be held on 13 September. According to the Constitution of Norway , parliamentary elections must be held every four years. The Norwegian parliament may not be dissolved before such

713-530: The other parties in the coalition (the Christian Democrats and the Liberals) have also stated they would continue to serve in it. The election used party-list proportional representation in nineteen multi-member constituencies. The number of members to be returned from each constituency varies between 4 and 19. To determine the apportionment of the 169 seats amongst the 19 counties, a two-tier formula

744-510: The parties' numerical strength in Parliament. The cabinet had nine men and nine women. Their average age on taking office was 43. Six ministers had studies in economics, four were jurists and four had studies in the humanities or social sciences . Seven ministers hailed from Western Norway , including Listhaug who now represented Oslo. Seven ministers (including Listhaug) represented Eastern Norway , three ministers represented Trøndelag , one Northern Norway and one Sørlandet . Siv Jensen

775-420: The party winning the most votes coloured in. The party earning the leveling seat in each district is marked by (*). After the announcement of the results, Conservative Party prime minister Erna Solberg conceded defeat to opposition leader Jonas Gahr Støre . Solberg thanked her supporters and said she was proud of the government's achievements throughout eight years of centre-right rule. On her way to

806-653: The podium to deliver her concession speech, Solberg told reporters that she had called Jonas Gahr Støre , the head of the Labour Party , to congratulate him on his victory. Addressing a crowd shortly after Solberg conceded, Støre said: "We have waited, we have hoped and worked so hard, and now we can finally say, we did it." International news outlets commented that following the elections, all five Nordic countries , namely Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Norway , and Sweden , now had left-leaning prime ministers or were to be ruled by left-wing -led governments simultaneously for

837-481: The press, he reassured that the party was open for future negotiations and would be going into opposition for the time being. At a press conference later that day, along with Vedum, Støre announced that the Labour Party and the Centre Party had started negotiations for a minority government. On 8 October, Støre and Vedum announced that the new government's platform ( Hurdalsplattformen  [ no ] ) would be presented on 13 October and that they were ready to form

868-482: Was elected in 1975, when the Coalition won 71.65% of the seats in a landslide victory . In electoral systems where one party usually wins a majority of seats on their own, such as first past the post , coalitions are rare, but may happen when an election returns a hung parliament . An example of this was the 2010–2015 coalition government in the United Kingdom , which was composed of the Conservative Party and

899-405: Was raised by all political parties in 2021. Majority government A majority government is a government by one or more governing parties that hold an absolute majority of seats in a legislature . Such a government can consist of one party that holds a majority on its own, or be a coalition government of multiple parties. This is as opposed to a minority government , where

930-459: Was the only minister who was born and grew up in Oslo . On 16 December 2015, Solberg made a cabinet reshuffle. The reshuffle increased the number of cabinet ministers from 18 to 20. Three cabinet ministers were replaced on 20 December 2016. A minor reshuffle happened on 20 October 2017 following the 2017 election. The Liberal Party joined the coalition on 17 January 2018. On 22 January 2019, with

961-408: Was won by a coalition consisting of the social-democratic Labour Party and the agrarian Centre Party that entered into negotiations to form a government. The election also resulted in a majority for the parties that seek to dissolve the unpopular and controversial Viken county . Jonas Gahr Støre 's Labour Party retained its position as Norway's largest party and expanded their lead in seats over

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