NORWAY

Population

Total population in Norway is 5,258,317 by 1st January 2017. 15.21% of the population is foreign born (Eurostat). The median age of Norwegians is 38.88 which is less than the European average of 40.36 (UN Data).

Political Parties

The most recent parliamentary election was held in September 2017. The prominent parties, vote shares in this election and their orientations are as follows (Parlgov):

Party Name

Vote Share

Ideological Orientation

Norwegian Labour Party

27.4

Social democracy

Conservative Party

25

Conservative

Progress Party

15.2

Right-wing

Centre Party

10.3

Agrarian

Socialist Left Party

6

Communist/Socialist

Christian Democratic Party

4.2

Christian democracy

Liberal Party of Norway

4.4

Liberal

Green Party

3.2

Green/Ecologist

Red Electoral Alliance

2.4

Communist/Socialist

Electoral System

The system used in Norway is Open List PR based on modified Sainte-Laguë method. Parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get distributed to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives (idea.int). The voter turnout in 2017 election was 78.22% (idea.int)

Quality of Democracy

Norway is a parliamentary democracy. Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 1 out of 7 where 1 is most free and 7 is least free. According to Transparency International, Norway is ranked 3rd least corrupted among 180 countries with a score of 85 out of 100.

Gender Equality

41% of the parliamentarians are women currently although there is no legislated quota for women candidates. (idea.int)

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