Parliamentary Elections in Norway

A total of 1644 women candidates (40.28%) will compete for a seat in the Parliament of Norway in the upcoming elections on September 9.

The percentage of women candidates has fallen by 2% compared to last elections. There are a total of 4081 candidates running for 169 parliamentary seats.

In the last parliamentary elections, 67 women were elected, which ranked Norway 11th on the world scale with 39.64% female representation in Parliament, right after Iceland (39.7%).

Sources:

https://www.ssb.no/en/valg/statistikker/stvalgkand

http://www.electionguide.org/countries/id/162/

For more information visit the Global Database of Quotas for Women and the Parline database on national parliaments