Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 7 and 8 September 1969. Although the Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 74 of the 150 seats, the coalition of right-of-centre parties won 76 seats and retained power. The closeness of the result and fears of the two blocs winning an equal number of seats led to the number of seats being increased to an odd number for the next elections.
Contesting parties
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2 colspan=3 width=225px | Name
! rowspan=2 | Ideology
! rowspan=2 | Position
! rowspan=2 | Leader
! colspan=2 | 1965 result
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! Votes (%)
! Seats
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! style="background:; width:2px;"|
| align=center | Ap
| Labour Party<br /><small>Arbeiderpartiet</small>
| Social democracy
| Centre-left
| Trygve Bratteli
| align=center | 43.1%
|
|-
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| align=center | H
| Conservative Party<br /><small>Høyre</small>
| Conservatism
| Centre-right
|John Lyng
| align=center | 20.3%
|
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;" |
| align="center" | V
| Liberal Party<br /><small>Venstre</small>
| Social liberalism
| Centre
|Gunnar Garbo
| align="center" | 10.1%
|
|-
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| align="center" | Sp
| Centre Party<br /><small>Senterpartiet</small>
| Agrarianism
| Centre
| John Austrheim
| align="center" | 9.3%
|
|-
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| align="center" | KrF
| Christian Democratic Party<br /><small>Kristelig Folkeparti</small>
| Christian democracy
| Centre to centre-right
| Lars Korvald
| align="center" | 7.8%
|
|-
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| align="center" | SF
| Socialist People's Party<br /><small>Sosialistisk Folkeparti</small>
| Socialism
| Left-wing to Far-left
|Torolv Solheim
| align="center" | 5.9%
|
|-
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| align="center" | NKP
| Communist Party of Norway<br /><small>Norges Kommunistiske Parti</small>
| Communism
| Far-left
|Reidar T. Larsen
| align="center" | 1.3%
|
|}
Campaign
Slogans
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%; text-align:left"
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party
! Original slogan
! English translation
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| style="background:"|
| Labour Party
|"Trygghet i fellesskapet"
|"Safety in the community"
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| Conservative Party
|"Et samfunn i samarbeide"
|"A society working together"
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| style="background:"|
| Liberal Party
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| style="background:"|
| Centre Party
|"Bestem med senterpartiet"
|"Decide with the center party"
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| style="background:" |
|Christian Democratic Party
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| style="background:" |
| Communist Party of Norway
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| colspan="4" | Sources:
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Debates
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; line-height:15px; text-align:center;"
! colspan="11" | 1969 Norwegian general election debates
|-
! rowspan="3" | Date
! rowspan="3" | Time
! rowspan="3" | Organizers
! colspan="8" | Present Invitee Non-invitee
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! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Ap
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |H
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |V
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Sp
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |KrF
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |SF
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |NKP
! rowspan="2" |Refs
|-
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| 19:00-22:00
| NRK
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Trygve Bratteli, Reiulf Steen
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Svenn Stray
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Bent Røiseland
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Per Borten, John Austrheim
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Lars Korvald
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Finn Gustavsen
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Reidar T. Larsen
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|}
Results
Voter demographics
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
|-
! rowspan="3"| Cohort
! colspan="7" | Percentage of cohort voting for
|-
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"| Ap
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | H
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Sp
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | KrF
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | V
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | SF
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Others
|-
! style="background:" |
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|align=left| Total vote || style="background:#ffccd4;| 46.5% || 22.7%|| 12.9%
| 11.7%|| 9.4%|| 3.39%||
|-
! colspan="8" | Gender
|-
|align=left| Females || style="background:#ffccd4;| 48.8% || 18.7%|| 8.2%
| 11.4%|| 10%|| 2.5%||
|-
|align=left| Males || style="background:#ffccd4;| 48.2% || 20.5%|| 10.4%
| 5.3%|| 9.6%|| 4.5%||
|-
! colspan="8" | Age
|-
|align=left| 18–30 years old || style="background:#ffccd4;| 48.2% || 23.9%|| 6.9%
| 4.9%|| 8.5%|| 6.9% ||
|-
|align=left| 30-59 years old || style="background:#ffccd4;| 50.2% || 18.5%|| 9.9%
| 6.4%|| 10.8%|| 3.2%||
|-
|align=left| 60 years old and older || style="background:#ffccd4;| 44.8% || 19.4%|| 10%
| 14.8%|| 8.5%|| 1.5%||
|-
! colspan="8" | Work
|-
|align=left| low income || style="background:#ffccd4;| 49.8% || 12.5%|| 15%
| 11.2%|| 8%|| 2.6%||
|-
|align=left| Average income || style="background:#ffccd4;| 56.7% || 9.7%|| 10.1%
| 8.5%|| 9.7%|| 4.3%||
|-
|align=left| High income || style="background:#ffccd4;| 38.1% || 35.9% || 4.9%
| 5.9%|| 11%|| 3.2%||
|-
! colspan="8" |Education
|-
|align=left| Primary school || style="background:#ffccd4;| 67.2% || 7.4%|| 8.3%
| 7.4%|| 6.2%|| 2.4%||
|-
|align=left| High school || style="background:#ffccd4;| 44.7% || 19.3% || 11.8%
| 8.8%|| 10%|| 4.4%||
|-
|align=left| University/college || 15.2% || style="background:#cce4ff;| 50.5%|| 3.9%
| 7.8%|| 18.1%|| 3.4%||
|-
! colspan="11! |
|-
|align=left colspan="8" | Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research
|}
Seat distribution
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"
! rowspan="3" |Constituency
! rowspan="3" |Total<br />seats
! colspan="5" |Seats won
|-
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |Ap
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |H
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |Sp
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |KrF
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |V
|-
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! style="background:;" |
! style="background:;" |
! style="background:;" |
! style="background:;" |
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Akershus
!7
|3
|2
|1
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Aust-Agder
!4
|2
|1
|
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Bergen
!5
|2
|1
|
|1
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Buskerud
!7
|4
|2
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Finnmark
!4
|3
|1
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Hedmark
!8
|5
|1
|2
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Hordaland
!10
|4
|2
|1
|2
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Møre og Romsdal
!10
|3
|1
|2
|2
|2
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Nord-Trøndelag
!6
|3
|
|2
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Nordland
!12
|6
|2
|2
|1
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Oppland
!7
|5
|
|2
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Oslo
!13
|6
|5
|
|1
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Østfold
!8
|5
|1
|1
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Rogaland
!10
|4
|2
|1
|2
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Sogn og Fjordane
!5
|2
|1
|1
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Sør-Trøndelag
!10
|5
|2
|2
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Telemark
!6
|3
|1
|
|1
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Troms
!6
|3
|1
|1
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Vest-Agder
!5
|2
|1
|
|1
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Vestfold
!7
|4
|2
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Total
!150
!74
!29
!20
!14
!13
|-
|align=left colspan="7" |Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk
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