NorwayDemokrati 52 · Democracy and human rights
How are the seats in the Storting (Stortinget) divided after an election?
In the exam (Norwegian)
Hvordan blir plassene på Stortinget fordelt etter et valg?
- aAll parties get the same number of seats, no matter how many votes they getAlle partier får like mange plasser, uansett hvor mange stemmer de får
- bThe parties get seats roughly according to how many votes they have receivedPartiene får plasser omtrent etter hvor mange stemmer de har fåttCorrect answer
- cThe largest party gets all the seats, and the others get noneDet største partiet får alle plassene, og de andre får ingen
Why?
Norway has proportional representation (forholdstallsvalg). This means that a party with many votes gets many representatives, and a party with fewer votes gets fewer.
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