When is the Norway legislative election 2029?

Polling day is 2029-09-24, not yet officially confirmed.

When will the final result of the Storting race be official?

Expected between 2029-10-01T10:00:00Z and 2029-10-26T21:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The 19 district boards declare the district seats and Valgdirektoratet calculates the 19 levelling seats and announces them 'så raskt som mulig' (Valgloven §§11-8 to 11-12); district boards then issue credentials to the Storting. The election is final only when the newly elected Storting rules it valid (Grunnloven §64, Valgloven §15-1); the Storting meets on the first weekday of October (Grunnloven §68: Monday 1 Oct 2029). Precedent: 2025 (polling day 8 Sep) — Valgdirektoratet's levelling-seat report 'utjevningsmandater-2025.pdf' was generated 15 Sep 2025 16:35 CEST (day 7); the Storting approved all credentials unanimously on Thu 9 Oct 2025 at 13:19 CEST (day 31; Innst. 1 S (2025–2026), referat 9 Oct 2025). 2021 (polling day 13 Sep): approved Fri 8 Oct 2021 (day 25; Innst. 1 S (2021–2022), referat 8 Oct 2021). Window opens at day 7 (12:00 CEST) and closes at the end of Friday 26 Oct 2029 CEST, two weeks past the expected credentials vote, because with a 24 Sep polling day the Storting would convene only 7 days later. If the King in Council picks an earlier Monday (2021 and 2025 used the second Monday, 13 and 8 Sep: that would be 10 Sep 2029), the levelling seats will come about two weeks earlier but the credentials vote should still fall in October. Lists may appeal the Storting's validity decision to the Supreme Court (Grunnloven §64 second paragraph); that is optional, so there is no court-validation stage.

Where are the official Storting results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Norwegian Directorate of Elections (https://www.valg.no/).

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Norway legislative election 2029

Name: Norway legislative election 2029
Start: 2029-09-24
Location: Norway

Polling day Mon, 24 Sept 2029 Date not yet official. Counted by Norwegian Directorate of Elections. Times are Oslo time; hover for UTC.

1–26 Oct 2029

Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Fri 26 Oct, 23:59 Oslo time.

Polls close: Mon 24 Sept, 21:00
First count by: Tue 25 Sept, 08:00
Counted by: Norwegian Directorate of Elections
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: valg.no

Count stages Storting, 169 seats

24 Sept8 Oct22 Oct

Election-night count

24–25 SeptElection-night count: Mon 24 Sept, 21:00 → Tue 25 Sept, 08:00, estimate.

Intermediate count

25 Sept – 1 OctIntermediate count: Tue 25 Sept, 08:00 → Mon 1 Oct, 12:00, estimate.

Final result

1–26 OctFinal result: Mon 1 Oct, 12:00 → Fri 26 Oct, 23:59, precedent.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateOslo time. Polls close in 1089 days.

Government. Days from polling day to the appointment of a new cabinet when government changed: 2005 (12 Sep → 17 Oct, 35), 2013 (9 Sep → 16 Oct, 37), 2021 (13 Sep → 14 Oct, 31). Dates from the English Wikipedia cabinet articles, not yet checked against regjeringen.no (blocked by a bot check from here). earliestUtc is the conventional floor (new Storting convenes 1 Oct 2029), not a legal one. A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent and must allow for 'no change of government'. Not before Mon 1 Oct. Precedents: 31 and 35 and 37 days from polling day.

Stage windows and their sources 4 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Mon 24 Sept, 21:00 → Tue 25 Sept, 08:00
estimate

Valgloven §9-1(6): polling stations close 'senest klokken 21' (21:00 CEST = 19:00 UTC); §21-8: no results or polling-day forecasts may be published before 21:00. Advance votes may be counted from the day before polling day (§10-8(4): 'kan tidligst starte dagen før valgdagen'), so most advance votes are in when polls close. The preliminary count (første opptelling, manual) then fills valgresultat.no overnight. ESTIMATE: no archived timing of the 2025 overnight count could be read (Wayback blocked from here); the window closes at 08:00 CEST Tuesday. Preliminary only.
Replaced on the live page by the intermediate count from Tue 25 Sept, 08:00.
Intermediate count
Tue 25 Sept, 08:00 → Mon 1 Oct, 12:00
estimate

valg.no 'Stortingsval': ballots are counted three times, twice by the municipality (polling station, then centrally, optionally by machine) and once by the county (distriktsvalgstyret, control). Envelope votes received by 17:00 the day after polling day still count (Valgloven §10-2(1)f), so the second count cannot finish before Tuesday evening. The second and control counts replace the preliminary figures on the same valgresultat.no record (2025: api/2025/st carries forste, andre, kontroll and oppgjor statuses). ESTIMATE: window closes when the 2025 precedent's levelling-seat calculation appeared (day 7).
Replaced on the live page by the final result from Mon 1 Oct, 12:00.
Final result
Mon 1 Oct, 12:00 → Fri 26 Oct, 23:59
precedent

The 19 district boards declare the district seats and Valgdirektoratet calculates the 19 levelling seats and announces them 'så raskt som mulig' (Valgloven §§11-8 to 11-12); district boards then issue credentials to the Storting. The election is final only when the newly elected Storting rules it valid (Grunnloven §64, Valgloven §15-1); the Storting meets on the first weekday of October (Grunnloven §68: Monday 1 Oct 2029). Precedent: 2025 (polling day 8 Sep) — Valgdirektoratet's levelling-seat report 'utjevningsmandater-2025.pdf' was generated 15 Sep 2025 16:35 CEST (day 7); the Storting approved all credentials unanimously on Thu 9 Oct 2025 at 13:19 CEST (day 31; Innst. 1 S (2025–2026), referat 9 Oct 2025). 2021 (polling day 13 Sep): approved Fri 8 Oct 2021 (day 25; Innst. 1 S (2021–2022), referat 8 Oct 2021). Window opens at day 7 (12:00 CEST) and closes at the end of Friday 26 Oct 2029 CEST, two weeks past the expected credentials vote, because with a 24 Sep polling day the Storting would convene only 7 days later. If the King in Council picks an earlier Monday (2021 and 2025 used the second Monday, 13 and 8 Sep: that would be 10 Sep 2029), the levelling seats will come about two weeks earlier but the credentials vote should still fall in October. Lists may appeal the Storting's validity decision to the Supreme Court (Grunnloven §64 second paragraph); that is optional, so there is no court-validation stage.
Government formed
Mon 1 Oct, 12:00 → —
precedent

Negative parliamentarism: there is no investiture vote; the King appoints the government (Grunnloven §12) and a government must resign after a vote of no confidence (§15). By convention a defeated government resigns once the new Storting has met (first weekday of October, Grunnloven §68: 1 Oct 2029); this is practice, not a statutory floor. Precedent for a change of government: 2005 cabinet appointed 17 Oct (day 35), 2013 on 16 Oct (day 37), 2021 on 14 Oct (day 31). When the sitting government continues (2009, 2017, 2025) no appointment takes place.

Results sources 6 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
valgresultat.no	results-live	results index	no (results host, but its root lists many elections)	not checked yet
valg.no/om-valg/valgene-i-norge/stortingsvalg/	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2023-06-16-62	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2029_Norwegian_parliamentary_election	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
valgresultat.no/api	open-data	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
valg.no	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-10-02: Grunnloven (§§12, 15, 54, 57, 64, 68) and Valgloven LOV-2023-06-16-62 (§§9-1, 10-2, 10-8, 11-8–11-12, 15-1, 16-6, 21-8) on lovdata.no; valg.no 'Stortingsval' and news of 7 May 2026; valgresultat.no API index and /api/2025/st; Valgdirektoratet utjevningsmandater-2025.pdf; Storting referater 9 Oct 2025 and 8 Oct 2021 (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-10-02.

Questions and answers

When is the Norway legislative election 2029?: Polling day is 2029-09-24, not yet officially confirmed.
When will the final result of the Storting race be official?: Expected between 2029-10-01T10:00:00Z and 2029-10-26T21:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The 19 district boards declare the district seats and Valgdirektoratet calculates the 19 levelling seats and announces them 'så raskt som mulig' (Valgloven §§11-8 to 11-12); district boards then issue credentials to the Storting. The election is final only when the newly elected Storting rules it valid (Grunnloven §64, Valgloven §15-1); the Storting meets on the first weekday of October (Grunnloven §68: Monday 1 Oct 2029). Precedent: 2025 (polling day 8 Sep) — Valgdirektoratet's levelling-seat report 'utjevningsmandater-2025.pdf' was generated 15 Sep 2025 16:35 CEST (day 7); the Storting approved all credentials unanimously on Thu 9 Oct 2025 at 13:19 CEST (day 31; Innst. 1 S (2025–2026), referat 9 Oct 2025). 2021 (polling day 13 Sep): approved Fri 8 Oct 2021 (day 25; Innst. 1 S (2021–2022), referat 8 Oct 2021). Window opens at day 7 (12:00 CEST) and closes at the end of Friday 26 Oct 2029 CEST, two weeks past the expected credentials vote, because with a 24 Sep polling day the Storting would convene only 7 days later. If the King in Council picks an earlier Monday (2021 and 2025 used the second Monday, 13 and 8 Sep: that would be 10 Sep 2029), the levelling seats will come about two weeks earlier but the credentials vote should still fall in October. Lists may appeal the Storting's validity decision to the Supreme Court (Grunnloven §64 second paragraph); that is optional, so there is no court-validation stage.
Where are the official Storting results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Norwegian Directorate of Elections (https://www.valg.no/).