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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 2005. The result was a victory for the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition which got 480 % of the votes and won 87 out of 169 seats dominated by the Labour Party’s 61 seats. The three-party centre-right government coalition won 44 seats and the right wing Progress Party won 38 becoming the largest opposition party. Voter turnout was 77.1% an increase of 2 percentage points compared to the 2001 elections.