1953 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 October 1953.[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 77 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

1953 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Einar Gerhardsen C. J. Hambro Bent Røiseland
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 45.7%, 85 seats 20.5%, 23 seats 16.5%, 21 seats
Seats won 77 27 15
Seat change Decrease8 Increase4 Decrease6
Popular vote 830,448 337,632[a] 177,662
Percentage 46.7% 18.9%[a] 10.0%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Erling Wikborg Einar Frogner Emil Løvlien
Party Christian Democratic Farmers' Communist
Last election 8.1%, 9 seats 10.8%, 12 seats 5.8%, 0 seats
Seats won 14 14 3
Seat change Increase5 Increase2 Increase3
Popular vote 186,627 166,679[a] 90,422
Percentage 10.5% 9.3%[a] 5.1%

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Oscar Torp
Labour

Prime Minister after election

Oscar Torp
Labour

Endorsements

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National daily newspapers

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Newspaper Party endorsed
Tønsbergs Blad Conservative Party[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party830,44846.6677–8
Conservative Party327,97118.4326+4
Christian Democratic Party186,62710.4914+5
Liberal Party177,6629.9815–6
Farmers' Party157,0188.8214+2
Communist Party90,4225.083+3
FarmersConservatives[a]9,6610.541
Wild votes220.00
Total1,779,831100.001500
Valid votes1,779,83199.41
Invalid/blank votes10,5000.59
Total votes1,790,331100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,256,79979.33
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

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Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
Ap H V KrF B K
Akershus 7 4 2 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Bergen 5 3 1 1
Buskerud 7 4 2 1
Finnmark 4 2 1 1
Hedmark 8 5 1 1 1
Hordaland 10 4 1 2 2 1
Møre og Romsdal 10 4 1 2 2 1
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 1 2
Nordland 12 7 2 1 1 1
Oppland 7 5 2
Oslo 13 5 5 1 1 1
Østfold 8 5 1 1 1
Rogaland 10 3 2 2 2 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 1 1 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 5 2 1 1 1
Telemark 6 4 1 1
Troms 6 4 1 1
Vest-Agder 5 2 1 1 1
Vestfold 7 4 3
Total 150 77 27 15 14 14 3
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

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  1. ^ The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won one seat, which was taken by the Conservative Party.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ "Nasjonalbiblioteket".
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1459