1957 Norwegian parliamentary election
7 October 1957
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Einar Gerhardsen Alv Kjøs Bent Røiseland
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 77 seats, 46.7% 27 seats, 18.9% 15 seats, 10.0%
Seats won 78 29 15
Seat change Increase1 Increase2 Steady0
Popular vote 865,675 352,755[a][b] 177,291[b]
Percentage 48.3% 21.7%[a][b] 10.5%[b]
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Per Borten Einar Hareide Emil Løvlien
Party Centre Christian Democratic Communist
Last election 14 seats, 9.3% 14 seats, 10.5% 3 seats, 5.1%
Seats won 15 12 1
Seat change Increase1 Decrease2 Decrease2
Popular vote 200,237[a] 183,243 60,060
Percentage 9.9%[a] 10.2% 3.4%
Prime Minister before election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

 Prime Minister after election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 7 October 1957.[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 78 of the 150 seats in the Storting. As a result, the Gerhardsen government continued in office.

This was the last time a single party won a majority of seats on its own in a Norwegian election.

Newspaper endorsements

Newspaper Party endorsed
Moss Avis Conservative Party[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party865,67548.3378+1
Conservative Party301,39516.8325+2
Christian Democratic Party183,24310.2312–2
Liberal Party171,4079.57150
Centre Party154,7618.6414+1
Communist Party60,0603.351–2
Centrists–Conservatives[lower-alpha 1]45,4762.544–
Liberals–Conservatives[lower-alpha 2]5,8840.331–
Norwegian Social Democratic Party2,8550.160New
Liberal People's Party2490.010New
Progress Party1050.010New
Wild votes180.00––
Total1,791,128100.001500
Valid votes1,791,12899.50
Invalid/blank votes9,0270.50
Total votes1,800,155100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,298,37678.32
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats		 Seats won
Ap H V B KrF K
Akershus 7 4 2 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Bergen 5 3 1 1
Buskerud 7 4 2 1
Finnmark 4 3 1
Hedmark 8 5 1 1 1
Hordaland 10 4 1 2 1 2
Møre og Romsdal 10 4 1 2 1 2
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 1 2
Nordland 12 7 2 1 1 1
Oppland 7 4 1 2
Oslo 13 6 5 1 1
Østfold 8 5 2 1
Rogaland 10 3 2 2 1 2
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 78 29 15 15 12 1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

  1. ↑ The joint list of the Centre Party and Conservative Party won four seats, three of which were taken by the Conservative Party and one by the Centre Party.[3]
  2. ↑ The joint list of the Liberal Party and Conservative Party won one seat, taken by the Conservative Party.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ "Moss Avis". Moss Avis. 5 October 1957.
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1459
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