1957 Norwegian parliamentary election

1957 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 Alv Kjøs Bent Røiseland
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 46.7%, 77 seats 18.9%, 27 seats 10.0%, 15 seats
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 Farmers' Christian Democratic Communist
Last election 9.3%, 14 seats, 10.5%, 14 seats 5.1%, 3 seats
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%
Results by constituency
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

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Newspaper Party endorsed
Moss Avis Conservative Party[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party865,67548.3378+1
Conservative Party301,39516.8325+2
Christian Democratic Party183,24310.2312–2
Liberal Party171,4079.57150
Farmers' Party154,7618.6414+1
Communist Party60,0603.351–2
Farmers'–Conservatives[a]45,4762.544–
Liberals–Conservatives[b]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

Voter demographics

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Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Ap H V KrF Sp Others
Total vote 48.3% 21.7% 10.5% 10.2% 9.9%
Gender
Female 47.8% 15.7% 9.6% 13.2% 9.6%
Male 48.9% 17.8% 9.6% 7.4% 7.7%
Age
18–30 years old 58.5% 17.1% 8.3% 5.7% 5.7%
30-59 years old 48.5% 15.5% 10.3% 9.5% 8.8%
60 years old and older 40.7% 20.3% 8.3% 15.8% 10.8%
Work
Low income 47.2% 13.1% 7.6% 14% 13.1%
Average income 59.6% 10.1% 8.7% 8.7% 7%
High income 38% 28.7% 12.3% 7.6% 5.3%
Education
Primary school 57.8% 9.5% 8.1% 10.5% 7.4%
High school 30.7% 24.9% 13.6% 10% 13.9%
University/college 16.4% 62.7% 10.4% 9% 1.5%
Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research[4][5][6]

Seat distribution

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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

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  1. ^ The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won four seats, three of which were taken by the Conservative Party and one by the Farmers' Party.[3]
  2. ^ The joint list of the Liberal Party and Conservative Party won one seat, 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. ^ "Moss Avis". Moss Avis. 5 October 1957.
  3. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1459
  4. ^ "Kristelig Folkeparti - Valgforskning". Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  5. ^ Valen, Henry (1972). Velgere og politiske frontlinjer. Gyldendal.
  6. ^ Leipart, Jørn Y. (1981). Valgundersøkelsen 1957. no#: Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste.
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