1957 Norwegian parliamentary election

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.

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

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. Nohlen & Stöver, p1459
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