Norwegian parliamentary election, 1953

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1953
Norway
1953

All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Einar Gerhardsen C. J. Hambro Bent Røiseland
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 85 seats, 45.7% 23 seats, 20.5% 21 seats, 16.5%
Seats won 77 27 15
Seat change Decrease7 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 9 seats, 8.1% 12 seats, 10.8% 0 seats, 5.8%
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%

Prime Minister before election

Oscar Torp
Labour

Prime Minister-designate

Oscar Torp
Labour

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.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party830,44846.777–7
Conservative Party327,97118.427+4
Christian People's Party186,62710.514+5
Liberal Party177,66210.015–6
Farmers' Party157,0188.814+2
Communist Party90,4225.13+3
Farmers-Conservatives9,6610.5[a]
Wild votes220.0
Invalid/blank votes10,500
Total1,790,3311001500
Registered voters/turnout2,256,79979.3
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won one seat, which was taken by the Conservative Party.[2]

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1459