Norwegian parliamentary election, 1953
Norwegian parliamentary election, 1953
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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| 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 |
 7 |
 4 |
6 |
| Popular vote |
830,448 |
337,632[a] |
177,662 |
| Percentage |
46.7% |
18.9%[a] |
10.0% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| 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 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
| Popular vote |
186,627 |
166,679[a] |
90,422 |
| Percentage |
10.5% |
9.3%[a] |
5.1% |
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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 |
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| Labour Party | 830,448 | 46.7 | 77 | –7 |
| Conservative Party | 327,971 | 18.4 | 27 | +4 |
| Christian People's Party | 186,627 | 10.5 | 14 | +5 |
| Liberal Party | 177,662 | 10.0 | 15 | –6 |
| Farmers' Party | 157,018 | 8.8 | 14 | +2 |
| Communist Party | 90,422 | 5.1 | 3 | +3 |
| Farmers-Conservatives | 9,661 | 0.5 | [a] | – |
| Wild votes | 22 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 10,500 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,790,331 | 100 | 150 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,256,799 | 79.3 | – | – |
| 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
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1459