Norwegian parliamentary election, 1953

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1953

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 7 4 6 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 5 2 3 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 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]

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