1957_Norwegian_parliamentary_election

1957 Norwegian parliamentary election
All 150 seats in the Storting; 76 seats needed for a majority
	Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election; Einar Gerhardsen; Labour	Prime Minister after election ; Einar Gerhardsen; Labour

1957 Norwegian parliamentary election

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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.

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This was the last time a single party won a majority of seats on its own in a Norwegian election.

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[4] 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]

[5] The joint list of the Liberal Party and Conservative Party won one seat, taken by the Conservative Party.^[3]

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Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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"Moss Avis". Moss Avis. 5 October 1957.

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Nohlen & Stöver, p1459

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"Kristelig Folkeparti - Valgforskning". Retrieved 16 February 2024.

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Valen, Henry (1972). Velgere og politiske frontlinjer. Gyldendal.

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	865,675	48.33	78	+1
	Conservative Party	301,395	16.83	25	+2
	Christian Democratic Party	183,243	10.23	12	–2
	Liberal Party	171,407	9.57	15	0
	Farmers' Party	154,761	8.64	14	+1
	Communist Party	60,060	3.35	1	–2
	Farmers'–Conservatives^{[lower-alpha 1]}	45,476	2.54	4	–
	Liberals–Conservatives^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5,884	0.33	1	–
	Norwegian Social Democratic Party	2,855	0.16	0	New
	Liberal People's Party	249	0.01	0	New
	Progress Party	105	0.01	0	New
Wild votes		18	0.00	–	–
Total		1,791,128	100.00	150	0

Valid votes		1,791,128	99.50
Invalid/blank votes		9,027	0.50
Total votes		1,800,155	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,298,376	78.32
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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]

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

1957_Norwegian_parliamentary_election

1957 Norwegian parliamentary election

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