1973_Norwegian_parliamentary_election

1973 Norwegian parliamentary election
All 155 seats in the Storting; 78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	80.2%
	Results by county
Prime Minister before election; Lars Korvald; Christian Democratic	Prime Minister after election ; Trygve Bratteli; Labour

1973 Norwegian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 9 and 10 September 1973.^[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 62 of the 155 seats in the Storting.

Quick Facts All 155 seats in the Storting 78 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

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Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	NKP	AKP	SF	Ap	Sp	V	DLF	KrF	H	ALP	Others	Lead
Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size											Others	Lead
1973 election	9 and 10 September 1973	–			11.2%	35.3%	12.3%	7.8%	3.4%	13.3%	17.6%	5.0%
Norsk Gallup^[5]	September 1973	–	–	0.9	13.9	31.9	10.3	2.9	2.8	11.8	19.9	4.4
Norsk Gallup	Aug 1973	–	–	0.5	8.5	39.7	12.2	4	3.9	9.3	16.9	4.7
Norsk Gallup	July 1973	–	–	–	8.2	39.7	11.1	3.4	3.5	9.9	17.3	5.9
Norsk Gallup	June 1973	–	–	0.5	9.8	38.7	12.8	3.5	4	9.4	17.2	4.2
Norsk Gallup	May 1973	–	1.1	0.1	6.6	39.1	11.3	3.5	3.8	9.7	19.6	5.4
ALP was founded on 8 April 1973
Norsk Gallup	April 1973	–	1.1	0.8	7.4	40.2	11.5	3.3	5.4	8	22.3	–
Norsk Gallup	March 1973	–	1.1	0.4	7.6	43	9.7	3.3	6.6	6.6	21.7	–
Norsk Gallup	February 1973	–	1.1	–	6.4	41.7	10.9	2.4	5.4	8	24.1	–
Norsk Gallup	January 1973	–	1.2	–	6.8	43.6	12.9	3.1	4.4	7.8	20.1	–
Norsk Gallup	December 1972	–	1.3	–	6.6	44.9	12.2	3.5	3.5	9.1	19	–
Norsk Gallup	November 1972	–	1.7	–	6.8	47.1	13.2	4.2	–	8.9	18.1	–
Norsk Gallup	October 1972	–	1.7	–	5.9	48.1	13.3	5.5	–	6.5	18.9	–
Norsk Gallup	September 1972	–	1	–	6.6	42.3	14.9	7.2	–	6.7	21.4	–
Norsk Gallup	August 1972	–	1.6	–	7.4	44.2	11.1	8.1	–	9.1	18.6	–
Norsk Gallup	July 1972	–	1.4	–	6.4	44.2	10.7	7.3	–	8.8	21.2	–
Norsk Gallup	June 1972	–	1.6	–	7.3	49.2	12.7	6.4	–	6.8	16	–
Norsk Gallup	May 1972	–	1.6	–	6.7	46.4	11.8	7.8	–	6.7	19	–
Norsk Gallup	April 1972	–	1.8	–	6.6	43.6	14.2	7.4	–	7.6	18.7	–
Norsk Gallup	March 1972	–	1.1	–	6.9	44.7	13	7.5	–	7.5	19.3	–
Norsk Gallup	February 1972	–	1.3	–	6.6	43.3	13.6	9.1	–	7.5	18.6	–
Norsk Gallup	January 1972	–	0.9	–	6.6	44.5	15.9	6.9	–	7.9	17.2	–
Norsk Gallup	December 1971	–	0.7	–	8.1	47.2	13.4	6.3	–	7.9	16.5	–
Norsk Gallup	November 1971	–	0.8	–	6.1	44.8	13.9	7.9	–	9.8	16.6	–
Norsk Gallup	October 1971	–	1.2	–	6.7	44.1	13	9	–	7.4	18.6	–
Norsk Gallup	September 1971	–	1.2	–	6.8	44.2	12.9	9	–	7.2	18.6	–
Norsk Gallup	August 1971	–	0.5	–	5	50.6	10.1	8.8	–	7.5	17.5	–
Norsk Gallup	July 1971	–	1.2	–	3.9	51.1	11.4	7.3	–	6.4	18.7	–
Norsk Gallup	June 1971	–	0.9	–	3.6	52.3	12.1	5.6	–	6.9	18.5	–
Norsk Gallup	May 1971	–	1.3	–	2.7	56.2	13.5	5.1	–	7.5	13.8	–
Norsk Gallup	April 1971	–	0.8	–	2.9	54.6	12.7	6.5	–	9	13.5	–
Norsk Gallup	March 1971	–	0.8	–	2.6	56.4	11	7.1	–	7.8	14.4	–
Norsk Gallup	February 1971	–	1.3	–	2.8	51	12.5	7.5	–	7.9	16.9	–
Norsk Gallup	January 1971	–	0.5	–	2.7	56.7	11.7	5.9	–	7.5	14.9	–
Norsk Gallup	December 1970	–	0.6	–	2.4	58.7	8.1	5.8	–	8.2	16.2	–
Norsk Gallup	November 1970	–	0.6	–	2.1	57.6	7.6	6.6	–	8.9	16.6	–
Norsk Gallup	October 1970	–	0.9	–	2.2	57.7	9.8	6.3	–	7.7	15.4	–
Norsk Gallup	September 1970	–	0.8	–	1.9	57.3	10.4	6	–	7.9	15.8	–
Norsk Gallup	August 1970	–	0.4	–	6.8	57.3	8.3	8.8	–	1.1	17.3	–
Norsk Gallup	July 1970	–	0.8	–	2.9	53	8.7	8.9	–	7	18.6	–
Norsk Gallup	June 1970	–	1	–	1.7	54.4	9.5	7.1	–	8.3	17.9	–
Norsk Gallup	May 1970	–	0.8	–	1.9	59	7.5	6.7	–	7.9	16.2	–
Norsk Gallup	April 1970	–	0.8	–	2.3	53.9	8.9	6.9	–	9.6	17.4	–
Norsk Gallup	March 1970	–	1.1	–	1.5	60.3	7.6	6	–	7.6	15.9	–
Norsk Gallup	February 1970		1.1	–	2.5	54.7	7	7.1	–	6.4	21.3	–
Norsk Gallup	January 1970	–	0.9	–	2.1	59.5	8	5.8	–	8.8	14.8	–
Norsk Gallup	December 1969	–	1.4	–	3.3	52.9	9.7	6.6	–	8.8	17.3	–
Norsk Gallup	November 1969	–	0.6	–	3.6	53.3	9.6	7.4	–	8	17.5	–
Norsk Gallup	October 1969	–	0.7	–	1.7	55.9	10	6.6	–	8.8	16.3	–
	7 and 8 September 1969	–		–	3..9%	46.5%	12.9%	9.4%	–	11.7%	22.7%	–

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[7] The joint list of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party won seven seats, six taken by the Centre Party and one by the Liberal Party.^[6]

[8] The joint list of the Centre Party, Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic Party won three seats, two taken by the Centre Party and one by the Christian Democratic Party.^[6]

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Name			Ideology	Position	Leader	1969 result
Name			Ideology	Position	Leader	Votes (%)	Seats
	Ap	Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet	Social democracy	Centre-left	Trygve Bratteli	46.5%	74 / 155
	H	Conservative Party Høyre	Conservatism	Centre-right	Kåre Willoch	18.8%	29 / 155
	V	Liberal Party Venstre	Social liberalism	Centre	Helge Rognlien	9.3%	13 / 155
	Sp	Centre Party Senterpartiet	Agrarianism	Centre	Dagfinn Vårvik	8.9%	20 / 155
	KrF	Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	Lars Korvald	7.8%	14 / 155
	SV	Socialist Electoral League Sosialistisk Valgforbund	Socialism Democratic socialism Communism	Left-wing and Far-left	Finn Gustavsen	3.3%	1 / 155
	NKP	Communist Party of Norway Norges Kommunistiske Parti	Communism	Far-left	Martin Gunnar Knutsen	1.0%	0 / 155

Party		Original slogan	English translation
	Labour Party	"Vekst og vern - demokrati og likestilling"	"Growth and protection - democracy and equality"
	Conservative Party
	Centre Party
	Christian Democratic Party
	Liberal Party
	Communist Party of Norway
Sources: ^[2]

1973 Norwegian general election debates
Date	Organisers	P Present I Invitee N Non-invitee
		Ap	H	V	Sp	KrF	SF	ALP	Dlp	Rv	Refs
											Refs
4 September	NRK	N	P Kaare Meland	N	N	N	N	P Anders Lange	N	N	^[3]
6 September	NRK	P Trygve Bratteli, Reiulf Steen	P Kåre Willoch	P Helge Rognlien	P Dagfinn Vårvik	P Asbjørn Haugstvedt, Lars Korvald	P Finn Gustavsen	P Anders Lange	P Helge Seip	P Sigurd Allern	^[4]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	759,499	35.29	62	–12
	Conservative Party	370,370	17.21	29	0
	Christian Democratic Party	255,456	11.87	19	+6
	Socialist Electoral League	241,851	11.24	16	+16
	Centre Party	146,312	6.80	13	+1
	Anders Lange's Party	107,784	5.01	4	New
	Centrists–Liberals^{[lower-alpha 1]}	97,639	4.54	7	–
	New People's Party	73,854	3.43	1	New
	Liberal Party	49,668	2.31	1	–11
	Centrists–Liberals–Christians^{[lower-alpha 2]}	21,783	1.01	3	–
	Red Electoral Alliance	9,360	0.43	0	New
	Conservatives–Christians	8,669	0.40	0	–
	Single Person's Party	5,113	0.24	0	New
	Democratic Party	2,125	0.10	0	0
	Women's Free Deputies	1,866	0.09	0	New
	Lapp People's List	849	0.04	0	0
	Other parties	6	0.00	0	–
Total		2,152,204	100.00	155	+5

Valid votes		2,152,204	99.84
Invalid/blank votes		3,530	0.16
Total votes		2,155,734	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,686,676	80.24
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Ap	H	KrF	Sp	SF	V	ALP	Others

Total vote	35.3%	17.6%	13.3%	12.3%	11.2%	7.8%	5.0%
Gender
Females	39.3%	18.3%	16.4%	6.3%	7.8%	2.1%	2.9%
Males	32.4%	16.6%	8.4%	7.2%	14%	2.3%	6.9%
Age
18–30 years old	30.4%	14.4%	10.4%	6.4%	17.6%	1.6%	12%
30-59 years old	36.8%	15.7%	9.4%	6.9%	12.8%	2.2%	4.2%
60 years old and older	35%	22.2%	18.2%	7.1%	5.1%	3%	3.4%
Work
low income	35.6%	11.7%	22.3%	11%	9.5%	3%	4.5%
Average income	39.6%	11%	11.9%	6.2%	14.3%	2.9%	4.1%
High income	30.4%	27.7%	4.8%	4.3%	9.7%	1.1%	6.5%
Education
Primary school	56%	5.9%	12.7%	5.9%	12.7%	2.3%	1.6%
High school	32.5%	14.8%	13.2%	8%	11.5%	2.4%	5.6%
University/college	11.1%	43.7%	6.8%	4.7%	8.4%	2.1%	8.9%

Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research^[7]

1973_Norwegian_parliamentary_election

1973 Norwegian parliamentary election

Contesting parties

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Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	H	Sp	KrF	SV	ALp	V	DNF

Akershus	10	3	3	1	1	1	1
Aust-Agder	4	2	1		1
Buskerud	7	3	2	1		1
Finnmark	4	2	1			1
Hedmark	8	4	1	2		1
Hordaland	15	5	3	1	3	1	1		1
Møre og Romsdal	10	3	1	2	2	1		1
Nord-Trøndelag	6	3		2	1
Nordland	12	5	1	2	2	2
Oppland	7	4	1	2
Oslo	15	6	5		1	2	1
Østfold	8	4	1	1	1	1
Rogaland	10	3	2	1	2	1	1
Sogn og Fjordane	5	2		2	1
Sør-Trøndelag	10	4	2	1	1	2
Telemark	6	2	1		1	1		1
Troms	6	2	1	1	1	1
Vest-Agder	5	2	1	1	1
Vestfold	7	3	2	1	1
Total	155	62	29	21	20	16	4	2	1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk