1953 Norwegian parliamentary election

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.

1953 Norwegian parliamentary election

12 October 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 Elected Prime Minister Oscar Torp Labour

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]

References

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