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.
This was the last time a single party won a majority of seats on its own in a Norwegian election.
Newspaper endorsements
Newspaper | Party endorsed | |
---|---|---|
Moss Avis | Conservative Party[2] |
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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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[a] | 45,476 | 2.54 | 4 | – | |
Liberals–Conservatives[b] | 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 |
Voter demographics
Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | |||||||||
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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] |
Seat distribution
Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | |||||
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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 |
Notes
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "Moss Avis". Moss Avis. 5 October 1957.
- ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1459
- ^ "Kristelig Folkeparti - Valgforskning". Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ Valen, Henry (1972). Velgere og politiske frontlinjer. Gyldendal.
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