1957 Norwegian parliamentary election (original) (raw)
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1957 Norwegian parliamentary election
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| All 150 seats in the Storting76 seats needed for a majority |
First party Second party Third party    Leader Einar Gerhardsen Alv Kjøs Bent Røiseland Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 46.7%, 77 seats 18.9%, 27 seats 10.0%, 15 seats Seats won 78 29 15 Seat change  1 2  0 Popular vote 865,675 352,755[a][b] 177,291[b] Percentage 48.3% 21.7%[a][b] 10.5%[b] Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Per Borten Einar Hareide Emil Løvlien Party Farmers' Christian Democratic Communist Last election 9.3%, 14 seats, 10.5%, 14 seats 5.1%, 3 seats Seats won 15 12 1 Seat change 1  2 2 Popular vote 200,237[a] 183,243 60,060 Percentage 9.9%[a] 10.2% 3.4% |
 Results by constituency |
| Prime Minister before election Einar Gerhardsen Labour Prime Minister after election Einar Gerhardsen Labour |
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
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| Newspaper | Party endorsed | |
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| Moss Avis | Conservative Party[2] |
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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[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 |
| 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][6] | | | | | | |
| Constituency | Totalseats | 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 |
^ 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]
^ The joint list of the Liberal Party and Conservative Party won one seat, taken by the Conservative Party.[3]
^ 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.
^ "Kristelig Folkeparti - Valgforskning". Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ Valen, Henry (1972). Velgere og politiske frontlinjer. Gyldendal.
^ Leipart, Jørn Y. (1981). Valgundersøkelsen 1957. no#: Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste.