1957 Norwegian parliamentary election 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
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 [ edit ] 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]
^ 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]