1961 Norwegian parliamentary election First party Second party Third party Leader Einar Gerhardsen John Lyng Per Borten Party Labour Conservative Centre Last election 78 seats, 48.3% 29 seats, 21.7% 15 seats, 9.9% Seats won 74 29 16 Seat change 4 0 1 Popular vote 860,526 373,778[b] 201,465[a] Percentage 46.8% 20.4%[b] 10.9%[a] Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Einar Hareide Bent Røiseland Knut Løfsnes Party Christian Democratic Liberal Socialist People's Last election 12 seats, 10.2% 15 seats, 10.5% New Seats won 15 14 2 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 190,860[b] 208,251[a] 43,996 Percentage 10.4%[b] 11.3%[a] 2.4%
Results by county
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 September 1961.[ 1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party , which won 74 of the 150 seats in the Storting . Although it lost the absolute majority it had held since 1945, the Labour Party was able to continue in government.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Labour Party 860,526 46.76 74 –4 Conservative Party 354,369 19.26 28 0 Christian Democratic Party 171,451 9.32 14 +3 Liberal Party 132,429 7.20 11 –1 Centre Party 125,643 6.83 11 +1 Centrists –Liberals [ a] 75,822 4.12 8 – Communist Party 53,678 2.92 0 –1 Socialist People's Party 43,996 2.39 2 New Christians –Conservatives [ b] 19,409 1.05 2 – Free Left Electorate's List 2,360 0.13 0 New Norwegian Social Democratic Party 478 0.03 0 0 Wild votes 64 0.00 – – Total 1,840,225 100.00 150 0 Valid votes 1,840,225 99.44 Invalid/blank votes 10,323 0.56 Total votes 1,850,548 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,340,495 79.07 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
^ The joint list of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party won eight seats, three taken by the Liberal Party and five by the Centre Party.[ 2] ^ The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each.[ 2]