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1961 Norwegian parliamentary election

1961 Norwegian parliamentary election
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All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Einar Gerhardsen Alv Kjøs 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 Decrease4 Steady0 Increase1
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 Increase3 Decrease1 Increase2
Popular vote 190,860[b] 208,251[a] 43,996
Percentage 10.4%[b] 11.3%[a] 2.4%
Results by county
Prime Minister before election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

Prime Minister after election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

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.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party860,52646.7674–4
Conservative Party354,36919.26280
Christian Democratic Party171,4519.3214+3
Liberal Party132,4297.2011–1
Centre Party125,6436.8311+1
Centrists–Liberals[a]75,8224.128–
Communist Party53,6782.920–1
Socialist People's Party43,9962.392New
Christians–Conservatives[b]19,4091.052–
Free Left Electorate's List2,3600.130New
Norwegian Social Democratic Party4780.0300
Wild votes640.00––
Total1,840,225100.001500
Valid votes1,840,22599.44
Invalid/blank votes10,3230.56
Total votes1,850,548100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,340,49579.07
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

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Constituency Total
seats 		Seats won
Ap H Sp KrF V SF
Akershus 7 4 2 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Bergen 5 2 1 1 1
Buskerud 7 4 2 1
Finnmark 4 3 1
Hedmark 8 5 1 2
Hordaland 10 4 1 1 2 2
Møre og Romsdal 10 4 1 1 2 2
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 2 1
Nordland 12 6 2 1 2 1
Oppland 7 4 1 2
Oslo 13 6 5 1 1
Østfold 8 4 2 1 1
Rogaland 10 3 2 1 2 2
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 1 1 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 5 2 1 1 1
Telemark 6 3 1 1 1
Troms 6 4 1 1
Vest-Agder 5 2 1 1 1
Vestfold 7 4 3
Total 150 74 29 16 15 14 2
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

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  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each.[2]

References

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