1953 Norwegian parliamentary election First party Second party Third party Leader Einar Gerhardsen C. J. Hambro Bent Røiseland Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 45.7%, 85 seats 20.5%, 23 seats 16.5%, 21 seats Seats won 77 27 15 Seat change 8 4 6 Popular vote 830,448 337,632[a] 177,662 Percentage 46.7% 18.9%[a] 10.0% Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Erling Wikborg Einar Frogner Emil Løvlien Party Christian Democratic Farmers' Communist Last election 8.1%, 9 seats 10.8%, 12 seats 5.8%, 0 seats Seats won 14 14 3 Seat change 5 2 3 Popular vote 186,627 166,679[a] 90,422 Percentage 10.5% 9.3%[a] 5.1%
Results by constituency
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 October 1953.[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party , which won 77 of the 150 seats in the Storting .
Endorsements [ edit ] National daily newspapers [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– Labour Party 830,448 46.66 77 –8 Conservative Party 327,971 18.43 26 +4 Christian Democratic Party 186,627 10.49 14 +5 Liberal Party 177,662 9.98 15 –6 Farmers' Party 157,018 8.82 14 +2 Communist Party 90,422 5.08 3 +3 Farmers –Conservatives [a] 9,661 0.54 1 – Wild votes 22 0.00 – – Total 1,779,831 100.00 150 0 Valid votes 1,779,831 99.41 Invalid/blank votes 10,500 0.59 Total votes 1,790,331 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,256,799 79.33 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Seat distribution [ edit ] ^ The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won one seat, which was taken by the Conservative Party.[3] References [ edit ]