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1953 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 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 830,448 337,632 177,662 Percentage 46.7% 18.9% 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 90,422 Percentage 10.5% 9.3% 5.1%
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Oscar Torp Labour Prime Minister after election Oscar Torp Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 October 1953. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 77 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Endorsements

National daily newspapers

Results

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	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

Notes

1. The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won one seat, which was taken by the Conservative Party.

References

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

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