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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.
Results [ edit ]
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
Seat distribution [ edit ]
^ 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]
References [ edit ]