1957 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 7 October 1957.^[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 78 of the 150 seats in the Storting. As a result, the Gerhardsen government continued in office.

1957 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1953 7 October 1957 1961 →
All 150 seats in the Storting 76 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Einar Gerhardsen Alv Kjøs Bent Røiseland Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 46.7%, 77 seats 18.9%, 27 seats 10.0%, 15 seats Seats won 78 29 15 Seat change 1 2 0 Popular vote 865,675 352,755[a][b] 177,291[b] Percentage 48.3% 21.7%[a][b] 10.5%[b]   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Per Borten Einar Hareide Emil Løvlien Party Farmers' Christian Democratic Communist Last election 9.3%, 14 seats, 10.5%, 14 seats 5.1%, 3 seats Seats won 15 12 1 Seat change 1 2 2 Popular vote 200,237[a] 183,243 60,060 Percentage 9.9%[a] 10.2% 3.4%
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Einar Gerhardsen Labour Prime Minister after election Einar Gerhardsen Labour

This was the last time a single party won a majority of seats on its own in a Norwegian election.

Newspaper endorsements

Newspaper	Party endorsed
Moss Avis		Conservative Party[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	865,675	48.33	78	+1
	Conservative Party	301,395	16.83	25	+2
	Christian Democratic Party	183,243	10.23	12	–2
	Liberal Party	171,407	9.57	15	0
	Farmers' Party	154,761	8.64	14	+1
	Communist Party	60,060	3.35	1	–2
	Farmers'–Conservatives[a]	45,476	2.54	4	–
	Liberals–Conservatives[b]	5,884	0.33	1	–
	Norwegian Social Democratic Party	2,855	0.16	0	New
	Liberal People's Party	249	0.01	0	New
	Progress Party	105	0.01	0	New
Wild votes		18	0.00	–	–
Total		1,791,128	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		1,791,128	99.50
Invalid/blank votes		9,027	0.50
Total votes		1,800,155	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,298,376	78.32
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Voter demographics

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Ap	H	V	KrF	Sp	Others
Total vote	48.3%	21.7%	10.5%	10.2%	9.9%
Gender
Female	47.8%	15.7%	9.6%	13.2%	9.6%
Male	48.9%	17.8%	9.6%	7.4%	7.7%
Age
18–30 years old	58.5%	17.1%	8.3%	5.7%	5.7%
30-59 years old	48.5%	15.5%	10.3%	9.5%	8.8%
60 years old and older	40.7%	20.3%	8.3%	15.8%	10.8%
Work
Low income	47.2%	13.1%	7.6%	14%	13.1%
Average income	59.6%	10.1%	8.7%	8.7%	7%
High income	38%	28.7%	12.3%	7.6%	5.3%
Education
Primary school	57.8%	9.5%	8.1%	10.5%	7.4%
High school	30.7%	24.9%	13.6%	10%	13.9%
University/college	16.4%	62.7%	10.4%	9%	1.5%
Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research[4][5][6]

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	H	V	B	KrF	K
Akershus	7	4	2		1
Aust-Agder	4	2	1			1
Bergen	5	3	1	1
Buskerud	7	4	2		1
Finnmark	4	3	1
Hedmark	8	5	1		1		1
Hordaland	10	4	1	2	1	2
Møre og Romsdal	10	4	1	2	1	2
Nord-Trøndelag	6	3		1	2
Nordland	12	7	2	1	1	1
Oppland	7	4	1		2
Oslo	13	6	5	1		1
Østfold	8	5	2			1
Rogaland	10	3	2	2	1	2
Sogn og Fjordane	5	2		1	1	1
Sør-Trøndelag	10	5	2	1	1	1
Telemark	6	4		1	1
Troms	6	4	1	1
Vest-Agder	5	2	1	1	1
Vestfold	7	4	3
Total	150	78	29	15	15	12	1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

1. The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won four seats, three of which were taken by the Conservative Party and one by the Farmers' Party.^[3]
2. The joint list of the Liberal Party and Conservative Party won one seat, taken by the Conservative Party.^[3]