1961 Norwegian parliamentary election

1961 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1957 11 September 1961 1965 →
All 150 seats in the Storting 76 seats needed for a majority
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
Prime Minister before election Einar Gerhardsen Labour Prime Minister after election Einar Gerhardsen Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in

. Although it lost the absolute majority it had held since 1945, the Labour Party was able to continue in government.

Results

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

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

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