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Norway 1953 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1953 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 77 of 150 seats with 46.7% of the vote. 79.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Norway
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 77 of 150 seats with 46.7% of the vote; 79.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.7 points on 1949.

  • Labour Party 77 −8 seats 46.7% +1.0 points
  • Conservative Party 26 +5 seats 18.4% +2.5 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 14 +5 seats 10.5% +2.1 points
  • Liberal Party 15 −5 seats 10.0% −2.5 points
  • Centre Party 14 +8 seats 8.8% +4.0 points
  • Communist Party of Norway 3 +3 seats 5.1% −0.8 points
  • Electoral lists Conservatives 1 −8 seats 0.5% −5.6 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Norway 1949 parliamentary election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 46.7%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 77 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +8 seats

    Seats gained by Centre Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1949. Electoral lists Conservatives lost 8 seats.

  3. 79.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.7 points on 1949.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party77−846.7+1.0830,448
Conservative Party26+518.4+2.5327,971
Christian Democratic Party14+510.5+2.1186,627
Liberal Party15−510.0−2.5177,662
Centre Party14+88.8+4.0157,018
Communist Party of Norway3+35.1−0.890,442
Electoral lists Conservatives1−80.5−5.69,661

± is the change against the Norway 1949 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 830,448
  • Conservative Party 327,971
  • Christian Democratic Party 186,627
  • Liberal Party 177,662
  • Centre Party 157,018
  • Communist Party of Norway 90,442
  • Electoral lists Conservatives 9,661

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

79.3% of the 2,256,799 registered voters cast a ballot (1,790,331 ballots), down 2.7 points on 1949. 1,779,831 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party46.7% of votes51.3% of seats
  • Conservative Party18.4% of votes17.3% of seats
  • Liberal Party10.0% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party10.5% of votes9.3% of seats
  • Centre Party8.8% of votes9.3% of seats
  • Communist Party of Norway5.1% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Electoral lists Conservatives0.5% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.5 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 28.2 points of the vote.

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