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Norway 1957 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1957 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 78 of 150 seats with 48.3% of the vote. 78.3% 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 78 of 150 seats with 48.3% of the vote; 78.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.0 points on 1953.

  • Labour Party 78 +1 seat 48.3% +1.6 points
  • Conservative Party 29 +3 seats 16.8% −1.6 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 12 −2 seats 10.2% −0.3 points
  • Liberal Party 15 0 seats 9.6% −0.4 points
  • Centre Party 15 +1 seat 9.6% +0.8 points
  • Communist Party of Norway 1 −2 seats 3.4% −1.7 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 1953 parliamentary election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 48.3%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 78 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +3 seats

    Seats gained by Conservative Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1953. Christian Democratic Party lost 2 seats.

  3. 78.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.0 points on 1953.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party78+148.3+1.6865,675
Conservative Party29+316.8−1.6301,395
Christian Democratic Party12−210.2−0.3183,243
Liberal Party1509.6−0.4171,407
Centre Party15+19.6+0.8154,761
Communist Party of Norway1−23.4−1.760,060
Largest party without seats00.59,360

± is the change against the Norway 1953 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 865,675
  • Conservative Party 301,395
  • Christian Democratic Party 183,243
  • Liberal Party 171,407
  • Centre Party 154,761
  • Communist Party of Norway 60,060
  • Largest party without seats 9,360

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?

78.3% of the 2,298,376 registered voters cast a ballot (1,800,155 ballots), down 1.0 points on 1953. 1,791,128 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1945 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party48.3% of votes52.0% of seats
  • Conservative Party16.8% of votes19.3% of seats
  • Centre Party9.6% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Liberal Party9.6% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party10.2% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Communist Party of Norway3.4% 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 3.4 by votes and 3.0 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 31.5 points of the vote.

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