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Norway 1965 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1965 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 68 of 150 seats with 43.1% of the vote. 85.4% 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 68 of 150 seats with 43.1% of the vote; 85.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 6.4 points on 1961.

  • Labour Party 68 −6 seats 43.1% −3.7 points
  • Conservative Party 31 +2 seats 20.3% +1.0 points
  • Liberal Party 18 +4 seats 10.2% +2.0 points
  • Centre Party 18 +2 seats 9.8% +3.0 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 13 −2 seats 8.1% −1.2 points
  • Socialist People's Party 2 0 seats 6.0% +3.6 points
  • Communist Party of Norway 0 0 seats 1.4% −1.5 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 1961 parliamentary election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 43.1%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 68 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Liberal Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1961. Labour Party lost 6 seats.

  3. 85.4%

    Voter turnout

    Up 6.4 points on 1961.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party68−643.1−3.7883,319
Conservative Party31+220.3+1.0415,292
Liberal Party18+410.2+2.0207,834
Centre Party18+29.8+3.0192,022
Christian Democratic Party13−28.1−1.2160,332
Socialist People's Party206.0+3.6122,721
Communist Party of Norway001.4−1.527,996

± is the change against the Norway 1961 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 883,319
  • Conservative Party 415,292
  • Liberal Party 207,834
  • Centre Party 192,022
  • Christian Democratic Party 160,332
  • Socialist People's Party 122,721
  • Communist Party of Norway 27,996

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?

85.4% of the 2,406,866 registered voters cast a ballot (2,056,091 ballots), up 6.4 points on 1961. 2,047,394 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party43.1% of votes45.3% of seats
  • Conservative Party20.3% of votes20.7% of seats
  • Liberal Party10.2% of votes12.0% of seats
  • Centre Party9.8% of votes12.0% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party8.1% of votes8.7% of seats
  • Socialist People's Party6.0% of votes1.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 22.8 points of the vote.

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