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Norway 1973 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1973 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 62 of 155 seats with 35.3% of the vote. 80.2% 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 62 of 155 seats with 35.3% of the vote; 80.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.6 points on 1969.

  • Labour Party 62 −12 seats 35.3% −11.2 points
  • Conservative Party 29 0 seats 17.4% −1.4 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 20 +6 seats 12.2% +3.5 points
  • Socialist Left Party 16 11.2%
  • Centre Party 21 +1 seat 11.0% +2.0 points
  • Progress Party 4 5.0%
  • Liberal People's Party 1 3.4%
  • Liberal Party 2 −11 seats 3.5% −5.9 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 1969 parliamentary election, party by party.

78 of 155 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 35.3%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 62 of 155 seats. A majority needs 78.

  2. +6 seats

    Seats gained by Christian Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1969. Labour Party lost 12 seats.

  3. 80.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.6 points on 1969.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party62−1235.3−11.2759,499
Conservative Party29017.4−1.4370,370
Christian Democratic Party20+612.2+3.5255,456
Socialist Left Partywith Socialist People's Party and Communist Party of Norway1611.2241,851
Centre Party21+111.0+2.0146,312
Progress Party45.0107,784
Liberal People's Party13.473,854
Liberal Party2−113.5−5.949,668
Red Electoral Alliance00.49,360

± is the change against the Norway 1969 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 759,499
  • Conservative Party 370,370
  • Christian Democratic Party 255,456
  • Socialist Left Party 241,851
  • Centre Party 146,312
  • Progress Party 107,784
  • Liberal People's Party 73,854
  • Liberal Party 49,668
  • Red Electoral Alliance 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.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

80.2% of the 2,686,676 registered voters cast a ballot (2,155,734 ballots), down 3.6 points on 1969. 2,152,204 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1961 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party35.3% of votes40.0% of seats
  • Conservative Party17.4% of votes18.7% of seats
  • Centre Party11.0% of votes13.5% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party12.2% of votes12.9% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party11.2% of votes10.3% of seats
  • Progress Party5.0% of votes2.6% of seats
  • Liberal Party3.5% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Liberal People's Party3.4% of votes0.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 17.9 points of the vote.

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