1961 Norwegian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 September 1961.[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 74 of the 150 seats in the Storting. Although it lost the absolute majority it had held since 1945, the Labour Party was able to continue in government.
Results[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Labour Party | 860,526 | 46.8 | 74 | –4 |
Conservative Party | 354,369 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 |
Christian People's Party | 171,451 | 9.3 | 15 | +3 |
Liberal Party | 132,429 | 7.2 | 14 | –1 |
Centre Party | 125,643 | 6.8 | 16 | +1 |
Centrists-Liberals | 75,822 | 4.1 | [a] | – |
Communist Party | 53,678 | 2.9 | 0 | –1 |
Socialist People's Party | 43,996 | 2.4 | 2 | New |
Christians-Conservatives | 19,409 | 1.1 | [b] | – |
Free Left Electorate's List | 2,360 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Norwegian Social Democratic Party | 478 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Wild votes | 64 | 0.0 | – | – |
Invalid/blank votes | 10,323 | – | – | – |
Total | 1,850,548 | 100 | 150 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,340,495 | 79.1 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
a The joint list of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party won eight seats, three taken by the Liberal Party and five by the Centre Party.[2]
b The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian People's Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each.[2]
References[]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1459
Categories:
- General elections in Norway
- 1960s elections in Norway
- 1961 elections in Europe
- 1961 in Norway
- September 1961 events in Europe