1957 Norwegian parliamentary election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Norway

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 1953 Norwegian parliamentary election

| previous_year = 1953

| next_election = 1961 Norwegian parliamentary election

| next_year = 1961

| seats_for_election = All 150 seats in the Storting

| majority_seats = 76

| election_date = 7 October 1957

| image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = Einar Gerhardsen 1945.jpeg

| leader1 = Einar Gerhardsen

| party1 = Norwegian Labour Party

| last_election1 = 46.7%, 77 seats

| seats1 = 78

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}1

| popular_vote1 = 865,675

| percentage1 = 48.3%

| image2 = Alv Kjøs.PNG

| leader2 = Alv Kjøs

| party2 = Conservative Party (Norway)

| last_election2 = 18.9%, 27 seats

| seats2 = 29

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}2

| popular_vote2 = 352,755{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|a}}{{ref label|reference_name_B|b|b}}

| percentage2 = 21.7%{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|a}}{{ref label|reference_name_B|b|b}}

| image3 = Bent Røiseland.png

| leader3 = Bent Røiseland

| party3 = Liberal Party of Norway

| last_election3 = 10.0%, 15 seats

| seats3 = 15

| seat_change3 = {{steady}}0

| popular_vote3 = 177,291{{ref label|reference_name_B|b|b}}

| percentage3 = 10.5%{{ref label|reference_name_B|b|b}}

| image4 = Per Borten (1964, Knudsens fotosenter).jpg

| leader4 = Per Borten

| party4 = Farmers'

| last_election4 = 9.3%, 14 seats,

| seats4 = 15

| seat_change4 = {{increase}}1

| popular_vote4 = 200,237{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|a}}

| percentage4 = 9.9%{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|a}}

| image5 =

| leader5 = Einar Hareide

| party5 = Christian Democratic Party (Norway)

| last_election5 = 10.5%, 14 seats

| seats5 = 12

| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}2

| popular_vote5 = 183,243

| percentage5 = 10.2%

| image6 = Emil Løvlien.jpg

| leader6 = Emil Løvlien

| party6 = Communist Party of Norway

| last_election6 = 5.1%, 3 seats

| seats6 = 1

| seat_change6 = {{decrease}}2

| popular_vote6 = 60,060

| percentage6 = 3.4%

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Prime Minister after election

| before_election = Einar Gerhardsen

| before_party = Norwegian Labour Party

| after_election = Einar Gerhardsen

| after_party = Norwegian Labour Party

| map_image = File:1957 Norwegian parliamentary election results map.svg

| map_caption = Results by constituency

}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 7 October 1957.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 78 of the 150 seats in the Storting. As a result, the Gerhardsen government continued in office.

This was the last time a single party won a majority of seats on its own in a Norwegian election.

Newspaper endorsements

class="wikitable"

! width=200px| Newspaper

! colspan=2| Party endorsed

{{lang|no|Moss Avis}}

| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (Norway)}}" width=5px|

| width=150px| Conservative Party{{Cite news |date=5 October 1957 |title=Moss Avis |newspaper=Moss Avis |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_mossavis_null_null_19571005_83_230_1}}

Results

{{Election results

|image=File:1957 Norwegian Storting.svg

|party1=Labour Party|votes1=865675|seats1=78|sc1=+1

|party2=Conservative Party|votes2=301395|seats2=25|sc2=+2

|party3=Christian Democratic Party|votes3=183243|seats3=12|sc3=–2

|party4=Liberal Party|votes4=171407|seats4=15|sc4=0

|party5=Farmers' Party|votes5=154761|seats5=14|sc5=+1

|party6=Communist Party|votes6=60060|seats6=1|sc6=–2

|party7=Farmers'Conservatives{{efn|The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won four seats, three of which were taken by the Conservative Party and one by the Farmers' Party.Nohlen & Stöver, p1459}}|votes7=45476|seats7=4|sc7=–

|party8=LiberalsConservatives{{efn|The joint list of the Liberal Party and Conservative Party won one seat, taken by the Conservative Party.}}|votes8=5884|seats8=1|sc8=–

|party9=Norwegian Social Democratic Party|votes9=2855|seats9=0|sc9=New

|party10=Liberal People's Party|votes10=249|seats10=0|sc10=New

|party11=Progress Party|votes11=105|seats11=0|sc11=New

|row12=Wild votes|votes12=18

|invalid=9027

|total_sc=0

|electorate=2298376

|source=Nohlen & Stöver

}}

= Voter demographics =

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%; text-align:right"

!rowspan=3|Cohort

!colspan=6|Percentage of cohort voting for

width=50px|Ap

!width=50px|H

!width=50px|V

!width=50px|KrF

!width=50px|Sp

!width=50px|Others

bgcolor={{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}|

|bgcolor={{party color|Conservative Party (Norway)}}|

|bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Party (Norway)}}|

|bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}|

|bgcolor={{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}|

|bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}|

align=left|Total votebgcolor=#ffccd4|48.3%21.7%10.5%10.2%9.9%
colspan=7|Gender
align=left|Femalebgcolor=#ffccd4|47.8%15.7%9.6%13.2%9.6%
align=left|Malebgcolor=#ffccd4|48.9%17.8%9.6%7.4%7.7%
colspan=7|Age
align=left|18–30 years oldbgcolor=#ffccd4|58.5%17.1%8.3%5.7%5.7%
align=left|30-59 years oldbgcolor=#ffccd4|48.5%15.5%10.3%9.5%8.8%
align=left|60 years old and olderbgcolor=#ffccd4|40.7%20.3%8.3%15.8%10.8%
colspan=7|Work
align=left|Low incomebgcolor=#ffccd4|47.2%13.1%7.6%14%13.1%
align=left|Average incomebgcolor=#ffccd4|59.6%10.1%8.7%8.7%7%
align=left|High incomebgcolor=#ffccd4|38%28.7%12.3%7.6%5.3%
colspan="7"|Education
align=left|Primary schoolbgcolor=#ffccd4|57.8%9.5%8.1%10.5%7.4%
align=left|High schoolbgcolor=#ffccd4|30.7%24.9%13.6%10%13.9%
align=left|University/college16.4%bgcolor=#cce4ff|62.7%10.4%9%1.5%
colspan=11|
colspan=7 align=left|Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research{{Cite web|url=https://www.samfunnsforskning.no/valg/partiene/krf.html|title=Kristelig Folkeparti - Valgforskning|accessdate=16 February 2024}}{{cite book|author=Valen, Henry|date=1972|publisher=Gyldendal|title=Velgere og politiske frontlinjer|url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007071904012}}{{cite book |author=Leipart, Jørn Y. |date=1981 |publication-place=no# |publisher=Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste |title=Valgundersøkelsen 1957 |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2022010348111}}

= Seat distribution =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"

! rowspan="3" |Constituency

! rowspan="3" |Total
seats

! colspan="6" |Seats won

class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |Ap

! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |H

! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |V

! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |B

! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |KrF

! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |K

style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Conservative Party (Norway)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Norway)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of Norway}};" |

style="text-align: left;" |Akershus

!7

|4

|2

|

|1

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Aust-Agder

!4

|2

|1

|

|

|1

|

style="text-align: left;" |Bergen

!5

|3

|1

|1

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Buskerud

!7

|4

|2

|

|1

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Finnmark

!4

|3

|1

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Hedmark

!8

|5

|1

|

|1

|

|1

style="text-align: left;" |Hordaland

!10

|4

|1

|2

|1

|2

|

style="text-align: left;" |Møre og Romsdal

!10

|4

|1

|2

|1

|2

|

style="text-align: left;" |Nord-Trøndelag

!6

|3

|

|1

|2

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Nordland

!12

|7

|2

|1

|1

|1

|

style="text-align: left;" |Oppland

!7

|4

|1

|

|2

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Oslo

!13

|6

|5

|1

|

|1

|

style="text-align: left;" |Østfold

!8

|5

|2

|

|

|1

|

style="text-align: left;" |Rogaland

!10

|3

|2

|2

|1

|2

|

style="text-align: left;" |Sogn og Fjordane

!5

|2

|

|1

|1

|1

|

style="text-align: left;" |Sør-Trøndelag

!10

|5

|2

|1

|1

|1

|

style="text-align: left;" |Telemark

!6

|4

|

|1

|1

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Troms

!6

|4

|1

|1

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Vest-Agder

!5

|2

|1

|1

|1

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Vestfold

!7

|4

|3

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Total

!150

!78

!29

!15

!15

!12

!1

align=left colspan="8" |Source: [https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_299.pdf Norges Offisielle Statistikk]

Notes

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References