1965 Norwegian parliamentary election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Norway

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 1961 Norwegian parliamentary election

| previous_mps =

| previous_year = 1961

| next_election = 1969 Norwegian parliamentary election

| next_year = 1969

| seats_for_election = All 150 seats in the Storting

| majority_seats = 76

| election_date = 12 and 13 September 1965

| image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = Einar Gerhardsen 1945.jpeg

| leader1 = Einar Gerhardsen

| party1 = Norwegian Labour Party

| last_election1 = 46.8%, 74 seats

| seats1 = 68

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}6

| popular_vote1 = 883,320

| percentage1 = 43.1%

| image2 = John Lyng by Schrøder (1932).JPG

| leader2 = John Lyng

| party2 = Conservative Party (Norway)

| last_election2 = 20.4%, 29 seats

| seats2 = 31

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}2

| popular_vote2 = 438,412{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|a}}

| percentage2 = 21.4%{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|a}}

| image3 = Gunnar_Garbo.jpg

| leader3 = Gunnar Garbo

| party3 = Liberal Party of Norway

| last_election3 = 11.3%, 14 seats

| seats3 = 18

| seat_change3 = {{increase}}4

| popular_vote3 = 222,547{{ref label|reference_name_B|b|b}}

| percentage3 = 10.9%{{ref label|reference_name_B|b|b}}

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

| leader4 = Per Borten

| party4 = Centre Party (Norway)

| last_election4 = 10.9%, 16 seats

| seats4 = 18

| seat_change4 = {{increase}}2

| popular_vote4 = 206,415{{ref label|reference_name_B|b|b}}

| percentage4 = 10.1%{{ref label|reference_name_B|b|b}}

| image5 =

| leader5 = Einar Hareide

| party5 = Christian Democratic Party (Norway)

| last_election5 = 10.4%, 15 seats

| seats5 = 13

| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}2

| popular_vote5 = 183,131{{ref label|reference_name_B|b|b}}

| percentage5 = 8.9%{{ref label|reference_name_B|b|b}}

| image6 =

| leader6 = Knut Løfsnes

| party6 = Socialist People's Party (Norway)

| last_election6 = 2.4%, 2 seats

| seats6 = 2

| seat_change6 = {{steady}}0

| popular_vote6 = 122,721

| percentage6 = 6.0%

| map_image = 1965 Norwegian parliamentary election results map.svg

| map_caption = Results by constituency

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Prime Minister after election

| before_election = Einar Gerhardsen

| before_party = Norwegian Labour Party

| after_election = Per Borten

| after_party = Centre Party (Norway)

| turnout = 85.4%

}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 and 13 September 1965.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 68 of the 150 seats. However, the four non-socialist parties succeeded in winning a majority between them and forming a government. Per Borten, the leader of the Centre Party, became prime minister.

Contesting parties

{{see also|List of political parties in Norway}}

class="wikitable"
rowspan=2 colspan=3 width=225px | Name

! rowspan=2 | Ideology

! rowspan=2 | Position

! rowspan=2 | Leader

! colspan=2 | 1961 result

Votes (%)

! Seats

style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}; width:2px;"|

| align=center | Ap

| Labour Party
Arbeiderpartiet

| Social democracy

| Centre-left

| Einar Gerhardsen

| align=center | 46.7%

| {{Composition bar|74|150|{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}}}

style="background:{{party color|Conservative Party of Norway (2020)}}; width:2px;"|

| align=center | H

| Conservative Party
Høyre

| Conservatism

| Centre-right

|John Lyng

| align=center | 19.2%

| {{Composition bar|28|150|{{party color|Conservative Party of Norway}}}}

style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}; width:2px;" |

| align="center" | KrF

| Christian Democratic Party
Kristelig Folkeparti

| Christian democracy

| Centre to centre-right

| Einar Hareide

| align="center" | 9.3%

| {{Composition bar|14|150|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}}}}

style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Norway)}}; width:2px;" |

| align="center" | V

| Liberal Party
Venstre

| Social liberalism

| Centre

|Gunnar Garbo

| align="center" | 7.2%

| {{Composition bar|11|150|{{party color|Liberal Party (Norway)}}}}

style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}; width:2px;" |

| align="center" | Sp

| Centre Party
Senterpartiet

| Agrarianism

| Centre

| Per Borten

| align="center" | 6.8%

| {{Composition bar|11|150|{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}}}}

style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of Norway}}; width:2px;" |

| align="center" | NKP

| Communist Party of Norway
Norges Kommunistiske Parti

| Communism

| Far-left

|Reidar T. Larsen

| align="center" | 2.9%

| {{Composition bar|0|155|{{party color|Communist Party of Norway}}}}

style="background:{{party color|Socialist Left Party (Norway)}}; width:2px;" |

| align="center" | SF

| Socialist People's Party
Sosialistisk Folkeparti

| Socialism

| Left-wing to Far-left

|Knut Løfsnes

| align="center" | 2.3%

| {{Composition bar|2|150|{{party color|Socialist Left Party (Norway)}}}}

Campaign

=Slogans=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%; text-align:left"

! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party

! Original slogan

! English translation

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

| Labour Party

|"Nye muligheter - Nye mål"

|"New opportunities - New goals"

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

| Conservative Party

|"På parti med fremtiden"

|"On the side of the future"

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

| Liberal Party

|

|

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

| Farmer's Party

|

|

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

|Christian Democratic Party

|

|

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

| Communist Party of Norway

|

|

colspan="4" | Sources: {{Cite web |title=Historiske slagord og plakater |url=https://www.arbeiderpartiet.no/om/historien-om-arbeiderpartiet/slagord/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Arbeiderpartiet |language=nb}}{{Cite news |date=August 31, 1965 |title=Fredriksstad Blad, tirsdag 31. august 1965 |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_fredriksstadblad_null_null_19650831_77_199_1 |work=Fredriksstad Blad |pages=8 |language=no |quote=Det er ikke nødvendig her. Jeg bare henviser til høyres program, som behandler alle viktige saker og oppgaver i dagens samfunn. Dette program og det slagord høyre har valgt: "På parti med fremtiden" utkrystalliserer alt det Høyre står for i norsk politkk, som det fremtidens parti det tar sikte på å være, med en aktiv fremskrittspolitikk som best kan løse de kommende. Krevende oppgaver i vårt samfunn. Programet gir uttrykk for hvordan et moderne konservativt parti oppfatter sin oppgave som det brede folkeparti Høyre vil være, med tilhengere innen alle grupper av vårt folk.}}

= National daily newspaper endorsements=

class="wikitable"

!Newspaper

!colspan=2|Party endorsed

Sør-Trøndelag

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

|Liberal Party{{Cite web |title=Sør-Trøndelag, torsdag 9. september 1965 |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sortrondelag_null_null_19650909_57_118_1 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=www.nb.no}}

Results

{{Election results

|image=File:1965 Norwegian Storting.svg

|party1=Labour Party|votes1=883320|seats1=68|sc1=–6

|party2=Conservative Party|votes2=415612|seats2=30|sc2=+2

|party3=Liberal Party|votes3=207834|seats3=18|sc3=+4

|party4=Centre Party|votes4=191702|seats4=17|sc4=+2

|party5=Christian Democratic Party|votes5=160331|seats5=12|sc5=–2

|party6=Socialist People's Party|votes6=122721|seats6=2|sc6=0

|party7=Communist Party|votes7=27996|seats7=0|sc7=0

|party8=ChristiansConservatives{{efn|The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each.}}|votes8=22800|seats8=2|sc8=–

|party9=CentristsLiberals{{efn|The joint list of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party won one seat, taken by the Centre Party.Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460}}|votes9=14713|seats9=1|sc9=–

|party10=Democratic Party|votes10=194|seats10=0|sc10=New

|party11=Freedom Protectors|votes11=163|seats11=0|sc11=New

|row12=Wild votes|votes12=8

|invalid=8697

|total_sc=0

|electorate=2406866

|source=Nohlen & Stöver

}}

= Voter demographics =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
rowspan="3"| Cohort

! colspan="7" | Percentage of cohort voting for

scope="col" style="width:5em;"| Ap

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | H

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | V

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Sp

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | KrF

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | SF

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Others

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|Socialist Left Party (Norway)}}" |

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

align=left| Total votestyle="background:#ffccd4;| 43.1%21.4%10.9%10.1%

| 8.9%

6.0%
colspan="8" | Gender
align=left| Femalesstyle="background:#ffccd4;| 44.1%22.3%11%8.7%

| 9.5%

3.9%
align=left| Malesstyle="background:#ffccd4;| 43.9%19.1%9.7%10.3%

| 6.5%

8.2%
colspan="8" | Age
align=left| 18–30 years oldstyle="background:#ffccd4;| 39.9%22.3%10.1%10.1%

| 7.6%

9.2%
align=left| 30-59 years oldstyle="background:#ffccd4;| 46.2%19.8%10.9%8.9%

| 6.1%

6.9%
align=left| 60 years old and olderstyle="background:#ffccd4;| 40.9%22%9%11%

| 13%

1.7%
colspan="8" | Work
align=left| low incomestyle="background:#ffccd4;| 43.4%13.3%9.2%15.3%

| 12.9%

4.2%
align=left| Average incomestyle="background:#ffccd4;| 53.8%12.9%10.5%7.3%

| 5.8%

7.7%
align=left| High incomestyle="background:#ffccd4;| 36.3%34.2%12.1%5.1%

| 4.7%

6.8%
colspan="8" |Education
align=left| Primary schoolstyle="background:#ffccd4;| 59.5%7.2%7.6%8.9%

| 7.1%

7.2%
align=left| High schoolstyle="background:#ffccd4;| 38.1%24.2%11.9%11.2%

| 8.7%

5.3%
align=left| University/college13.1%style="background:#cce4ff;| 53.7%13.7%5.1%

| 8%

5.1%
colspan="11! |
align=left colspan="8" | 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}}

= 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;" |Sp

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

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

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|Socialist People's Party (Norway)}};" |

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

!7

|3

|2

|1

|1

|

|

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

!4

|2

|1

|1

|

|

|

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

!5

|2

|1

|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

|

|2

|

|

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

!10

|3

|2

|2

|1

|2

|

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

!10

|3

|1

|2

|2

|2

|

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

!6

|3

|

|1

|2

|

|

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

!12

|6

|2

|1

|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

|4

|2

|

|1

|1

|

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

!10

|3

|2

|2

|1

|2

|

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

!5

|1

|1

|1

|1

|1

|

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

!10

|5

|2

|1

|1

|1

|

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

!6

|3

|1

|1

|

|1

|

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

!6

|3

|1

|1

|1

|

|

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

!5

|2

|1

|1

|

|1

|

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

!7

|3

|2

|1

|1

|

|

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

!150

!68

!31

!18

!18

!13

!2

align=left colspan="8" |Source: [https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a134.pdf Norges Offisielle Statistikk]

Notes

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References