1961 Norwegian Parliamentary Election
11 September 1961 · Labour's long ascendancy · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
Labour Party finished first with 74 of 150 seats on 46.8% of the vote. Turnout 79.1%.
Prime Minister before
Einar Gerhardsen
Labour
Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Labour Party
74 of 150 seats
Turnout
79.1%
The result
| Share of the Storting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | — | 74 | -4 | 860 526 | 46.8% | — | |
| Conservative Party | — | 28 | 0 | 354 369 | 19.3% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Party | — | 14 | +3 | 171 451 | 9.3% | — | |
| Liberal Party | — | 11 | -1 | 132 429 | 7.2% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 11 | +1 | 125 643 | 6.8% | — | |
| Centrists–Liberals | — | 8 | — | 75 822 | 4.1% | — | |
| Communist Party | — | 0 | -1 | 53 678 | 2.9% | — | |
| Socialist People's Party | — | 2 | — | 43 996 | 2.4% | — | |
| Christians–Conservatives | — | 2 | — | 19 409 | 1.1% | — | |
| Free Left Electorate's List | — | 0 | — | 2 360 | 0.1% | — | |
| Norwegian Social Democratic Party | — | 0 | 0 | 478 | 0.0% | — | |
| Wild votes | — | — | — | 64 | 0.0% | — |