1957 Norwegian parliamentary election

1957 Norwegian parliamentary election

7 October 1957
All 150 seats in the Storting 76 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Einar Gerhardsen Alv Kjøs Bent Røiseland Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 46.7%, 77 seats 18.9%, 27 seats 10.0%, 15 seats Seats won 78 29 15 Seat change 1 2 0 Popular vote 865,675 352,755[a][b] 177,291[b] Percentage 48.3% 21.7%[a][b] 10.5%[b]   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Per Borten Einar Hareide Emil Løvlien Party Farmers' Christian Democratic Communist Last election 9.3%, 14 seats, 10.5%, 14 seats 5.1%, 3 seats Seats won 15 12 1 Seat change 1 2 2 Popular vote 200,237[a] 183,243 60,060 Percentage 9.9%[a] 10.2% 3.4%
Largest bloc and seats won by constituency
Prime Minister before election Einar Gerhardsen Labour Prime Minister after election Einar Gerhardsen Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 7 October 1957. 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. This was also the last Norwegian parliamentary election as of 2026 to not be held in September.

Contesting parties

See also: List of political parties in Norway

Name			Ideology	Position	Leader	1953 result
						Votes (%)	Seats
	Ap	Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet	Social democracy	Centre-left	Einar Gerhardsen	46.7%	77 / 150
	H	Conservative Party Høyre	Conservatism	Centre-right	Alv Kjøs	18.9%	27 / 150
	KrF	Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	Einar Hareide	10.5%	14 / 150
	V	Liberal Party Venstre	Social liberalism	Centre	Bent Røiseland	10.0%	15 / 150
	Sp	Centre Party Senterpartiet	Agrarianism	Centre	Per Borten	9.3%	14 / 150
	NKP	Communist Party of Norway Norges Kommunistiske Parti	Communism	Far-left	Emil Løvlien	5.1%	3 / 150

Newspaper endorsements

Newspaper	Party endorsed
Moss Avis		Conservative Party

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	865,675	48.33	78	+1
	Conservative Party	301,395	16.83	25	+2
	Christian Democratic Party	183,243	10.23	12	–2
	Liberal Party	171,407	9.57	15	0
	Farmers' Party	154,761	8.64	14	+1
	Communist Party	60,060	3.35	1	–2
	Farmers'–Conservatives	45,476	2.54	4	–
	Liberals–Conservatives	5,884	0.33	1	–
	Norwegian Social Democratic Party	2,855	0.16	0	New
	Liberal People's Party	249	0.01	0	New
	Progress Party	105	0.01	0	New
Wild votes		18	0.00	–	–
Total		1,791,128	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		1,791,128	99.50
Invalid/blank votes		9,027	0.50
Total votes		1,800,155	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,298,376	78.32
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Voter demographics

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Ap	H	V	KrF	Sp	Others
Total vote	48.3%	21.7%	10.5%	10.2%	9.9%
Gender
Female	47.8%	15.7%	9.6%	13.2%	9.6%
Male	48.9%	17.8%	9.6%	7.4%	7.7%
Age
18–30 years old	58.5%	17.1%	8.3%	5.7%	5.7%
30–59 years old	48.5%	15.5%	10.3%	9.5%	8.8%
60 years old and older	40.7%	20.3%	8.3%	15.8%	10.8%
Work
Low income	47.2%	13.1%	7.6%	14%	13.1%
Average income	59.6%	10.1%	8.7%	8.7%	7%
High income	38%	28.7%	12.3%	7.6%	5.3%
Education
Primary school	57.8%	9.5%	8.1%	10.5%	7.4%
High school	30.7%	24.9%	13.6%	10%	13.9%
University/college	16.4%	62.7%	10.4%	9%	1.5%
Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	H	V	B	KrF	K
Akershus	7	4	2		1
Aust-Agder	4	2	1			1
Bergen	5	3	1	1
Buskerud	7	4	2		1
Finnmark	4	3	1
Hedmark	8	5	1		1		1
Hordaland	10	4	1	2	1	2
Møre og Romsdal	10	4	1	2	1	2
Nord-Trøndelag	6	3		1	2
Nordland	12	7	2	1	1	1
Oppland	7	4	1		2
Oslo	13	6	5	1		1
Østfold	8	5	2			1
Rogaland	10	3	2	2	1	2
Sogn og Fjordane	5	2		1	1	1
Sør-Trøndelag	10	5	2	1	1	1
Telemark	6	4		1	1
Troms	6	4	1	1
Vest-Agder	5	2	1	1	1
Vestfold	7	4	3
Total	150	78	29	15	15	12	1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk