1973 Norwegian parliamentary election
9 and 10 September 1973
All 155 seats in the Storting
78 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Trygve Bratteli Kåre Willoch Dagfinn Vårvik
Party Labour Conservative Centre
Last election 46.5%, 74 seats 22.7%, 29 seats 12.9%, 20 seats
Seats won 62 29 21
Seat change Decrease12 Steady Increase1
Popular vote 759,499 379,039[c] 265,734[a][b]
Percentage 35.3% 17.6%[c] 12.3%[a][b]
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Lars Korvald Finn Gustavsen Anders Lange
Party Christian Democratic Socialist Anders Lange's
Last election 11.7%, 14 seats 4.4%, 0 seats[d] –
Seats won 20 16 4
Seat change Increase6 Increase16 New
Popular vote 285,908[b][c] 241,851 107,784
Percentage 13.3%[b][c] 11.2% 5.0%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Helge Rognlien Helge Seip
Party Liberal New People's
Last election 9.4%, 13 seats –
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Decrease11 New
Popular vote 169,090[a][b] 73,854
Percentage 7.8%[a][b] 3.4%
Results by county
Prime Minister before election

Lars Korvald
Christian Democratic

 Prime Minister after election

Trygve Bratteli
Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 9 and 10 September 1973.[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 62 of the 155 seats in the Storting.

Campaign

Political parties

Name Ideology Position Leader 1969 result
Votes (%) Seats
Ap Labour Party
Arbeiderpartiet		 Social democracy Centre-left Trygve Bratteli 46.5%
74 / 155
H Conservative Party
Høyre		 Conservatism Centre-right Kåre Willoch 18.8%
29 / 155
V Liberal Party
Venstre		 Social liberalism Centre Helge Rognlien 9.3%
13 / 155
Sp Centre Party
Senterpartiet		 Agrarianism Centre Dagfinn Vårvik 8.9%
20 / 155
KrF Christian Democratic Party
Kristelig Folkeparti		 Christian democracy Centre to centre-right Lars Korvald 7.8%
14 / 155
SF Socialist People's Party
Sosialistisk Folkeparti		 Socialism Left-wing to Far-left Finn Gustavsen 3.3%
0 / 155
NKP Communist Party of Norway
Norges Kommunistiske Parti		 Communism Far-left Martin Gunnar Knutsen 1.0%
0 / 155

Debates

1973 Norwegian general election debates
Date Time Organizers  P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee 
Ap H V Sp KrF SF Alp Dlp Rv Refs
6 Sep 23:00 NRK P
Trygve Bratteli, Reiulf Steen		 P
Kåre Willoch		 P
Helge Rognlien		 P
Dagfinn Vårvik		 P
Asbjørn Haugstvedt, Lars Korvald		 P
Finn Gustavsen		 P
Anders Lange		 P
Helge Seip		 P
Sigurd Allern		 [2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party759,49935.2962–12
Conservative Party370,37017.21290
Christian Democratic Party255,45611.8719+6
Socialist Electoral League241,85111.2416+16
Centre Party146,3126.8013+1
Anders Lange's Party107,7845.014New
Centrists–Liberals[lower-alpha 1]97,6394.547–
New People's Party73,8543.431New
Liberal Party49,6682.311–11
Centrists–Liberals–Christians[lower-alpha 2]21,7831.013–
Red Electoral Alliance9,3600.430New
Conservatives–Christians8,6690.400–
Single Person's Party5,1130.240New
Democratic Party2,1250.1000
Women's Free Deputies1,8660.090New
Lapp People's List8490.0400
Other parties60.000–
Total2,152,204100.00155+5
Valid votes2,152,20499.84
Invalid/blank votes3,5300.16
Total votes2,155,734100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,686,67680.24
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats		 Seats won
Ap H Sp KrF SV ALp V DNF
Akershus 10 3 3 1 1 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Buskerud 7 3 2 1 1
Finnmark 4 2 1 1
Hedmark 8 4 1 2 1
Hordaland 15 5 3 1 3 1 1 1
Møre og Romsdal 10 3 1 2 2 1 1
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 2 1
Nordland 12 5 1 2 2 2
Oppland 7 4 1 2
Oslo 15 6 5 1 2 1
Østfold 8 4 1 1 1 1
Rogaland 10 3 2 1 2 1 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 2 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 4 2 1 1 2
Telemark 6 2 1 1 1 1
Troms 6 2 1 1 1 1
Vest-Agder 5 2 1 1 1
Vestfold 7 3 2 1 1
Total 155 62 29 21 20 16 4 2 1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

  1. ↑ The joint list of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party won seven seats, six taken by the Centre Party and one by the Liberal Party.[3]
  2. ↑ The joint list of the Centre Party, Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic Party won three seats, two taken by the Centre Party and one by the Christian Democratic Party.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ "Partilederdebatt 1973". 15 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
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