1965 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 and 13 September 1965.[1] 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.

1965 Norwegian parliamentary election
12 and 13 September 1965
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Einar Gerhardsen John Lyng Gunnar Garbo
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 74 seats, 46.8% 29 seats, 20.4% 14 seats, 11.3%
Seats won 68 31 18
Seat change Decrease6 Increase2 Increase4
Popular vote 883,320 438,412[a] 222,547[b]
Percentage 43.1% 21.4%[a] 10.9%[b]
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Per Borten Einar Hareide Knut Løfsnes
Party Centre Christian Democratic Socialist People's
Last election 16 seats, 10.9% 15 seats, 10.4% 2 seats, 2.4%
Seats won 18 13 2
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2 Steady0
Popular vote 206,415[b] 183,131[b] 122,721
Percentage 10.1%[b] 8.9%[b] 6.0%
Prime Minister before election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

 Prime Minister after election

Per Borten
Centre

Campaign

Political parties
See also: List of political parties in Norway
Name Ideology Position Leader 1961 result
Votes (%) Seats
Ap Labour Party
Arbeiderpartiet		 Social democracy Centre-left Einar Gerhardsen 46.7%
74 / 150
H Conservative Party
Høyre		 Conservatism Centre-right John Lyng 19.2%
28 / 150
KrF Christian Democratic Party
Kristelig Folkeparti		 Christian democracy Centre to centre-right Einar Hareide 9.3%
14 / 150
V Liberal Party
Venstre		 Social liberalism Centre Gunnar Garbo 7.2%
11 / 150
Sp Centre Party
Senterpartiet		 Agrarianism Centre Per Borten 6.8%
11 / 150
NKP Communist Party of Norway
Norges Kommunistiske Parti		 Communism Far-left Reidar T. Larsen 2.9%
0 / 155
SF Socialist People's Party
Sosialistisk Folkeparti		 Socialism Left-wing to Far-left Knut Løfsnes 2.3%
2 / 150

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party883,32043.1468–6
Conservative Party415,61220.3030+2
Liberal Party207,83410.1518+4
Centre Party191,7029.3617+2
Christian Democratic Party160,3317.8312–2
Socialist People's Party122,7215.9920
Communist Party27,9961.3700
Christians–Conservatives[lower-alpha 1]22,8001.112–
Centrists–Liberals[lower-alpha 2]14,7130.721–
Democratic Party1940.010New
Freedom Protectors1630.010New
Wild votes80.00––
Total2,047,394100.001500
Valid votes2,047,39499.58
Invalid/blank votes8,6970.42
Total votes2,056,091100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,406,86685.43
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution
Constituency Total
seats		 Seats won
Ap H V Sp KrF SF
Akershus 7 3 2 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Bergen 5 2 1 1 1
Buskerud 7 4 2 1
Finnmark 4 3 1
Hedmark 8 5 1 2
Hordaland 10 3 2 2 1 2
Møre og Romsdal 10 3 1 2 2 2
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 1 2
Nordland 12 6 2 1 1 1 1
Oppland 7 4 1 2
Oslo 13 6 5 1 1
Østfold 8 4 2 1 1
Rogaland 10 3 2 2 1 2
Sogn og Fjordane 5 1 1 1 1 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 5 2 1 1 1
Telemark 6 3 1 1 1
Troms 6 3 1 1 1
Vest-Agder 5 2 1 1 1
Vestfold 7 3 2 1 1
Total 150 68 31 18 18 13 2
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes
  1. The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each.[2]
  2. The joint list of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party won one seat, taken by the Centre Party.[2]

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
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