1973 Norwegian parliamentary election

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.

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%
Prime Minister before election

Lars Korvald
Christian Democratic

 Prime Minister after election

Trygve Bratteli
Labour

Campaign

Political parties
See also: List of political parties in Norway
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. Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
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