Norwegian parliamentary election, 1973

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

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	759,499	35.3	62	–12
Conservative Party	370,370	17.2	29	0
Christian People's Party	255,456	11.9	20	+6
Socialist Electoral League	241,851	11.2	16	+16
Centre Party	146,312	6.8	21	+1
Anders Lange's Party	107,784	5.0	4	New
Centrists-Liberals	97,639	4.5		–
New People's Party	73,854	3.4	1	New
Liberal Party	49,668	2.3	2	–11
Centrists-Liberals-Christians	21,783	1.0		–
Red Electoral Alliance	9,360	0.4	0	New
Conservatives-Christians	8,669	0.4	0	–
Single Person's Party	5,113	0.2	0	New
Norwegian Democratic Party	2,125	0.1	0	0
Women's Free Popular Elected Representatives	1,866	0.1	0	New
Lapp People's List	849	0.0	0	0
Other parties	6	0.0	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	3,530	–	–	–
Total	2,155,734	100	155	+5
Registered voters/turnout	2,686,676	80.2	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a 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.

^b The joint list of the Centre Party, Liberal Party and the Christian People's Party won three, two taken by the Centre Party and one by the Christian People's Party.