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1953 Norwegian parliamentary election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Einar Gerhardsen
C. J. Hambro
Bent Røiseland
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Last election
85 seats, 45.7%
23 seats, 20.5%
21 seats, 16.5%
Seats won
77
27
15
Seat change
7
4
6
Popular vote
830,448
337,632[a]
177,662
Percentage
46.7%
18.9%[a]
10.0%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Erling Wikborg
Einar Frogner
Emil Løvlien
Party
Christian Democratic
Farmers'
Communist
Last election
9 seats, 8.1%
12 seats, 10.8%
0 seats, 5.8%
Seats won
14
14
3
Seat change
5
2
3
Popular vote
186,627
166,679[a]
90,422
Percentage
10.5%
9.3%[a]
5.1%
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 October 1953.[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party , which won 77 of the 150 seats in the Storting .
Results
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Labour Party
830,448
46.7
77
–7
Conservative Party
327,971
18.4
27
+4
Christian People's Party
186,627
10.5
14
+5
Liberal Party
177,662
10.0
15
–6
Farmers' Party
157,018
8.8
14
+2
Communist Party
90,422
5.1
3
+3
Farmers -Conservatives
9,661
0.5
[a]
–
Wild votes
22
0.0
–
–
Invalid/blank votes
10,500
–
–
–
Total
1,790,331
100
150
0
Registered voters/turnout
2,256,799
79.3
–
–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
a The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won one seat, which was taken by the Conservative Party.[2]
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