Norwegian parliamentary election, 1965

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1965
Norway
1965

All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Einar Gerhardsen Sjur Lindebrække 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-designate

Per Borten
Centre

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.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party883,32043.168–6
Conservative Party415,61220.331+2
Liberal Party207,83410.218+4
Centre Party191,7029.418+2
Christian People's Party160,3317.813–2
Socialist People's Party122,7216.020
Communist Party27,9961.400
Christians-Conservatives22,8001.1[a]
Centrists-Liberals14,7130.7[b]
Norwegian Democratic Party1940.00New
Freedom Protectors1630.00New
Wild votes80.0
Invalid/blank votes8,697
Total2,056,0911001500
Registered voters/turnout2,406,86685.4
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian People's Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each.[2]

b The joint list of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party won one seat, taken by the Centre Party.[2]

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, March 12, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.