1965 Norwegian parliamentary election
← 1961 12 and 13 September 1965 1969 →
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

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.

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[a]22,8001.112–
Centrists–Liberals[b]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. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
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