1973 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1969 9 and 10 September 1973 1977 →
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 12 1 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 6 16 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 11 New Popular vote 169,090[a][b] 73,854 Percentage 7.8%[a][b] 3.4%
Results by county
Prime Minister before election Lars Korvald Christian Democratic Prime Minister after election Trygve Bratteli Labour

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.

Campaign

Political parties

Debates

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	759,499	35.29	62	–12
	Conservative Party	370,370	17.21	29	0
	Christian Democratic Party	255,456	11.87	19	+6
	Socialist Electoral League	241,851	11.24	16	+16
	Centre Party	146,312	6.80	13	+1
	Anders Lange's Party	107,784	5.01	4	New
	Centrists–Liberals[a]	97,639	4.54	7	–
	New People's Party	73,854	3.43	1	New
	Liberal Party	49,668	2.31	1	–11
	Centrists–Liberals–Christians[b]	21,783	1.01	3	–
	Red Electoral Alliance	9,360	0.43	0	New
	Conservatives–Christians	8,669	0.40	0	–
	Single Person's Party	5,113	0.24	0	New
	Democratic Party	2,125	0.10	0	0
	Women's Free Deputies	1,866	0.09	0	New
	Lapp People's List	849	0.04	0	0
	Other parties	6	0.00	0	–
Total		2,152,204	100.00	155	+5
Valid votes		2,152,204	99.84
Invalid/blank votes		3,530	0.16
Total votes		2,155,734	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,686,676	80.24
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution