Jump to content

1965 Norwegian parliamentary election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1965 Norwegian parliamentary election
← 1961 12 and 13 September 1965 1969 →
All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Einar Gerhardsen John Lyng Gunnar Garbo
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 46.8%, 74 seats 20.4%, 29 seats 11.3%, 14 seats
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 10.9%, 16 seats 10.4%, 15 seats 2.4%, 2 seats
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%
Results by constituency
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.

Contesting parties

[edit]
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

Campaign

[edit]

Slogans

[edit]
Party Original slogan English translation
Labour Party "Nye muligheter - Nye mål" "New opportunities - New goals"
Conservative Party "På parti med fremtiden" "On the side of the future"
Liberal Party
Farmer's Party
Christian Democratic Party
Communist Party of Norway
Sources: [2][3]

National daily newspaper endorsements

[edit]
Newspaper Party endorsed
Sør-Trøndelag Liberal Party[4]

Results

[edit]
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

Voter demographics

[edit]
Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Ap H V Sp KrF SF Others
Total vote 43.1% 21.4% 10.9% 10.1% 8.9% 6.0%
Gender
Females 44.1% 22.3% 11% 8.7% 9.5% 3.9%
Males 43.9% 19.1% 9.7% 10.3% 6.5% 8.2%
Age
18–30 years old 39.9% 22.3% 10.1% 10.1% 7.6% 9.2%
30-59 years old 46.2% 19.8% 10.9% 8.9% 6.1% 6.9%
60 years old and older 40.9% 22% 9% 11% 13% 1.7%
Work
low income 43.4% 13.3% 9.2% 15.3% 12.9% 4.2%
Average income 53.8% 12.9% 10.5% 7.3% 5.8% 7.7%
High income 36.3% 34.2% 12.1% 5.1% 4.7% 6.8%
Education
Primary school 59.5% 7.2% 7.6% 8.9% 7.1% 7.2%
High school 38.1% 24.2% 11.9% 11.2% 8.7% 5.3%
University/college 13.1% 53.7% 13.7% 5.1% 8% 5.1%
Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research[6]

Seat distribution

[edit]
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

[edit]
  1. ^ The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each.[5]
  2. ^ The joint list of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party won one seat, taken by the Centre Party.[5]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ "Historiske slagord og plakater". Arbeiderpartiet (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  3. ^ "Fredriksstad Blad, tirsdag 31. august 1965". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). August 31, 1965. p. 8. Det er ikke nødvendig her. Jeg bare henviser til høyres program, som behandler alle viktige saker og oppgaver i dagens samfunn. Dette program og det slagord høyre har valgt: "På parti med fremtiden" utkrystalliserer alt det Høyre står for i norsk politkk, som det fremtidens parti det tar sikte på å være, med en aktiv fremskrittspolitikk som best kan løse de kommende. Krevende oppgaver i vårt samfunn. Programet gir uttrykk for hvordan et moderne konservativt parti oppfatter sin oppgave som det brede folkeparti Høyre vil være, med tilhengere innen alle grupper av vårt folk.
  4. ^ "Sør-Trøndelag, torsdag 9. september 1965". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  5. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
  6. ^ "Kristelig Folkeparti - Valgforskning". Retrieved 16 February 2024.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1965_Norwegian_parliamentary_election&oldid=1251504333"