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1973 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1973 Norwegian parliamentary election
← 1969 9 and 10 September 1973 1977 ⊟
All 155 seats in the Storting
78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout80.2%
  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 Decrease12 Steady Increase1
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 Increase6 Increase16 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 Decrease11 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.

Contesting parties

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See also: List of political parties in Norway
Name Ideology Position Leader 1969 result
Votes (%) Seats
Ap Labour Party
Arbeiderpartiet 		Social democracy Centre-left Trygve Bratteli 46.5%
74 / 155
H Conservative Party
Høyre 		Conservatism Centre-right Kåre Willoch 18.8%
29 / 155
V Liberal Party
Venstre 		Social liberalism Centre Helge Rognlien 9.3%
13 / 155
Sp Centre Party
Senterpartiet 		Agrarianism Centre Dagfinn Vårvik 8.9%
20 / 155
KrF Christian Democratic Party
Kristelig Folkeparti 		Christian democracy Centre to centre-right Lars Korvald 7.8%
14 / 155
SV Socialist Electoral League
Sosialistisk Valgforbund 		Socialism
Democratic socialism
Communism 		Left-wing and Far-left Finn Gustavsen 3.3%
1 / 155
NKP Communist Party of Norway
Norges Kommunistiske Parti 		Communism Far-left Martin Gunnar Knutsen 1.0%
0 / 155

Campaign

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Slogans

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Party Original slogan English translation
Labour Party "Vekst og vern - demokrati og likestilling" "Growth and protection - democracy and equality"
Conservative Party
Centre Party
Christian Democratic Party
Liberal Party
Communist Party of Norway
Sources: [2]

Debates

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1973 Norwegian general election debates
Date Organisers  P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee 
Ap H V Sp KrF SF ALP Dlp Rv Refs
4 September NRK N
 P
Kaare Meland 		N
 N
 N
 N
 P
Anders Lange 		N
 N
 [3]
6 September NRK P
Trygve Bratteli, Reiulf Steen 		P
Kåre Willoch 		P
Helge Rognlien 		P
Dagfinn Vårvik 		P
Asbjørn Haugstvedt, Lars Korvald 		P
Finn Gustavsen 		P
Anders Lange 		P
Helge Seip 		P
Sigurd Allern 		[4]
  1. Politisk kvarter with Anders lange[5]
  2. Politisk kvarter with Berit Ås og Ragnar Kalheim[6]

Opinion polls

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Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		NKP AKP SF Ap Sp V DLF KrF H ALP Others Lead
1973 election 9 and 10 September 1973 – 11.2% 35.3% 12.3% 7.8% 3.4% 13.3% 17.6% 5.0%
Norsk Gallup[7] September 1973 – – 0.9 13.9 31.9 10.3 2.9 2.8 11.8 19.9 4.4
Norsk Gallup Aug 1973 – – 0.5 8.5 39.7 12.2 4 3.9 9.3 16.9 4.7
Norsk Gallup July 1973 – – – 8.2 39.7 11.1 3.4 3.5 9.9 17.3 5.9
Norsk Gallup June 1973 – – 0.5 9.8 38.7 12.8 3.5 4 9.4 17.2 4.2
Norsk Gallup May 1973 – 1.1 0.1 6.6 39.1 11.3 3.5 3.8 9.7 19.6 5.4
ALP was founded on 8 April 1973
Norsk Gallup April 1973 – 1.1 0.8 7.4 40.2 11.5 3.3 5.4 8 22.3 –
Norsk Gallup March 1973 – 1.1 0.4 7.6 43 9.7 3.3 6.6 6.6 21.7 –
Norsk Gallup February 1973 – 1.1 – 6.4 41.7 10.9 2.4 5.4 8 24.1 –
Norsk Gallup January 1973 – 1.2 – 6.8 43.6 12.9 3.1 4.4 7.8 20.1 –
Norsk Gallup December 1972 – 1.3 – 6.6 44.9 12.2 3.5 3.5 9.1 19 –
Norsk Gallup November 1972 – 1.7 – 6.8 47.1 13.2 4.2 – 8.9 18.1 –
Norsk Gallup October 1972 – 1.7 – 5.9 48.1 13.3 5.5 – 6.5 18.9 –
Norsk Gallup September 1972 – 1 – 6.6 42.3 14.9 7.2 – 6.7 21.4 –
Norsk Gallup August 1972 – 1.6 – 7.4 44.2 11.1 8.1 – 9.1 18.6 –
Norsk Gallup July 1972 – 1.4 – 6.4 44.2 10.7 7.3 – 8.8 21.2 –
Norsk Gallup June 1972 – 1.6 – 7.3 49.2 12.7 6.4 – 6.8 16 –
Norsk Gallup May 1972 – 1.6 – 6.7 46.4 11.8 7.8 – 6.7 19 –
Norsk Gallup April 1972 – 1.8 – 6.6 43.6 14.2 7.4 – 7.6 18.7 –
Norsk Gallup March 1972 – 1.1 – 6.9 44.7 13 7.5 – 7.5 19.3 –
Norsk Gallup February 1972 – 1.3 – 6.6 43.3 13.6 9.1 – 7.5 18.6 –
Norsk Gallup January 1972 – 0.9 – 6.6 44.5 15.9 6.9 – 7.9 17.2 –
Norsk Gallup December 1971 – 0.7 – 8.1 47.2 13.4 6.3 – 7.9 16.5 –
Norsk Gallup November 1971 – 0.8 – 6.1 44.8 13.9 7.9 – 9.8 16.6 –
Norsk Gallup October 1971 – 1.2 – 6.7 44.1 13 9 – 7.4 18.6 –
Norsk Gallup September 1971 – 1.2 – 6.8 44.2 12.9 9 – 7.2 18.6 –
Norsk Gallup August 1971 – 0.5 – 5 50.6 10.1 8.8 – 7.5 17.5 –
Norsk Gallup July 1971 – 1.2 – 3.9 51.1 11.4 7.3 – 6.4 18.7 –
Norsk Gallup June 1971 – 0.9 – 3.6 52.3 12.1 5.6 – 6.9 18.5 –
Norsk Gallup May 1971 – 1.3 – 2.7 56.2 13.5 5.1 – 7.5 13.8 –
Norsk Gallup April 1971 – 0.8 – 2.9 54.6 12.7 6.5 – 9 13.5 –
Norsk Gallup March 1971 – 0.8 – 2.6 56.4 11 7.1 – 7.8 14.4 –
Norsk Gallup February 1971 – 1.3 – 2.8 51 12.5 7.5 – 7.9 16.9 –
Norsk Gallup January 1971 – 0.5 – 2.7 56.7 11.7 5.9 – 7.5 14.9 –
Norsk Gallup December 1970 – 0.6 – 2.4 58.7 8.1 5.8 – 8.2 16.2 –
Norsk Gallup November 1970 – 0.6 – 2.1 57.6 7.6 6.6 – 8.9 16.6 –
Norsk Gallup October 1970 – 0.9 – 2.2 57.7 9.8 6.3 – 7.7 15.4 –
Norsk Gallup September 1970 – 0.8 – 1.9 57.3 10.4 6 – 7.9 15.8 –
Norsk Gallup August 1970 – 0.4 – 6.8 57.3 8.3 8.8 – 1.1 17.3 –
Norsk Gallup July 1970 – 0.8 – 2.9 53 8.7 8.9 – 7 18.6 –
Norsk Gallup June 1970 – 1 – 1.7 54.4 9.5 7.1 – 8.3 17.9 –
Norsk Gallup May 1970 – 0.8 – 1.9 59 7.5 6.7 – 7.9 16.2 –
Norsk Gallup April 1970 – 0.8 – 2.3 53.9 8.9 6.9 – 9.6 17.4 –
Norsk Gallup March 1970 – 1.1 – 1.5 60.3 7.6 6 – 7.6 15.9 –
Norsk Gallup February 1970 1.1 – 2.5 54.7 7 7.1 – 6.4 21.3 –
Norsk Gallup January 1970 – 0.9 – 2.1 59.5 8 5.8 – 8.8 14.8 –
Norsk Gallup December 1969 – 1.4 – 3.3 52.9 9.7 6.6 – 8.8 17.3 –
Norsk Gallup November 1969 – 0.6 – 3.6 53.3 9.6 7.4 – 8 17.5 –
Norsk Gallup October 1969 – 0.7 – 1.7 55.9 10 6.6 – 8.8 16.3 –
7 and 8 September 1969 – – 3..9% 46.5% 12.9% 9.4% – 11.7% 22.7% –

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats /–
Labour Party759,49935.2962–12
Conservative Party370,37017.21290
Christian Democratic Party255,45611.8719 6
Socialist Electoral League241,85111.2416 16
Centre Party146,3126.8013 1
Anders Lange's Party107,7845.014New
Centrists–Liberals[a]97,6394.547–
New People's Party73,8543.431New
Liberal Party49,6682.311–11
Centrists–Liberals–Christians[b]21,7831.013–
Red Electoral Alliance9,3600.430New
Conservatives–Christians8,6690.400–
Single Person's Party5,1130.240New
Democratic Party2,1250.1000
Women's Free Deputies1,8660.090New
Lapp People's List8490.0400
Other parties60.000–
Total2,152,204100.00155 5
Valid votes2,152,20499.84
Invalid/blank votes3,5300.16
Total votes2,155,734100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,686,67680.24
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Voter demographics

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Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Ap H KrF Sp SF V ALP Others
Total vote 35.3% 17.6% 13.3% 12.3% 11.2% 7.8% 5.0%
Gender
Females 39.3% 18.3% 16.4% 6.3% 7.8% 2.1% 2.9%
Males 32.4% 16.6% 8.4% 7.2% 14% 2.3% 6.9%
Age
18–30 years old 30.4% 14.4% 10.4% 6.4% 17.6% 1.6% 12%
30-59 years old 36.8% 15.7% 9.4% 6.9% 12.8% 2.2% 4.2%
60 years old and older 35% 22.2% 18.2% 7.1% 5.1% 3% 3.4%
Work
low income 35.6% 11.7% 22.3% 11% 9.5% 3% 4.5%
Average income 39.6% 11% 11.9% 6.2% 14.3% 2.9% 4.1%
High income 30.4% 27.7% 4.8% 4.3% 9.7% 1.1% 6.5%
Education
Primary school 56% 5.9% 12.7% 5.9% 12.7% 2.3% 1.6%
High school 32.5% 14.8% 13.2% 8% 11.5% 2.4% 5.6%
University/college 11.1% 43.7% 6.8% 4.7% 8.4% 2.1% 8.9%
Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research[9]

Seat distribution

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Constituency Total
seats 		Seats won
Ap H Sp KrF SV ALp V DNF
Akershus 10 3 3 1 1 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Buskerud 7 3 2 1 1
Finnmark 4 2 1 1
Hedmark 8 4 1 2 1
Hordaland 15 5 3 1 3 1 1 1
Møre og Romsdal 10 3 1 2 2 1 1
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 2 1
Nordland 12 5 1 2 2 2
Oppland 7 4 1 2
Oslo 15 6 5 1 2 1
Østfold 8 4 1 1 1 1
Rogaland 10 3 2 1 2 1 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 2 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 4 2 1 1 2
Telemark 6 2 1 1 1 1
Troms 6 2 1 1 1 1
Vest-Agder 5 2 1 1 1
Vestfold 7 3 2 1 1
Total 155 62 29 21 20 16 4 2 1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

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  1. ^ The joint list of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party won seven seats, six taken by the Centre Party and one by the Liberal Party.[8]
  2. ^ The joint list of the Centre Party, Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic Party won three seats, two taken by the Centre Party and one by the Christian Democratic Party.[8]

References

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  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. ^ "Aktuelt Kl. 18.30. Valgduell mellom banksjef Kåre Meland (Høyre) og Anders Lange i Engen kino i Bergen". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  4. ^ "Partilederdebatt 1973". 15 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Nasjonalbiblioteket".
  6. ^ "Nasjonalbiblioteket".
  7. ^ "Månedssnitt 1964 – 2021 – Forside" (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  8. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
  9. ^ "Kristelig Folkeparti - Valgforskning". Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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