General election in Norway in 1973

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

35.3

17.4

12.3

11.2

11.0

5.0

3.6

3.4

0.9

DnA

H

KrF

SV

Sp

ALP

V

DNF

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1969

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

-11.2

-2.2

+2.9

+6.7

+0.5

+5.0

-5.8

+3.4

+0.9

DnA

H

KrF

SV

Sp

ALP

V

DNF

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

        

A total of 155 seats

• SV : 16
• DnA : 62
• Sp : 21
• KrF : 20
• DNF : 1
• V : 2
• H : 29
• ALP : 4

The general election in Norway in 1973 took place on September 10, 1973. It was the election for the 51st storting .

In some municipalities it was possible to vote on September 9th. The turnout was 80.2 percent. There were 155 seats to be allocated, five more than in the previous elections. The additional mandates were awarded in Oslo and Akershus .

A year before the Storting election, a referendum on Norway's accession to the EEC was held on September 24 and 25, 1972 . 53.5 percent voted no. Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli (Ap) had announced the resignation of his government in this case. On October 18, 1972, a centrist three-party coalition consisting of the Christian People's Party , the Center and Venstre under Lars Korvald took over the government. The European-friendly Høyre stayed away from her. The majority of the Venstre MPs rebelled against the one-sided Eurosceptic orientation of the Korvald government . At a party congress they split off the European wing and founded Det nye Folkeparti , which ran for election in 1973.

The Labor Party suffered losses of over 10 percentage points. The Eurosceptic parties Sosialistisk Folkeparti and Kristelig Folkeparti recorded strong gains . Det nye Folkeparti could only bring one MP to Parliament. Venstre, Norway's oldest party, was brought to the brink of existence as a result of the dispute over direction, saving only two seats. A new element in the party landscape was the "Anders Lange Party for a Strong Reduction of Taxes, Levies and State Regulation" (ALP), whose name was program (from 1977 Fremskrittspartiet ).

In Storting there was thus a social democratic-socialist majority of one vote. Trygve Bratteli formed his second government .

Election result

Result of the general election in Norway in 1973

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Workers' section (DnA)	759.499	35.3	−11.2	62	−12
	Høyre (H)	374.014	17.4	−2.2	29	-
	Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF)	265,684	12.3	+2.9	20th	+6
	Sosialistisk Valgforbund (SV)	241.851	11.2	+6.7	16	+16
	Senterpartiet (Sp)	233,388	11.0	+0.5	21st	+1
	Anders Langes Parti (ALP)	107,784	5.0	+5.0	4th	+4
	Venstre (V)	76,811	3.6	−5.8	2	−11
	Det Nye Folkepartiet (DNF)	73,854	3.4	+3.4	1	+1
	Rød Valgallianse (RV)	9,360	0.4	+0.4	-	-
	Ensliges part	5.113	0.2	+0.2	-	-
	Norges Demokratiske Parti (NDP)	2.125	0.1	+0.1	-	-
	Kvinnenes Frie Folkevalgte	1,866	0.1	-	-	-
	Sámeálbmot Listu	855	0.0	-	-	-
total		2,152,204	100.0		155	+5
Valid votes		2,152,204	99.8
Invalid votes		3,530	0.2
voter turnout		2,155,734	80.2
Eligible voters		2,686,676	100.0
Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Stortingsvalget Statistisk sentralbyrå (Norwegian)
2. ^ Joint list from Sosialistisk Folkeparti , NKP and other left-wing groups
3. ↑ Stortingsvalg. Valgte representanter etter parti / valgliste Statistisk sentralbyrå (Norwegian)

Web links

• Detailed Final Results 1973, Part 1 Online PDF, Statistics Norway, accessed February 5, 2012
• Detailed final results 1973, part 2 online PDF, Statistics Norway