1965 Norwegian parliamentary election
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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.
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12 and 13 September 1965
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All 150 seats in the Storting 76 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 85.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Contesting parties
| 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
Slogans
| 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
| Newspaper | Party endorsed | |
|---|---|---|
| Sør-Trøndelag | Liberal Party[4] | |
Results
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Labour Party | 883,320 | 43.14 | 68 | –6 | |
| Conservative Party | 415,612 | 20.30 | 30 | +2 | |
| Liberal Party | 207,834 | 10.15 | 18 | +4 | |
| Centre Party | 191,702 | 9.36 | 17 | +2 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 160,331 | 7.83 | 12 | –2 | |
| Socialist People's Party | 122,721 | 5.99 | 2 | 0 | |
| Communist Party | 27,996 | 1.37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christians–Conservatives[a] | 22,800 | 1.11 | 2 | – | |
| Centrists–Liberals[b] | 14,713 | 0.72 | 1 | – | |
| Democratic Party | 194 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Freedom Protectors | 163 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Wild votes | 8 | 0.00 | – | – | |
| Total | 2,047,394 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,047,394 | 99.58 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,697 | 0.42 | |||
| Total votes | 2,056,091 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,406,866 | 85.43 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
Voter demographics
| 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
| 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 | |||||||