# 1957 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 7 October 1957. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 78 of the 150 seats in the Storting. As a result, the Gerhardsen government continued in office.
This was the last time a single party won a majority of seats on its own in a Norwegian election.

## Newspaper endorsements

| Newspaper | Party endorsed | Party endorsed |
| Moss Avis | | Conservative Party |

## Results

| | Labour Party | 865,675 | 48.33 | 78 | +1 |
| | Conservative Party | 301,395 | 16.83 | 25 | +2 |
| | Christian Democratic Party | 183,243 | 10.23 | 12 | –2 |
| | Liberal Party | 171,407 | 9.57 | 15 | 0 |
| | Farmers' Party | 154,761 | 8.64 | 14 | +1 |
| | Communist Party | 60,060 | 3.35 | 1 | –2 |
| | Farmers'–Conservatives | 45,476 | 2.54 | 4 | – |
| | Liberals–Conservatives | 5,884 | 0.33 | 1 | – |
| | Norwegian Social Democratic Party | 2,855 | 0.16 | 0 | New |
| | Liberal People's Party | 249 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| | Progress Party | 105 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| Wild votes | Wild votes | 18 | 0.00 | – | – |
| Total | Total | 1,791,128 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,791,128 | 99.50 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 9,027 | 0.50 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,800,155 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,298,376 | 78.32 | | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver ||||||

### Voter demographics

| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for |
| Cohort | Ap | H | V | KrF | Sp | Others |
| Total vote | 48.3% | 21.7% | 10.5% | 10.2% | 9.9% | |
| Gender |||||||
| Female | 47.8% | 15.7% | 9.6% | 13.2% | 9.6% | |
| Male | 48.9% | 17.8% | 9.6% | 7.4% | 7.7% | |
| Age |||||||
| 18–30 years old | 58.5% | 17.1% | 8.3% | 5.7% | 5.7% | |
| 30-59 years old | 48.5% | 15.5% | 10.3% | 9.5% | 8.8% | |
| 60 years old and older | 40.7% | 20.3% | 8.3% | 15.8% | 10.8% | |
| Work |||||||
| Low income | 47.2% | 13.1% | 7.6% | 14% | 13.1% | |
| Average income | 59.6% | 10.1% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 7% | |
| High income | 38% | 28.7% | 12.3% | 7.6% | 5.3% | |
| Education |||||||
| Primary school | 57.8% | 9.5% | 8.1% | 10.5% | 7.4% | |
| High school | 30.7% | 24.9% | 13.6% | 10% | 13.9% | |
| University/college | 16.4% | 62.7% | 10.4% | 9% | 1.5% | |
| Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research |||||||

### Seat distribution

| Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Constituency | Total seats | Ap | H | V | B | KrF | K |
| Akershus | 7 | 4 | 2 | | 1 | | |
| Aust-Agder | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Bergen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Buskerud | 7 | 4 | 2 | | 1 | | |
| Finnmark | 4 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| Hedmark | 8 | 5 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 |
| Hordaland | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Møre og Romsdal | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nord-Trøndelag | 6 | 3 | | 1 | 2 | | |
| Nordland | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Oppland | 7 | 4 | 1 | | 2 | | |
| Oslo | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | | 1 | |
| Østfold | 8 | 5 | 2 | | | 1 | |
| Rogaland | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sør-Trøndelag | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Telemark | 6 | 4 | | 1 | 1 | | |
| Troms | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Vest-Agder | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Vestfold | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| Total | 150 | 78 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk ||||||||