Parliamentary elections were held in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
on 11 September 1961.
[ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 ] The result was a victory for the
Labour Party, which won 74 of the 150 seats in the
Storting. Although it lost the absolute majority it had held since 1945, the Labour Party was able to continue in government.
Results
Seat distribution
Notes
References
{{Norwegian elections
General elections in Norway
1960s elections in Norway
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
Parliamentary
A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...