Norwegian parliamentary election, 1949

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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Einar Gerhardsen	Arthur Nordlie	Jacob Worm-Müller
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Last election	76 seats, 42.5%	25 seats, 17.0%	20 seats, 13.8%
Seats won	85	23	21
Seat change	9	2	1
Popular vote	803,471	360,961	290,919
Percentage	45.7%	20.5%	16.5%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Einar Frogner	Nils Lavik
Party	Farmers'	Christian Democratic
Last election	10 seats, 8.0%	8 seats, 7.9%
Seats won	12	9
Seat change	2	1
Popular vote	188,997	151,402
Percentage	10.8%	8.1%

Prime Minister before election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

Prime Minister-designate

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 10 October 1949. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 85 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

^a The joint list of the Farmers' Party, Conservative Party and Liberal Party won four seats, two taken by the Conservative Party and two by the Farmers' Party.

^b The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won three seats, all taken by the Farmers' Party.

^c The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Liberal Party won two seats, with both parties taking one each.

^d The joint list of the Liberal Party and Christian People's Party won no seats.

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