Norwegian parliamentary election, 1957

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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	Alv Kjøs	Bent Røiseland
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Last election	77 seats, 46.7%	27 seats, 18.9%	15 seats, 10.0%
Seats won	78	29	15
Seat change	1	2	0
Popular vote	865,675	352,755	177,291
Percentage	48.3%	21.7%	10.5%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Per Borten	Einar Hareide	Emil Løvlien
Party	Centre	Christian Democratic	Communist
Last election	14 seats, 9.3%	14 seats, 10.5%	3 seats, 5.1%
Seats won	15	12	1
Seat change	1	2	2
Popular vote	200,237	183,243	60,060
Percentage	9.9%	10.2%	3.4%

Prime Minister before election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

Prime Minister-designate

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

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. The Gerhardsen government continued in office.

^a The joint list of the Centre Party and Conservative Party won four seats, three of which were taken by the Conservative Party and one by the Centre Party, which was taken by the Conservative Party.

^b The joint list of the Liberal Party and Conservative Party won no seats.

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