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.
Contesting parties
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! rowspan=2 colspan=3 width=225px | Name
! rowspan=2 | Ideology
! rowspan=2 | Position
! rowspan=2 | Leader
! colspan=2 | 1945 result
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! Votes (%)
! Seats
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| align=center | Ap
| Labour Party<br /><small>Arbeiderpartiet</small>
| Social democracy
| Centre-left
| Einar Gerhardsen
| align=center |41.0%
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| align=center | H
| Conservative Party<br /><small>Høyre</small>
| Conservatism
| Centre-right
|Arthur Nordlie
| align=center | 17.0%
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|-
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| align="center" | V
| Liberal Party<br /><small>Venstre</small>
| Social liberalism
| Centre
|Jacob Worm-Müller
| align="center" | 13.8%
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| align="center" | NKP
| Communist Party of Norway<br /><small>Norges Kommunistiske Parti</small>
| Communism
| Far-left
|Emil Løvlien
| align="center" | 11.9%
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| align="center" | Bp
| Farmer's Party<br /><small>Bondepartiet</small>
| Agrarianism
| Centre
| Einar Frogner
| align="center" | 8.0%
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| align="center" | KrF
| Christian Democratic Party<br /><small>Kristelig Folkeparti</small>
| Christian democracy
| Centre to centre-right
| Nils Lavik
| align="center" | 7.9%
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Endorsements
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! width=200px| Newspaper
! colspan=2| Party endorsed
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| width=150px| Conservative Party
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