Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 October 1953. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 77 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 | 1949 result
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! Votes (%)
! Seats
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! style="background:; width:2px;"|
| align=center | Ap
| Labour Party<br /><small>Arbeiderpartiet</small>
| Social democracy
| Centre-left
| Einar Gerhardsen
| align=center |45.7%
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|-
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| align=center | H
| Conservative Party<br /><small>Høyre</small>
| Conservatism
| Centre-right
|C. J. Hambro
| align=center | 20.5%
|
|-
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| align="center" | V
| Liberal Party<br /><small>Venstre</small>
| Social liberalism
| Centre
|Bent Røiseland
| align="center" | 16.5%
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|-
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| align="center" | Bp
| Farmer's Party<br /><small>Bondepartiet</small>
| Agrarianism
| Centre
| Einar Frogner
| align="center" | 10.8%
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|-
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| align="center" | KrF
| Christian Democratic Party<br /><small>Kristelig Folkeparti</small>
| Christian democracy
| Centre to centre-right
| Erling Wikborg
| align="center" | 8.1%
|
|-
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| align="center" | NKP
| Communist Party of Norway<br /><small>Norges Kommunistiske Parti</small>
| Communism
| Far-left
|Emil Løvlien
| align="center" | 5.8%
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Endorsements
National daily newspapers
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!Newspaper
! colspan=2| Party endorsed
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|Tønsbergs Blad
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|Conservative Party
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Results
Seat distribution
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! rowspan="3" |Constituency
! rowspan="3" |Total<br />seats
! colspan="6" |Seats won
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! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |Ap
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |H
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |V
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |KrF
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |B
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |K
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|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Akershus
!7
|4
|2
|
|
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Aust-Agder
!4
|2
|1
|
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Bergen
!5
|3
|1
|1
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Buskerud
!7
|4
|2
|
|
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Finnmark
!4
|2
|1
|
|
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Hedmark
!8
|5
|1
|
|
|1
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Hordaland
!10
|4
|1
|2
|2
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Møre og Romsdal
!10
|4
|1
|2
|2
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Nord-Trøndelag
!6
|3
|
|1
|
|2
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Nordland
!12
|7
|2
|1
|1
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Oppland
!7
|5
|
|
|
|2
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Oslo
!13
|5
|5
|1
|1
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Østfold
!8
|5
|1
|
|1
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Rogaland
!10
|3
|2
|2
|2
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Sogn og Fjordane
!5
|2
|
|1
|1
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Sør-Trøndelag
!10
|5
|2
|1
|1
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Telemark
!6
|4
|
|1
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Troms
!6
|4
|1
|1
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Vest-Agder
!5
|2
|1
|1
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Vestfold
!7
|4
|3
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|
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|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Total
!150
!77
!27
!15
!14
!14
!3
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|align=left colspan="8" |Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk
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