Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 9 and 10 September 1973. The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 62 of the 155 seats in the Storting.
Contesting parties
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2 colspan=3 width=225px | Name
! rowspan=2 | Ideology
! rowspan=2 | Position
! rowspan=2 | Leader
! colspan=2 | 1969 result
|-
! Votes (%)
! Seats
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;"|
| align=center | Ap
| Labour Party<br /><small>Arbeiderpartiet</small>
| Social democracy
| Centre-left
| Trygve Bratteli
| align=center | 46.5%
|
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;"|
| align=center | H
| Conservative Party<br /><small>Høyre</small>
| Conservatism
| Centre-right
|Kåre Willoch
| align=center | 18.8%
|
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;" |
| align="center" | V
| Liberal Party<br /><small>Venstre</small>
| Social liberalism
| Centre
|Helge Rognlien
| align="center" | 9.3%
|
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;" |
| align="center" | Sp
| Centre Party<br /><small>Senterpartiet</small>
| Agrarianism
| Centre
| Dagfinn Vårvik
| align="center" | 8.9%
|
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;" |
| align="center" | KrF
| Christian Democratic Party<br /><small>Kristelig Folkeparti</small>
| Christian democracy
| Centre to centre-right
| Lars Korvald
| align="center" | 7.8%
|
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;" |
| align="center" | SV
| Socialist Electoral League<br /><small>Sosialistisk Valgforbund</small>
| Socialism<br />Democratic socialism<br />Communism
| Left-wing and Far-left
|Finn Gustavsen
| align="center" | 3.3%
|
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;" |
| align="center" | NKP
| Communist Party of Norway<br /><small>Norges Kommunistiske Parti</small>
| Communism
| Far-left
|Martin Gunnar Knutsen
| align="center" | 1.0%
|
|}
Campaign
Slogans
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%; text-align:left"
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party
! Original slogan
! English translation
|-
| style="background:"|
| Labour Party
|"Vekst og vern - demokrati og likestilling"
|"Growth and protection - democracy and equality"
|-
| style="background:"|
| Conservative Party
|
|
|-
| style="background:" |
| Centre Party
|
|
|-
| style="background:" |
|Christian Democratic Party
|
|
|-
| style="background:"|
| Liberal Party
|
|
|-
| style="background:" |
| Communist Party of Norway
|
|
|-
| colspan="4" | Sources:
|}
Debates
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; line-height:15px; text-align:center;"
! colspan="13" | 1973 Norwegian general election debates
|-
! rowspan="3" | Date
! rowspan="3" | Organisers
! colspan="10" | Present Invitee Non-invitee
|-
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Ap
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |H
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |V
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Sp
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |KrF
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |SF
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |ALP
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Dlp
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Rv
! rowspan="2" |Refs
|-
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
|-
|
| NRK
| style="background:#FFD0D0" |N<br />
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Kaare Meland
| style="background:#FFD0D0" |N<br />
| style="background:#FFD0D0" |N<br />
| style="background:#FFD0D0" |N<br />
| style="background:#FFD0D0" |N<br />
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Anders Lange
| style="background:#FFD0D0" |N<br />
| style="background:#FFD0D0" |N<br />
|
|-
|
| NRK
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Trygve Bratteli, Reiulf Steen
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Kåre Willoch
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Helge Rognlien
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Dagfinn Vårvik
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Asbjørn Haugstvedt, Lars Korvald
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Finn Gustavsen
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Anders Lange
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Helge Seip
| style="background:#90FF90" |P<br />Sigurd Allern
|
|}
- Politisk kvarter with Anders lange
- Politisk kvarter with Berit Ås og Ragnar Kalheim
Opinion polls
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"
|- style="height:40px;"
! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm
! style="width:130px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date
! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Sample<br />size
!NKP
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" | AKP
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" | SF
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" | Ap
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Sp
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| V
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| DLF
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" | KrF
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| H
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| ALP
! class="unsortable" style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Others
! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead
|-
!
! style="background:#FF0000;" |
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;" |
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
|1973 election
|9 and 10 September 1973
|–
|
|
|11.2%
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |35.3%
|12.3%
|7.8%
|3.4%
|13.3%
|17.6%
|5.0%
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|September 1973
|–
|–
|0.9
|13.9
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |31.9
|10.3
|2.9
|2.8
|11.8
|19.9
|4.4
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|Aug 1973
|–
|–
|0.5
|8.5
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |39.7
|12.2
|4
|3.9
|9.3
|16.9
|4.7
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|July 1973
|–
|–
|–
|8.2
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |39.7
|11.1
|3.4
|3.5
|9.9
|17.3
|5.9
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|June 1973
|–
|–
|0.5
|9.8
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |38.7
|12.8
|3.5
|4
|9.4
|17.2
|4.2
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|May 1973
|–
|1.1
|0.1
|6.6
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |39.1
|11.3
|3.5
|3.8
|9.7
|19.6
|5.4
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|colspan="15" |ALP was founded on 8 April 1973
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|April 1973
|–
|1.1
|0.8
|7.4
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |40.2
|11.5
|3.3
|5.4
|8
|22.3
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|March 1973
|–
|1.1
|0.4
|7.6
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |43
|9.7
|3.3
|6.6
|6.6
|21.7
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|February 1973
|–
|1.1
|–
|6.4
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |41.7
|10.9
|2.4
|5.4
|8
|24.1
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|January 1973
|–
|1.2
|–
|6.8
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |43.6
|12.9
|3.1
|4.4
|7.8
|20.1
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2001-02-01" |December 1972
|–
|1.3
|–
|6.6
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |44.9
|12.2
|3.5
|3.5
|9.1
|19
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2000-05-12" |November 1972
|–
|1.7
|–
|6.8
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |47.1
|13.2
|4.2
|–
|8.9
|18.1
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2021-02-02" |October 1972
|–
|1.7
|–
|5.9
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |48.1
|13.3
|5.5
|–
|6.5
|18.9
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2000-10-13" |September 1972
|–
|1
|–
|6.6
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |42.3
|14.9
|7.2
|–
|6.7
|21.4
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2000-09-29" |August 1972
|–
|1.6
|–
|7.4
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |44.2
|11.1
|8.1
|–
|9.1
|18.6
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2000-09-05" |July 1972
|–
|1.4
|–
|6.4
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |44.2
|10.7
|7.3
|–
|8.8
|21.2
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2000-08-01" |June 1972
|–
|1.6
|–
|7.3
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |49.2
|12.7
|6.4
|–
|6.8
|16
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2000-08-25" |May 1972
|–
|1.6
|–
|6.7
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |46.4
|11.8
|7.8
|–
|6.7
|19
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2000-08-01" |April 1972
|–
|1.8
|–
|6.6
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |43.6
|14.2
|7.4
|–
|7.6
|18.7
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2000-07-01" |March 1972
|–
|1.1
|–
|6.9
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |44.7
|13
|7.5
|–
|7.5
|19.3
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2000-06-05" |February 1972
|–
|1.3
|–
|6.6
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |43.3
|13.6
|9.1
|–
|7.5
|18.6
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|#"2000-05-01" |January 1972
|–
|0.9
|–
|6.6
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |44.5
|15.9
|6.9
|–
|7.9
|17.2
|–
|
|style="background:;color:white"|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|December 1971
|–
|0.7
|–
|8.1
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |47.2
|13.4
|6.3
|–
|7.9
|16.5
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|November 1971
|–
|0.8
|–
|6.1
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |44.8
|13.9
|7.9
|–
|9.8
|16.6
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|October 1971
|–
|1.2
|–
|6.7
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |44.1
|13
|9
|–
|7.4
|18.6
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|September 1971
|–
|1.2
|–
|6.8
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |44.2
|12.9
|9
|–
|7.2
|18.6
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|August 1971
|–
|0.5
|–
|5
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |50.6
|10.1
|8.8
|–
|7.5
|17.5
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|July 1971
|–
|1.2
|–
|3.9
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |51.1
|11.4
|7.3
|–
|6.4
|18.7
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|June 1971
|–
|0.9
|–
|3.6
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |52.3
|12.1
|5.6
|–
|6.9
|18.5
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|May 1971
|–
|1.3
|–
|2.7
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |56.2
|13.5
|5.1
|–
|7.5
|13.8
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|April 1971
|–
|0.8
|–
|2.9
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |54.6
|12.7
|6.5
|–
|9
|13.5
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|March 1971
|–
|0.8
|–
|2.6
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |56.4
|11
|7.1
|–
|7.8
|14.4
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|February 1971
|–
|1.3
|–
|2.8
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |51
|12.5
|7.5
|–
|7.9
|16.9
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|January 1971
|–
|0.5
|–
|2.7
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |56.7
|11.7
|5.9
|–
|7.5
|14.9
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|December 1970
|–
|0.6
|–
|2.4
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |58.7
|8.1
|5.8
|–
|8.2
|16.2
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|November 1970
|–
|0.6
|–
|2.1
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |57.6
|7.6
|6.6
|–
|8.9
|16.6
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|October 1970
|–
|0.9
|–
|2.2
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |57.7
|9.8
|6.3
|–
|7.7
|15.4
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|September 1970
|–
|0.8
|–
|1.9
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |57.3
|10.4
|6
|–
|7.9
|15.8
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|August 1970
|–
|0.4
|–
|6.8
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |57.3
|8.3
|8.8
|–
|1.1
|17.3
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|July 1970
|–
|0.8
|–
|2.9
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |53
|8.7
|8.9
|–
|7
|18.6
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|June 1970
|–
|1
|–
|1.7
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |54.4
|9.5
|7.1
|–
|8.3
|17.9
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|May 1970
|–
|0.8
|–
|1.9
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |59
|7.5
|6.7
|–
|7.9
|16.2
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|April 1970
|–
|0.8
|–
|2.3
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |53.9
|8.9
|6.9
|–
|9.6
|17.4
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|March 1970
|–
|1.1
|–
|1.5
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |60.3
|7.6
|6
|–
|7.6
|15.9
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|February 1970
|
|1.1
|–
|2.5
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |54.7
|7
|7.1
|–
|6.4
|21.3
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|January 1970
|–
|0.9
|–
|2.1
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |59.5
|8
|5.8
|–
|8.8
|14.8
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|December 1969
|–
|1.4
|–
|3.3
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |52.9
|9.7
|6.6
|–
|8.8
|17.3
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|November 1969
|–
|0.6
|–
|3.6
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |53.3
|9.6
|7.4
|–
|8
|17.5
|–
|
|
|-
|Norsk Gallup
|October 1969
|–
|0.7
|–
|1.7
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |55.9
|10
|6.6
|–
|8.8
|16.3
|–
|
|
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
|
|7 and 8 September 1969
|–
|
|–
|3..9%
|style="background:#F7BDC5" |46.5%
|12.9%
|9.4%
|–
|11.7%
|22.7%
|–
|
| style="background:;color:white;"|
|}
Results
Voter demographics
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
|-
! rowspan="3"| Cohort
! colspan="8" | Percentage of cohort voting for
|-
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"| Ap
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | H
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | KrF
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Sp
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | SF
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | V
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | ALP
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Others
|-
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
|-
|align=left| Total vote || style="background:#ffccd4;| 35.3% || 17.6%
| 13.3%|| 12.3%|| 11.2%|| 7.8%|| 5.0%||
|-
! colspan="9" | Gender
|-
|align=left| Females || style="background:#ffccd4;| 39.3% || 18.3%
| 16.4%|| 6.3% || 7.8%|| 2.1%|| 2.9%||
|-
|align=left| Males || style="background:#ffccd4;| 32.4% || 16.6%
| 8.4%|| 7.2% || 14%|| 2.3%|| 6.9%||
|-
! colspan="9" | Age
|-
|align=left| 18–30 years old || style="background:#ffccd4;| 30.4% || 14.4%
| 10.4%|| 6.4% || 17.6% || 1.6%|| 12%||
|-
|align=left| 30-59 years old || style="background:#ffccd4;| 36.8% || 15.7%
| 9.4%|| 6.9% || 12.8%|| 2.2%|| 4.2%||
|-
|align=left| 60 years old and older || style="background:#ffccd4;| 35% || 22.2%
| 18.2%|| 7.1% || 5.1%|| 3%|| 3.4%||
|-
! colspan="9" | Work
|-
|align=left| low income || style="background:#ffccd4;| 35.6% || 11.7%
| 22.3%|| 11% || 9.5%|| 3%|| 4.5%||
|-
|align=left| Average income || style="background:#ffccd4;| 39.6% || 11%
| 11.9%|| 6.2% || 14.3%|| 2.9%|| 4.1%||
|-
|align=left| High income || style="background:#ffccd4;| 30.4% || 27.7%
| 4.8%|| 4.3% || 9.7%|| 1.1%|| 6.5%||
|-
! colspan="9" |Education
|-
|align=left| Primary school || style="background:#ffccd4;| 56% || 5.9%
| 12.7%|| 5.9% || 12.7%|| 2.3%|| 1.6%||
|-
|align=left| High school || style="background:#ffccd4;| 32.5% || 14.8%
| 13.2%|| 8% || 11.5%|| 2.4%|| 5.6%||
|-
|align=left| University/college || 11.1% || style="background:#cce4ff;| 43.7%
| 6.8%|| 4.7% || 8.4%|| 2.1%|| 8.9%||
|-
! colspan="11! |
|-
|align=left colspan="9" | Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research
|}
Seat distribution
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"
! rowspan="3" |Constituency
! rowspan="3" |Total<br />seats
! colspan="8" |Seats won
|-
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |Ap
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |H
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |Sp
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |KrF
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |SV
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |ALp
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |V
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |DNF
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! style="background:;" |
! style="background:;" |
! style="background:;" |
! style="background:;" |
! style="background:;" |
! style="background:;" |
! style="background:;" |
! style="background:;" |
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Akershus
!10
|3
|3
|1
|1
|1
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Aust-Agder
!4
|2
|1
|
|1
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Buskerud
!7
|3
|2
|1
|
|1
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Finnmark
!4
|2
|1
|
|
|1
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Hedmark
!8
|4
|1
|2
|
|1
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Hordaland
!15
|5
|3
|1
|3
|1
|1
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Møre og Romsdal
!10
|3
|1
|2
|2
|1
|
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Nord-Trøndelag
!6
|3
|
|2
|1
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Nordland
!12
|5
|1
|2
|2
|2
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Oppland
!7
|4
|1
|2
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Oslo
!15
|6
|5
|
|1
|2
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Østfold
!8
|4
|1
|1
|1
|1
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Rogaland
!10
|3
|2
|1
|2
|1
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Sogn og Fjordane
!5
|2
|
|2
|1
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Sør-Trøndelag
!10
|4
|2
|1
|1
|2
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Telemark
!6
|2
|1
|
|1
|1
|
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Troms
!6
|2
|1
|1
|1
|1
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Vest-Agder
!5
|2
|1
|1
|1
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Vestfold
!7
|3
|2
|1
|1
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Total
!155
!62
!29
!21
!20
!16
!4
!2
!1
|-
|align=left colspan="10" |Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk
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