| Country: | Norway |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1957 Norwegian parliamentary election |
| Previous Year: | 1957 |
| Next Election: | 1965 Norwegian parliamentary election |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
| Seats For Election: | All 150 seats in the Storting |
| Majority Seats: | 76 |
| Election Date: | 11 September 1961 |
| Leader1: | Einar Gerhardsen |
| Party1: | Norwegian Labour Party |
| Last Election1: | 78 seats, 48.3% |
| Seats1: | 74 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 860,526 |
| Percentage1: | 46.8% |
| Leader2: | Alv Kjøs |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (Norway) |
| Last Election2: | 29 seats, 21.7% |
| Seats2: | 29 |
| Seat Change2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 373,778 |
| Percentage2: | 20.4% |
| Leader3: | Per Borten |
| Party3: | Centre Party (Norway) |
| Last Election3: | 15 seats, 9.9% |
| Seats3: | 16 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 201,465 |
| Percentage3: | 10.9% |
| Leader4: | Einar Hareide |
| Party4: | Christian Democratic Party (Norway) |
| Last Election4: | 12 seats, 10.2% |
| Seats4: | 15 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 190,860 |
| Percentage4: | 10.4% |
| Leader5: | Bent Røiseland |
| Party5: | Liberal Party of Norway |
| Last Election5: | 15 seats, 10.5% |
| Seats5: | 14 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 208,251 |
| Percentage5: | 11.3% |
| Leader6: | Knut Løfsnes |
| Party6: | Socialist People's Party (Norway) |
| Last Election6: | New |
| Seats6: | 2 |
| Seat Change6: | 2 |
| Popular Vote6: | 43,996 |
| Percentage6: | 2.4% |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
| Before Election: | Einar Gerhardsen |
| Before Party: | Norwegian Labour Party |
| After Election: | Einar Gerhardsen |
| After Party: | Norwegian Labour Party |
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 September 1961.[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 74 of the 150 seats in the Storting. Although it lost the absolute majority it had held since 1945, the Labour Party was able to continue in government.
| Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ap | H | Sp | KrF | V | SF | |||
| Akershus | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Aust-Agder | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bergen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Buskerud | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Finnmark | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Hedmark | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Hordaland | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Møre og Romsdal | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Nord-Trøndelag | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Nordland | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Oppland | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Oslo | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Østfold | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rogaland | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sør-Trøndelag | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Telemark | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Troms | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vest-Agder | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vestfold | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 150 | 74 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 2 | |
| Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk | ||||||||