Norwegian parliamentary election, 1915

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1915
Norway
1915

All 123 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
62 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gunnar Knudsen Jens Bratlie Christian Knudsen
Party Liberal Conservative Labour
Last election 70 seats, 40.0% 20 seats, 33.2% 23 seats, 26.3%
Seats won 74 20 19
Seat change Increase4 Steady0 Decrease4
Popular vote 204,243 179,028 (H+FV) 198,111
Percentage 33.1% 29.0% (H+FV) 32.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader ? Erik Enge ?
Party Labour Democrats Free-minded Agrarian
Last election 6 seats with V 4 seats with H New
Seats won 6 1 1
Seat change Steady0 Decrease3 Increase1
Popular vote 25,658 Alliance with H 6,351
Percentage 4.2% 1.0%

Prime Minister before election

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Prime Minister-designate

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1915, with a second round between 4 and 11 November.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 74 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal Party204,24333.174+4
Labour Party198,11132.119–4
Conservative Party179,02829.0200
Free-minded Liberal Party1–4
Labour Democrats25,6584.260
Agrarian Association6,3511.01New
Teetotaler Party3,8200.100
Peace Candidate4130.10New
Independents2New
Wild votes46
Invalid/blank votes8,285
Total625,9551001230
Registered voters/turnout1,086,65757.6
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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