Norwegian parliamentary election, 1918

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1918
Norway
1918

All 126 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
64 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gunnar Knudsen Jens Bratlie Kyrre Grepp
Party Liberal Conservative Labour
Last election 74 seats, 33.1% 20 seats, 29.0% 19 seats, 32.1%
Seats won 51 40 18
Seat change Decrease23 Increase20 Decrease1
Popular vote 187,657 201,325 (H+FV) 209,560
Percentage 28.3% 30.4% (H+FV) 31.6%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Bernt Holtsmark ? ?
Party Free-minded Agrarian Labour Democrats
Last election 1 seat with H 1 seat, 1.0% 6 seats with V
Seats won 10 3 3
Seat change Increase9 Increase2 Decrease3
Popular vote Alliance with H 30,925 21,980
Percentage 4.7% 3.3%

Prime Minister before election

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Prime Minister-designate

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1918, with a second round between 4 and 11 November.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 51 of the 123 seats in the Storting. Despite receiving the most votes, the Labour Party won just 18 seats, a loss of one seat compared with the 1915 elections.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party209,56031.618–1
Conservative Party201,32530.440+20
Free-minded Liberal Party10+9
Liberal Party187,65728.351–23
Agrarian Association30,9254.73+2
Labour Democrats21,9803.33–3
Other parties and independents[a]11,0741.71–1
Invalid/blank votes12,856
Total675,377100126+3
Registered voters/turnout1,186,60260.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a The other candidates included Women's electors from Oslo and priest Alfred Eiken.[2]

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1449
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