1921 Norwegian parliamentary election
24 October 1921
All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Otto Bahr Halvorsen 1921.jpg
Leader Otto Bahr Halvorsen Gunnar Knudsen Kyrre Grepp
Party Conservative Liberal Labour
Last election 30.39%, 40 seats 28.32%. 51 seats 31.63%, 18 seats
Seats won 42 37 29
Seat change Increase2 Decrease14 Increase11
Popular vote 301,372 (H+FV) 181,989 192,616
Percentage 33.31% (H+FV) 20.12% 21.29%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kristoffer Høgset Bernt Holtsmark
Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Social Democratic Labour
Last election 4.67%, 3 seats 10 seats with H
Seats won 17 15 8
Seat change Increase14 Increase5 New
Popular vote 118,657 Alliance with H 83,629
Percentage 13.12% — 9.24%
  Seventh party
 
Party Radical People's
Last election 3.32%, 3 seats
Seats won 2
Seat change Decrease1
Popular vote 22,970
Percentage 2.54%
Prime Minister before election

Otto Albert Blehr
Liberal

 Prime Minister after election

Otto Albert Blehr
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 24 October 1921.[1] This was the first election to use proportional representation, which replaced previous two-round system.[2] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Free-minded Liberal Party alliance, which won 57 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Conservative Party301,37233.3142+2
Free-minded Liberal Party15+5
Labour Party192,61621.2929+11
Liberal Party181,98920.1237–14
Farmers' Party118,65713.1217+14
Social Democratic Labour Party83,6299.248New
Radical People's Party22,9702.542–1
Other parties2,8110.310–
Wild votes6550.07––
Total904,699100.00150+24
Valid votes904,69998.58
Invalid/blank votes13,0371.42
Total votes917,736100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,351,18367.92
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats		 Seats won
H–FV V Ap L SD RF
Akershus 7 4 1 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 1 2 1
Bergen 5 3 1 1
Buskerud 5 3 2
Finnmark 3 1 1 1
Hedmark 7 2 1 3 1
Hordaland 8 2 4 1 1
Kristiana 7 5 2
Market towns
of Akershus and Østfold		 4 2 2
Market towns of Buskerud 3 2 1
Market towns of
Hedmark and Oppland		 3 2 1
Market towns of Møre 3 2 1
Market towns of
Nordland, Troms and Finnmark		 4 2 1 1
Market towns of
Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag		 5 3 2
Market towns of
Telemark and Aust-Agder		 5 3 1 1
Market towns of
Vest-Agder and Rogaland		 7 3 2 1 1
Market towns of Vestfold 4 3 1
Møre 7 5 2
Nord-Trøndelag 5 2 1 2
Nordland 8 3 2 2 1
Oppland 6 1 3 2
Østfold 6 2 1 1 2
Rogaland 5 1 3 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 1 3 1
Sør-Trøndelag 6 1 2 2 1
Telemark 5 1 2 2
Troms 5 1 1 2 1
Vest-Agder 4 1 2 1
Vestfold 4 3 1
Total 150 57 37 29 17 8 2
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

National daily newspapers

Newspaper Party endorsed Notes
Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende (nn) Conservative Party[3]
Free-minded Liberal Party
Folkets Dagblad Labour Party[4]
Sunnmørsposten Liberal Party[5]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ John G. Grumm (1958) "Theories of Electoral Systems", Midwest Journal of Political Science, volume 2, number 4, pp357–376
  3. ↑ "Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende". Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende. 24 October 1921.
  4. ↑ "Folkets Dagblad". Folkets Dagblad. 22 October 1921.
  5. ↑ "Søndmørsposten". Sunnmørsposten. 24 October 1921. p. 1.
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