1909 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway between 2 and 25 October 1909, with a second round held between 18 October and 11 November.[2] The result was a victory for the alliance of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Left Party, which won 64 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

1909 Norwegian parliamentary election
1909
All 123 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
62 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gunnar Knudsen Fredrik Stang Abraham Berge
Party Liberal Conservative Free-minded
Last election 73 seats, 45.1% 36 seats, 32.8%[1] New
Seats won 46 41 23
Seat change 27 5 23
Popular vote 128,367 175,388 (H+FV) Alliance with H
Percentage 30.4% 41.5% (H+FV) —
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Oscar Nissen ?
Party Labour Labour Democrats
Last election 10 seats, 16.0% 4 seats, 4.8%
Seats won 11 2
Seat change 1 2
Popular vote 91,268 15,550
Percentage 21.6% 3.7%
Prime Minister before election

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

 Elected Prime Minister

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Conservative Party175,38841.541–
Free-minded Liberal Party23–
Liberal Party128,36730.446–27
Labour Party91,26821.611+1
Labour Democrats15,5503.72–2
Teetotaler Party5,0761.20–
Church Party3,7480.90–
Independent Left Party2,2670.50–
Other parties9420.20–
Wild votes780.0––
Invalid/blank votes7,294–––
Total429,9781001230
Registered voters/turnout760,27756.6––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References
  1. As Coalition Party
  2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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