1912 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1912, with a second round held between 4 and 11 November.[1] The result was a victory for the alliance of the Liberal Party and the Labour Democrats, which won 76 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

1912 Norwegian parliamentary election

1912

All 123 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
62 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gunnar Knudsen Christian Knudsen Jens Bratlie
Party Liberal Labour Conservative
Last election 46 seats, 30.4% 11 seats, 21.6% 41 seats, 32.8%
Seats won 70 23 20
Seat change 24 12 21
Popular vote 195,526 (V+Ad) 128,455 162,074 (H+FV)
Percentage 40.0% (V+Ad) 26.3% 33.2% (H+FV)

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader ? Magnus Halvorsen
Party Labour Democrats Free-minded
Last election 2 seats, 3.7% 23 seats with H
Seats won 6 4
Seat change 4 19
Popular vote Alliance with V Alliance with H
Percentage

Prime Minister before election

Jens Bratlie
Conservative

Elected Prime Minister

Jens Bratlie
Conservative

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal Party195,52640.070+24
Labour Democrats6+4
Conservative Party162,07433.220–21
Free-minded Liberal Party4–19
Labour Party128,45526.323+12
Riksmål Party1,0330.20New
Teetotaler Party8840.200
Independent Left Party5280.100
Church Party3670.100
Wild votes360.0
Invalid/blank votes6,254
Total495,1571001230
Registered voters/turnout809,58265.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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