1915 Norwegian parliamentary election

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.

1915 Norwegian parliamentary election

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 4 0 4
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 0 3 1
Popular vote 25,658 Alliance with H 6,351
Percentage 4.2% 1.0%

Prime Minister before election

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Elected Prime Minister

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

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