1918 Norwegian parliamentary election
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.
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| Labour Party | 209,560 | 31.6 | 18 | –1 |
| Conservative Party | 201,325 | 30.4 | 40 | +20 |
| Free-minded Liberal Party | 10 | +9 | ||
| Liberal Party | 187,657 | 28.3 | 51 | –23 |
| Agrarian Association | 30,925 | 4.7 | 3 | +2 |
| Labour Democrats | 21,980 | 3.3 | 3 | –3 |
| Other parties and independents[a] | 11,074 | 1.7 | 1 | –1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 12,856 | – | – | – |
| Total | 675,377 | 100 | 126 | +3 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,186,602 | 60.5 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
a The other candidates included Women's electors from Oslo and priest Alfred Eiken.[2]
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1449
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