1924 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1924.[1] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Liberal Left Party alliance, which won 54 of the 150 seats in the Storting. To date, this is the last election in which the Labour Party did not receive the most seats in the Storting or most votes.

1924 Norwegian parliamentary election

21 October 1924

All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ivar Lykke Gunnar Knudsen Oscar Torp
Party Conservative Liberal Labour
Last election 42 seats, 33.3% 37 seats, 20.1% 29 seats, 21.3%
Seats won 43 34 24
Seat change 1 3 5
Popular vote 316,846 (H+FV) 180,979 179,567
Percentage 32.5% (H+FV) 18.6% 18.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kristoffer Høgset Karl Wilhelm Wefring ?
Party Farmers' Free-minded Social Democratic Labour
Last election 17 seats, 13.1% 15 seats with H 8 seats, 9.2%
Seats won 22 11 8
Seat change 5 4 0
Popular vote 131,706 Alliance with H 85,743
Percentage 13.5% 8.8%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Sverre Støstad ?
Party Communist Radical People's
Last election New 2 seats, 2.5%
Seats won 6 2
Seat change 6 0
Popular vote 59,401 17,144
Percentage 6.1% 1.8%

Prime Minister before election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Elected Prime Minister

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Conservative Party316,84632.543+1
Free-minded Liberal Party11–4
Liberal Party180,97918.634–3
Labour Party179,56718.424–5
Farmers' Party131,70613.522+5
Social Democratic Labour Party85,7438.880
Communist Party59,4016.16New
Radical People's Party17,1441.820
Other parties2,4930.30
Wild votes620.0
Invalid/blank votes13,244
Total987,1851001500
Registered voters/turnout1,412,44169.9
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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