1930 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 20 October 1930.[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 47 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

1930 Norwegian parliamentary election
20 October 1930
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Oscar Torp C. J. Hambro Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 59 seats, 36.8% 29 seats, 24.0% 30 seats, 17.3%
Seats won 47 39 33
Seat change 12 10 3
Popular vote 374,854 327,731 (H+FV) 241,355
Percentage 31.4% 27.4% (H+FV) 20.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jens Hundseid Anton Wilhelm Brøgger ?
Party Farmers' Free-minded Radical People's
Last election 26 seats, 14.9% 2 seats with H/1.3% 1 seat, 1.3%
Seats won 25 5 1
Seat change 1 3 0
Popular vote 190,220 31,003/All. with H 9,228
Percentage 15.9% 2.6%/— 0.8%
Prime Minister before election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

 Elected Prime Minister

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party374,85431.447–12
Conservative Party[a]327,73127.439+10
Free-minded Liberal Party[a]2+1
Liberal Party241,35520.233+3
Farmers' Party190,22015.925–1
Free-minded Liberal Party[a]31,0032.63+2
Communist Party20,3511.70–3
Radical People's Party9,2280.810
Wild votes130.0––
Invalid/blank votes7,346–––
Total1,202,1011001500
Registered voters/turnout1,550,07777.6––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a The Conservative Party and the Liberal Left Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Liberal Left Party ran separate lists.[2]

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1450
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