1918 Norwegian parliamentary election
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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.
Endorsements
National daily newspapers
Newspaper | Party endorsed | |
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Glommendalens Social-Demokrat | Labour Party[2] |
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Labour Party | 209,560 | 31.63 | 18 | –1 | |
Conservative Party | 201,325 | 30.39 | 40 | +20 | |
Free-minded Liberal Party | 10 | +9 | |||
Liberal Party | 187,657 | 28.32 | 51 | –23 | |
Norwegian Agrarian Association | 30,925 | 4.67 | 3 | +2 | |
Labour Democrats | 21,980 | 3.32 | 3 | –3 | |
Other parties and independents[a] | 11,074 | 1.67 | 1 | –1 | |
Total | 662,521 | 100.00 | 126 | +3 | |
Valid votes | 662,521 | 98.10 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 12,856 | 1.90 | |||
Total votes | 675,377 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,186,602 | 56.92 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
- ^ Other candidates included Women's electors from Oslo and priest Alfred Eiken.[3]
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "Glommendalens Social-Demokrat". Glommendalens Social-Demokrat. 19 October 1918.
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1449
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