1936 Norwegian parliamentary election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/50px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png)
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← 1933 | 19 October 1936 | 1945 → |
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All 150 seats in the Storting 76 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Leader | Oscar Torp | Johan H. Andresen | Johan Ludwig Mowinckel | Party | Labour | Conservative | Liberal | Last election | 40.1%, 69 seats | 20.2%, 30 seats | 17.7%, 24 seats | Seats won | 70 | 36 | 23 | Seat change | 1 | 6 | 1 | Popular vote | 618,616 | 310,324 | 232,784 | Percentage | 42.5% | 21.3% | 16.0% | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Leader | Jens Hundseid | Ingebrigt Bjørø [no] | Bertram Dybwad Brochmann | Party | Farmers' | Christian Democratic | Society | Last election | 13.9%, 23 seats | 0.8%, 1 seat | 1.5%, 1 seat | Seats won | 18 | 2 | 1 | Seat change | 5 | 1 | 0 | Popular vote | 168,038 | 19,612 | 45,109 | Percentage | 11.5% | 1.3% | 3.1% | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/1936_Norweigan_Parliamentary_election_maps.svg/300px-1936_Norweigan_Parliamentary_election_maps.svg.png) Results by county |
Prime Minister before election Johan Nygaardsvold Labour | Prime Minister after election Johan Nygaardsvold Labour | |
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 19 October 1936,[1] the last before World War II and the German invasion of Norway. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 70 of the 150 seats in the Storting.[2]
During the election campaign, the conservative and liberal parties ran on the slogan "A free people in a free Norway."[2] They argued that a Labour Party victory would lead to terrorism, dictatorship, and Marxism.[2] A prominent controversial topic during the election campaign was the decision of the Labour government to allow Leon Trotsky to take up a domicile in Norway in 1935.[2]
Campaign
Slogans
Party | Original slogan | English translation |
| Labour Party | "Trygge kår for barn og hjem" | |
| Conservative Party | | |
| Liberal Party | | |
| Farmer's Party | | |
| Nasjonal Samling | | |
| Communist Party of Norway | | |
| Free-minded People's Party | | |
| Society Party | | |
| Christian Democratic Party | | |
| Radical People's Party | | |
Sources: [3] |
National daily newspaper endorsements
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Labour Party | 618,616 | 42.51 | 70 | +1 |
| Conservative Party–Free-minded People's Party[a] | 310,324 | 21.32 | 36 | +6 |
| Liberal Party | 232,784 | 16.00 | 23 | –1 |
| Farmers' Party | 168,038 | 11.55 | 18 | –5 |
| Society Party | 45,109 | 3.10 | 1 | 0 |
| Nasjonal Samling | 26,577 | 1.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Democratic Party | 19,612 | 1.35 | 2 | +1 |
| Free-minded People's Party–Fatherland League[a] | 19,236 | 1.32 | 0 | 0 |
| Radical People's Party | 6,407 | 0.44 | 0 | –1 |
| Communist Party | 4,376 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Other parties | 4,132 | 0.28 | 0 | – |
Wild votes | 27 | 0.00 | – | – |
Total | 1,455,238 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 1,455,238 | 99.44 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 8,230 | 0.56 | |
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Total votes | 1,463,468 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 1,741,905 | 84.02 | |
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Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Seat distribution
Notes
- ^ a b The Conservative Party and the Free-minded People's Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded People's Party ran a joint list with the Fatherland League.[5]
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ a b c d Arneson, Ben A. (1937). "Workers' Parties Show Gains in Sweden and Norway". American Political Science Review. 31 (1): 97–99. doi:10.2307/1948050. ISSN 0003-0554.
- ^ "Historiske slagord og plakater". Arbeiderpartiet (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ "Adresseavisen, lørdag 17. oktober 1936". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1451