Norwegian parliamentary election, 1924

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Norwegian parliamentary election, 1924

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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Ivar Lykke.jpg Gunnar Knudsen.jpg 150x150px
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 Increase1 Decrease3 Decrease5
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
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Leader Kristoffer Høgset Karl Wilhelm Wefring  ?
Party Farmers' Liberal Left Social Democratic Labour
Last election 17 seats, 13.1% 15 seats with H 8 seats, 9.2%
Seats won 22 11 8
Seat change Increase5 Decrease4 Steady0
Popular vote 131,706 Alliance with H 85,743
Percentage 13.5% 8.8%

  Seventh party Eighth party
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Leader Sverre Støstad  ?
Party Communist Radical People's
Last election New 2 seats, 2.5%
Seats won 6 2
Seat change Increase6 Steady0
Popular vote 59,401 17,144
Percentage 6.1% 1.8%

Prime Minister before election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Prime Minister-designate

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

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.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Conservative Party 316,846 32.5 43 +1
Liberal Left Party 11 –4
Liberal Party 180,979 18.6 34 –3
Labour Party 179,567 18.4 24 –5
Farmers' Party 131,706 13.5 22 +5
Social Democratic Labour Party 85,743 8.8 8 0
Communist Party 59,401 6.1 6 New
Radical People's Party 17,144 1.8 2 0
Other parties 2,493 0.3 0
Wild votes 62 0.0
Invalid/blank votes 13,244
Total 987,185 100 150 0
Registered voters/turnout 1,412,441 69.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7