Norwegian parliamentary election, 1927
Norwegian parliamentary election, 1927
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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Oscar Torp |
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel |
C. J. Hambro |
Party |
Labour |
Liberal |
Conservative |
Last election |
24 seats, 18.4% |
34 seats, 18.6% |
43 seats, 32.5% |
Seats won |
59 |
30 |
29 |
Seat change |
35 |
4 |
14 |
Popular vote |
368,106 |
172,568 |
240,091 (H+FV) |
Percentage |
36.8% |
17.3% |
24.0% (H+FV) |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Leader |
Erik Enge |
Peder Furubotn |
P. A. Holm |
Party |
Farmers' |
Communist |
Free-minded |
Last election |
22 seats, 13.5% |
6 seats, 6.1% |
11 seats with H |
Seats won |
26 |
3 |
2 |
Seat change |
4 |
3 |
9 |
Popular vote |
149,026 |
40,075 |
All. with H/14,439 |
Percentage |
14.9% |
4.0% |
—/1.3% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 17 October 1927.[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 59 of the 150 seats in the Storting.
Results
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
Labour Party | 368,106 | 36.8 | 59 | +35 |
Conservative Party[a] | 240,091 | 24.0 | 29 | –14 |
Free-minded Liberal Party[a] | 1 | – |
Liberal Party | 172,568 | 17.3 | 30 | –4 |
Farmers' Party | 149,026 | 14.9 | 26 | +4 |
Communist Party | 40,075 | 4.0 | 3 | –3 |
Free-minded Liberal Party[a] | 14,439 | 1.4 | 1 | – |
Radical People's Party | 13,459 | 1.3 | 1 | –1 |
Other parties | 1,518 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
Wild votes | 15 | 0.0 | – | – |
Invalid/blank votes | 11,328 | – | – | – |
Total | 1,010,625 | 100 | 150 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,484,409 | 68.1 | – | – |
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] It won one seat on the joint lists and one seat on a separate list.[3]
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1450
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1458