Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 24 October 1921.[1] This was the first election to use proportional representation, which replaced previous two-round system.[2] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Free-minded Liberal Party alliance, which won 57 of the 150 seats in the Storting.
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Results
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | /– | |
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Conservative Party | 301,372 | 33.31 | 42 | 2 | |
Free-minded Liberal Party | 15 | 5 | |||
Labour Party | 192,616 | 21.29 | 29 | 11 | |
Liberal Party | 181,989 | 20.12 | 37 | –14 | |
Farmers' Party | 118,657 | 13.12 | 17 | 14 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 83,629 | 9.24 | 8 | New | |
Radical People's Party | 22,970 | 2.54 | 2 | –1 | |
Other parties | 2,811 | 0.31 | 0 | – | |
Wild votes | 655 | 0.07 | – | – | |
Total | 904,699 | 100.00 | 150 | 24 | |
Valid votes | 904,699 | 98.58 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 13,037 | 1.42 | |||
Total votes | 917,736 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,351,183 | 67.92 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Seat distribution
editConstituency | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||
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H–FV | V | Ap | L | SD | RF | ||
Akershus | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Aust-Agder | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Bergen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Buskerud | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Finnmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Hedmark | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Hordaland | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
Kristiana | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold |
4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Market towns of Buskerud | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland |
3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Market towns of Møre | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag |
5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland |
7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Market towns of Vestfold | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Møre | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||
Nord-Trøndelag | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Nordland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Oppland | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
Østfold | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Rogaland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
Sør-Trøndelag | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Telemark | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
Troms | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Vest-Agder | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Vestfold | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Total | 150 | 57 | 37 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk |
National daily newspapers
editNewspaper | Party endorsed | Notes | |
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Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende (nn) | Conservative Party[3] | ||
Free-minded Liberal Party | |||
Folkets Dagblad | Labour Party[4] | ||
Sunnmørsposten | Liberal Party[5] |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ John G. Grumm (1958) "Theories of Electoral Systems", Midwest Journal of Political Science, volume 2, number 4, pp357–376
- ^ "Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende". Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende. 24 October 1921.
- ^ "Folkets Dagblad". Folkets Dagblad. 22 October 1921.
- ^ "Søndmørsposten". Sunnmørsposten. 24 October 1921. p. 1.