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1915 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1915 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 123 seats in the Storting
62 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gunnar Knudsen Jens Bratlie Christian Knudsen
Party Liberal Conservative Labour
Last election 39.99%, 70 seats 33.15%, 20 seats 26.27%, 23 seats
Seats won 74 20 19
Seat change Increase4 Steady Decrease4
Popular vote 204,243 179,028 (H+FV) 198,111
Percentage 33.07% 28.98% (H+FV) 32.07%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Erik Enge
Party Labour Democrats Free-minded Liberal Agrarian
Last election 6 seats with V 4 seats with H
Seats won 6 1 1
Seat change Steady Decrease3 New
Popular vote 25,658 Alliance with H 6,351
Percentage 4.15% 1.03%

Prime Minister before election

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1915, with a second round between 4 and 11 November.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 74 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party204,24333.0774+4
Labour Party198,11132.0719–4
Conservative Party179,02828.98200
Free-minded Liberal Party1–4
Labour Democrats25,6584.1560
Norwegian Agrarian Association6,3511.031New
Teetotaler Party3,8200.6200
Peace Candidate4130.070New
Independents2New
Wild votes460.01
Total617,670100.001230
Valid votes617,67098.68
Invalid/blank votes8,2851.32
Total votes625,955100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,086,65757.60
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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