1930 Norwegian parliamentary election

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1930

1930
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Oscar Torp C. J. Hambro Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 59 seats, 36.8% 29 seats, 24.0% 30 seats, 17.3% Seats won 47 39 33 Seat change 12 10 3 Popular vote 374,854 327,731 (H+FV) 241,355 Percentage 31.4% 27.4% (H+FV) 20.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jens Hundseid Anton Wilhelm Brøgger ? Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Radical People's Last election 26 seats, 14.9% 2 seats with H/1.3% 1 seat, 1.3% Seats won 25 5 1 Seat change 1 3 0 Popular vote 190,220 31,003/All. with H 9,228 Percentage 15.9% 2.6%/— 0.8%
Prime Minister before election Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal Elected Prime Minister Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 20 October 1930. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 47 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	374,854	31.4	47	–12
Conservative Party[a]	327,731	27.4	39	+10
Free-minded Liberal Party[a]			2	+1
Liberal Party	241,355	20.2	33	+3
Farmers' Party	190,220	15.9	25	–1
Free-minded Liberal Party[a]	31,003	2.6	3	+2
Communist Party	20,351	1.7	0	–3
Radical People's Party	9,228	0.8	1	0
Wild votes	13	0.0	–	–
Invalid/blank votes	7,346	–	–	–
Total	1,202,101	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,550,077	77.6	–	–
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.