1841 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1841 Norwegian parliamentary election
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  1838 June–12 November 1841 1844  

All 100 seats in the Storting
51 seats needed for a majority
Registered69,492
Turnout51.06%

Prime Minister before election

Severin Løvenskiold

Prime Minister after election

Severin Løvenskiold

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1841. [1] As political parties were not officially established until 1884, [2] all those elected were independents. [3] The number of seats in the Storting was increased from 99 to 100. [3] Voter turnout was 51%, although only 5.5% of the country's population was eligible to vote. [4]

Results

Of the 100 seats, 43 were won by farmers, sheriffs, church singers and teachers, 41 by civil servants and 16 by people with other professions. [5]

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents100
Total100
Total votes35,481
Registered voters/turnout69,49251.06
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, NSSDS [3]

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1437 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1423
  3. 1 2 3 Storting composition 1814-1903 Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Norwegian Social Science Data Services
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1439
  5. Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 242. ISBN   8252113281.