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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway between 6 August and 16 September 1903. [1] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Moderate Liberal Party-Coalition Party alliance, which won 62 of the 117 seats in the Storting. It was the first time that the Labour Party gained seats. It was also the last election in Norway when Norway was in the union with Sweden that existed between 1814 and 1905.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Conservative Party | 106,042 | 44.81 | 47 | +16 | |
| Moderate Liberal Party | 10 | +4 | |||
| Coalition Party | 5 | New | |||
| Liberal Party | 101,142 | 42.74 | 48 | –29 | |
| Labour Democrats | 2 | +2 | |||
| Labour Party | 22,948 | 9.70 | 5 | +5 | |
| Other parties | 6,509 | 2.75 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 236,641 | 100.00 | 117 | +3 | |
| Valid votes | 236,641 | 98.39 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,862 | 1.61 | |||
| Total votes | 240,503 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 433,273 | 55.51 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, NSD Polsys | |||||
The politics of Norway take place in the framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the Council of State, the cabinet, led by the prime minister of Norway. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the legislature, the Storting, elected within a multi-party system. The judiciary is independent of the executive branch and the legislature.
The Storting is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen multi-seat constituencies. A member of the Storting is known in Norwegian as a stortingsrepresentant, literally "Storting representative".
The Labour Party, formerly The Norwegian Labour Party, is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectrum, and is led by Jonas Gahr Støre. It is the senior party in a minority governing coalition with the Centre Party since 2021, with Støre serving as the current Prime Minister of Norway.
The Christian Democratic Party is a Christian-democratic political party in Norway founded in 1933. The party is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP). It currently holds three seats in the Parliament, having won 3.8% of the vote in the 2021 parliamentary election. The current leader of the party is Olaug Bollestad.
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