1906 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1906 Norwegian parliamentary election
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  1903 5−27 August 1906 1909  

All 123 seats in the Storting
62 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Carl Berner.PNG Christian Michelsen OB.F19385.jpg
Leader Carl Berner Christian Michelsen
Party Liberal Coalition
Leader's seat Sarpsborg Søndre Bergenhus amt
Last election48 seats62 seats
Seats won7336
Seat changeIncrease2.svg25Decrease2.svg26
Popular vote121,56288,323
Percentage45.14%32.80%

 Third partyFourth party
  Oscar Nissen.png Johan Castberg 1900.jpg
Leader Oscar Nissen Johan Castberg
Party Labour Labour Democrats
Leader's seatNone Kristians amt
Last election5 seats2 seats
Seats won104
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Increase2.svg2
Popular vote43,13412,819
Percentage16.02%4.76%

Prime Minister before election

Francis Hagerup
Coalition

Prime Minister after election

Christian Michelsen
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway between 5 and 27 August 1906, with a second round held between 26 August and 22 October. [1] It was the first parliamentary election in Norway since the end of the union with Sweden a year earlier. A Two-round system was used at this election for the first time. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 73 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

Results

1906 Storting.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party 121,56245.1473+25
Coalition Party 88,32332.8036–26
Labour Party 43,13416.0210+5
Labour Democrats 12,8194.764+2
Other parties3,4431.280
Total269,281100.00123+6
Valid votes269,28199.02
Invalid/blank votes2,6540.98
Total votes271,935100.00
Registered voters/turnout446,70560.88
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

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