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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway between 2 and 25 October 1909, with a second round held between 18 October and 11 November. [1] The result was a victory for the alliance of the Conservative Party and the Free-minded Liberal Party, which won 64 of the 123 seats in the Storting.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Conservative Party | 175,388 | 41.49 | 41 | +5 | |
| Free-minded Liberal Party | 23 | New | |||
| Liberal Party | 128,367 | 30.37 | 46 | –27 | |
| Labour Party | 91,268 | 21.59 | 11 | +1 | |
| Labour Democrats | 15,550 | 3.68 | 2 | –2 | |
| Teetotaler Party | 5,076 | 1.20 | 0 | – | |
| Church Party | 3,748 | 0.89 | 0 | – | |
| Independent Left Party | 2,267 | 0.54 | 0 | – | |
| Other parties | 942 | 0.22 | 0 | – | |
| Wild votes | 78 | 0.02 | – | – | |
| Total | 422,684 | 100.00 | 123 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 422,684 | 98.30 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 7,294 | 1.70 | |||
| Total votes | 429,978 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 760,277 | 56.56 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
| Newspaper | Party endorsed | Notes | |
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| Bratsberg-Demokraten | Labour Party [2] | ||
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