1921 Norwegian parliamentary election

1921 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the Storting 76 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto Bahr Halvorsen Gunnar Knudsen Kyrre Grepp Party Conservative Liberal Labour Last election 30.39%, 40 seats 28.32%. 51 seats 31.63%, 18 seats Seats won 42 37 29 Seat change 2 14 11 Popular vote 301,372 (H+FV) 181,989 192,616 Percentage 33.31% (H+FV) 20.12% 21.29%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kristoffer Høgset Bernt Holtsmark Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Social Democratic Labour Last election 4.67%, 3 seats 10 seats with H Seats won 17 15 8 Seat change 14 5 New Popular vote 118,657 Alliance with H 83,629 Percentage 13.12% — 9.24%   Seventh party   Party Radical People's Last election 3.32%, 3 seats Seats won 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 22,970 Percentage 2.54%
Prime Minister before election Otto Albert Blehr Liberal Prime Minister after election Otto Albert Blehr Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 24 October 1921. ^[1] This was the first election to use proportional representation, which replaced previous two-round system. ^[2] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Free-minded Liberal Party alliance, which won 57 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Conservative Party	301,372	33.31	42	+2
	Free-minded Liberal Party			15	+5
	Labour Party	192,616	21.29	29	+11
	Liberal Party	181,989	20.12	37	–14
	Farmers' Party	118,657	13.12	17	+14
	Social Democratic Labour Party	83,629	9.24	8	New
	Radical People's Party	22,970	2.54	2	–1
	Other parties	2,811	0.31	0	–
Wild votes		655	0.07	–	–
Total		904,699	100.00	150	+24
Valid votes		904,699	98.58
Invalid/blank votes		13,037	1.42
Total votes		917,736	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,351,183	67.92
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		H–FV	V	Ap	L	SD	RF
Akershus	7	4		1	1	1
Aust-Agder	4	1	2		1
Bergen	5	3	1	1
Buskerud	5	3		2
Finnmark	3	1	1	1
Hedmark	7	2	1	3	1
Hordaland	8	2	4	1	1
Kristiana	7	5		2
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold	4	2				2
Market towns of Buskerud	3	2		1
Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland	3	2		1
Market towns of Møre	3	2				1
Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark	4	2	1	1
Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag	5	3		2
Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder	5	3	1	1
Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland	7	3	2	1		1
Market towns of Vestfold	4	3		1
Møre	7		5		2
Nord-Trøndelag	5		2	1	2
Nordland	8	3	2	2	1
Oppland	6			1	3		2
Østfold	6	2	1		1	2
Rogaland	5	1	3		1
Sogn og Fjordane	5	1	3		1
Sør-Trøndelag	6	1	2	2	1
Telemark	5	1	2	2
Troms	5	1	1	2		1
Vest-Agder	4	1	2		1
Vestfold	4	3	1
Total	150	57	37	29	17	8	2
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

National daily newspapers

Newspaper	Party endorsed		Notes
Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende (nn)		Conservative Party [3]
		Free-minded Liberal Party
Folkets Dagblad		Labour Party [4]
Sunnmørsposten		Liberal Party [5]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. John G. Grumm (1958) "Theories of Electoral Systems", Midwest Journal of Political Science, volume 2, number 4, pp357–376
3. "Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende". Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende. 24 October 1921.
4. "Folkets Dagblad". Folkets Dagblad. 22 October 1921.
5. "Søndmørsposten". Sunnmørsposten . 24 October 1921. p. 1.