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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 17 October 1927. [1] [2] The Labour Party emergeed as the largest party, winning 59 of the 150 seats in the Storting. [3] However, the subsequent government was headed by Ivar Lykke of the Conservative Party.
| Newspaper | Party endorsed | |
|---|---|---|
| Nordland | Free-minded Liberal Party [4] | |
| Tiden | Labour Party [5] | |
| Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad | Labour Party [6] | |
| Aftenposten | Free-minded Liberal Party [7] | |
| Conservative Party | ||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Labour Party | 368,106 | 36.84 | 59 | +35 | |
| Conservative Party [lower-alpha 1] | 240,091 | 24.03 | 29 | –14 | |
| Free-minded Liberal Party [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | – | |||
| Liberal Party | 172,568 | 17.27 | 30 | –4 | |
| Farmers' Party | 149,026 | 14.91 | 26 | +4 | |
| Communist Party | 40,075 | 4.01 | 3 | –3 | |
| Free-minded Liberal Party [lower-alpha 1] | 14,439 | 1.44 | 1 | – | |
| Radical People's Party | 13,459 | 1.35 | 1 | –1 | |
| National Legion | 1,210 | 0.12 | 0 | – | |
| Fishermen and the Liberal People's Party | 308 | 0.03 | 0 | – | |
| Wild votes | 15 | 0.00 | – | – | |
| Total | 999,297 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 999,297 | 98.88 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 11,328 | 1.12 | |||
| Total votes | 1,010,625 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,484,409 | 68.08 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Norges Offisielle Statistikk | |||||
| Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ap | H–FV | V | B | K | RF | ||
| Akershus | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Aust-Agder | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bergen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Buskerud | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Finnmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Hedmark | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Hordaland | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Market towns of Vestfold | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Møre | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Nord-Trøndelag | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Nordland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Oppland | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Oslo | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Østfold | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Rogaland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Sør-Trøndelag | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Telemark | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Troms | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Vest-Agder | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Vestfold | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 150 | 59 | 31 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 |
| Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk | |||||||
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