1930 Norwegian parliamentary election

1930 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 Oscar Torp C. J. Hambro Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 36.8%, 59 seats 24.0%, 29 seats 17.3%, 30 seats Seats won 47 39 33 Seat change 12 10 3 Popular vote 374,854 327,731 (H+FV) 241,355 Percentage 31.4% 27.4% (H+FV) 20.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jens Hundseid Anton Wilhelm Brøgger Alf Mjøen  [ no ] Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Radical People's Last election 14.9%, 26 seats 1.3%, 2 seats with H 1.3%, 1 seat Seats won 25 5 1 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 190,220 31,003/All. with H 9,228 Percentage 15.9% 2.6%/— 0.8%
Prime Minister before election Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal Prime Minister after election Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 20 October 1930. ^[1] The Labour Party won the most seats (47 of the 150 seats) in the Storting. ^[2]

During the election, the Labour Party advocated for socialist policies whereas the Conservative, Liberal and Agrarian parties ran in opposition to the Labour Party. ^[2]

Endorsements

National daily newspapers

Newspaper	Party endorsed
Finnmarksposten		Conservative Party [3]
		Free-minded Liberal Party
Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad		Labour Party [4]
Folketanken		Liberal Party [5]
Østerdal Arbeiderblad		Labour Party [6]
Folkeviljen		Labour Party [7]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	374,854	31.37	47	–12
	Conservative Party [a]	327,731	27.43	39	+10
	Free-minded Liberal Party [a]			2	+1
	Liberal Party	241,355	20.20	33	+3
	Farmers' Party	190,220	15.92	25	–1
	Free-minded Liberal Party [a]	31,003	2.59	3	+2
	Communist Party	20,351	1.70	0	–3
	Radical People's Party	9,228	0.77	1	0
Wild votes		13	0.00	–	–
Total		1,194,755	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		1,194,755	99.39
Invalid/blank votes		7,346	0.61
Total votes		1,202,101	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,550,077	77.55
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	H–FV	V	B	RF
Akershus	7	3	3		1
Aust-Agder	4	1	1	1	1
Bergen	5	2	2	1
Buskerud	5	2	1		1
Finnmark	3	1	1	1
Hedmark	7	4	1		2
Hordaland	8	1	1	4	2
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold	4	2	2
Market towns of Buskerud	3	1	2	1
Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland	3	1	2
Market towns of Møre	3	1		1
Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark	4	2	1	1
Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag	5	1	4
Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder	5	2	2	1
Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland	7	2	2	3
Market towns of Vestfold	4	1	3
Møre	7	1	1	4	2
Nord-Trøndelag	5	2		1	2
Nordland	8	2	3	2	1
Oppland	6	2			3	1
Oslo	7	3	4
Østfold	6	3	1		2
Rogaland	5		1	2	2
Sogn og Fjordane	5		1	2	2
Sør-Trøndelag	6	2	1	2	1
Telemark	5	2		2	1
Troms	5	2	1	1	1
Vest-Agder	4		1	2	1
Vestfold	4	1	2	1
Total	150	47	44	33	25	1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

1. The Conservative Party and the Free-minded Liberal Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded Liberal Party ran separate lists. ^[8]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Arneson, Ben A. (1931). "Norway Moves Toward the Right". American Political Science Review. 25 (1): 152–157. doi:10.2307/1946579. ISSN   0003-0554. JSTOR   1946579. S2CID   146458203.
3. "Finnmarksposten konservativt blad for vestfinmarken". Finnmarksposten (in Norwegian). 17 October 1930.
4. "Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad". Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 15 October 1930.
5. "Folketanken (Risør)". Folketanken (Risør) (in Norwegian). 20 October 1930. p. 1.
6. "Østerdal Arbeiderblad". Østerdal Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 18 October 1930. p. 1.
7. "Nasjonalbiblioteket".
8. Nohlen & Stöver, p1450