1933 Norwegian parliamentary election

1933 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 31.4%, 47 seats 27.4%, 39 seats 20.2%, 33 seats Seats won 69 30 24 Seat change 22 9 9 Popular vote 500,526 252,506 (H+FF) 213,153 Percentage 40.1% 20.2% (H+FF) 17.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jens Hundseid Rolf Thommessen Bertram Dybwad Brochmann Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Society Last election 15.9%, 25 seats 2.6%, 5 seats/with H – Seats won 23 1 1 Seat change 2 4 New Popular vote 173,634 20,184/All. with H 18,786 Percentage 13.9% 1.6%/— 1.5%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Ingebrigt Bjørø  [ no ] Alf Mjøen  [ no ] Party Christian Democratic Radical People's Last election – 0.8%, 1 seat Seats won 1 1 Seat change New Popular vote 10,272 6,858 Percentage 0.8% 0.5%
Prime Minister before election Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal Prime Minister after election Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 16 October 1933. ^{[1] [2]} The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 69 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Campaign

Slogans

Party		Original slogan	English translation
	Labour Party	"Hele folket i arbeid" — By og land hand i hand"	"Entire population at work — city and countryside hand in hand"
	Conservative Party
	Liberal Party
	Farmer's Party
	Free-minded People's Party	Hård mot terror! Varm mot nød!	"Tough against terror! Warm against distress!"
	Nasjonal Samling
	Communist Party of Norway
	Society Party
	Christian Democratic Party
	Radical People's Party
Sources: [3]

National daily newspaper endorsements

Newspaper	Party endorsed		Notes
Bergens Arbeiderblad		Labour Party [4]
Romsdal Folkeblad		Labour Party [5]
Vestfold Fremtid		Labour Party [6]
Horten Arbeiderblad		Labour Party [7]
Vestfold Arbeiderblad		Labour Party [8]
Hamar Arbeiderblad		Labour Party [9]
Namdal Arbeiderblad		Labour Party [10]
Kongsberg Tidende		Free-minded Liberal Party [11]
Nordlys		Labour Party [12]
Sunnmøre Arbeideravis		Labour Party [13]
Sunnmøre Tidend		Farmers' Party [14]
Dagbladet		Liberal Party [15] [16]
Velgeren		Liberal Party [17]	Vote down the class parties, vote down the Conservative Party
Porsgrunns Dagblad		Liberal Party [18]
Romeriksposten		Liberal Party [19]
Haugesunds Avis		Liberal Party [20]
Sunnmørsposten		Liberal Party [21]
Inntrøndelagen  [ no ]		Liberal Party [22]
Stavanger Aftenblad		Liberal Party [23]
Stjørdalens Blad		Liberal Party [24]
Asker og Bærums Budstikke		Conservative Party [25]
Vestlandske Tidende  [ no ]		Conservative Party [26]
Moss Avis		Conservative Party [27]
		Farmers' Party
Ofotens Tidende		Conservative Party [28]
		Free-minded Liberal Party
Moss Tilskuer		Conservative Party [29]
		Free-minded Liberal Party
Forstadsposten  [ no ]		Conservative Party [30]
Morgenbladet		Conservative Party [31]
Sogningen		Conservative Party [32]
Sandefjords Blad		Conservative Party [33]
Christianssands Tidende		Conservative Party [34]
Aftenposten		Conservative Party [35] [36]
Bergens Aftenblad		Conservative Party [37] [38]
Tidens Tegn		Free-minded Liberal Party [39]
Norges Kvinder  [ no ]		Did not support any party [40]	Norges Kvinder er intet partibladt, det er noitralt og har til opgave å samle kviner av alle partier til arbeide for social og økonomisk framgang

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	500,526	40.08	69	+22
	Conservative Party [a]	252,506	20.22	30	–9
	Free-minded People's Party [a]			0	–2
	Liberal Party	213,153	17.07	24	–9
	Farmers' Party	173,634	13.91	23	–2
	Nasjonal Samling	27,850	2.23	0	New
	Communist Party	22,773	1.82	0	0
	Free-minded People's Party [a]	20,184	1.62	1	–2
	Society Party	18,786	1.50	1	New
	Christian Democratic Party	10,272	0.82	1	New
	Radical People's Party	6,858	0.55	1	0
	Other parties	2,130	0.17	0	–
Wild votes		14	0.00	–	–
Total		1,248,686	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		1,248,686	99.49
Invalid/blank votes		6,352	0.51
Total votes		1,255,038	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,643,498	76.36
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	H–FV	V	B	FV	Sfp	KrF	RF
Akershus	7	4	2		1
Aust-Agder	4	1	1	1	1
Bergen	5	2	1	1			1
Buskerud	5	3	1		1
Finnmark	3	2	1
Hedmark	7	5			2
Hordaland	8	2	1	3	1
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold	4	3	1					1
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	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		3	3
Nord-Trøndelag	5	2		1	2
Nordland	8	4	1	1	2
Oppland	6	3			2				1
Oslo	7	4	3
Østfold	6	3	1		2
Rogaland	5	1	1	2	1
Sogn og Fjordane	5	1		2	2
Sør-Trøndelag	6	3	1	1	1
Telemark	5	3		1	1
Troms	5	3	1	1
Vest-Agder	4	1	1	1	1
Vestfold	4	1	2	1
Total	150	69	30	24	23	1	1	1	1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

1. The Conservative Party and the Free-minded People's Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded People's Party ran separate lists. ^[41]

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