1936 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1936 Norwegian parliamentary election
Flag of Norway.svg
  1933 19 October 1936 1945  

All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Torp.PNG Johan Henrik Andresen.jpg Johan Ludwig Mowinckel.jpg
Leader Oscar Torp Johan H. Andresen Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election40.1%, 69 seats20.2%, 30 seats17.7%, 24 seats
Seats won703623
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg6Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote618,616310,324232,784
Percentage42.5%21.3%16.0%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Jens Hundseid.jpeg
Leader Jens Hundseid Ingebrigt Bjørø  [ no ] Bertram Dybwad Brochmann
Party Farmers' Christian Democratic Society
Last election13.9%, 23 seats0.8%, 1 seat1.5%, 1 seat
Seats won1821
Seat changeDecrease2.svg5Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg0
Popular vote168,03819,61245,109
Percentage11.5%1.3%3.1%

1936 Norweigan Parliamentary election maps.svg
Results by county

Prime Minister before election

Johan Nygaardsvold
Labour

Prime Minister after election

Johan Nygaardsvold
Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 19 October 1936, [1] the last before World War II and the German invasion of Norway. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 70 of the 150 seats in the Storting. [2]

Contents

During the election campaign, the conservative and liberal parties ran on the slogan "A free people in a free Norway." [2] They argued that a Labour Party victory would lead to terrorism, dictatorship, and Marxism. [2] A prominent controversial topic during the election campaign was the decision of the Labour government to allow Leon Trotsky to take up a domicile in Norway in 1935. [2]

Campaign

Slogans

PartyOriginal sloganEnglish translation
Labour Party "Trygge kår for barn og hjem"
Conservative Party
Liberal Party
Farmer's Party
Nasjonal Samling
Communist Party of Norway
Free-minded People's Party
Society Party
Christian Democratic Party
Radical People's Party
Sources: [3]

National daily newspaper endorsements

NewspaperParty endorsed
Adresseavisen Conservative Party [4]

Results

1936 Storting.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party 618,61642.5170+1
Conservative PartyFree-minded People's Party [lower-alpha 1] 310,32421.3236+6
Liberal Party 232,78416.0023–1
Farmers' Party 168,03811.5518–5
Society Party 45,1093.1010
Nasjonal Samling 26,5771.8300
Christian Democratic Party 19,6121.352+1
Free-minded People's PartyFatherland League [lower-alpha 1] 19,2361.3200
Radical People's Party 6,4070.440–1
Communist Party 4,3760.3000
Other parties4,1320.280
Wild votes270.00
Total1,455,238100.001500
Valid votes1,455,23899.44
Invalid/blank votes8,2300.56
Total votes1,463,468100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,741,90584.02
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
Ap HFV V B KrF Sfp
Akershus 7421
Aust-Agder 41111
Bergen5212
Buskerud 5311
Finnmark321
Hedmark 7511
Hordaland 821212
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold 422
Market towns of Buskerud 321
Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland 321
Market towns of Møre 3111
Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark 4211
Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag 532
Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder 5221
Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland 7322
Market towns of Vestfold 422
Møre 7232
Nord-Trøndelag 5212
Nordland 832111
Oppland 642
Oslo 743
Østfold 6321
Rogaland 51121
Sogn og Fjordane 51121
Sør-Trøndelag 63111
Telemark 5311
Troms5311
Vest-Agder 41111
Vestfold 422
Total1507036231821
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

  1. 1 2 The Conservative Party and the Free-minded People's Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded People's Party ran a joint list with the Fatherland League. [5]

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 3 4 Arneson, Ben A. (1937). "Workers' Parties Show Gains in Sweden and Norway". American Political Science Review. 31 (1): 97–99. doi:10.2307/1948050. ISSN   0003-0554.
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  4. "Adresseavisen, lørdag 17. oktober 1936". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  5. Nohlen & Stöver, p1451