1949 Norwegian parliamentary election

1949 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Einar Gerhardsen Arthur Nordlie Jacob Worm-Müller Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 76 seats, 42.5% 25 seats, 17.0% 20 seats, 13.8% Seats won 85 23 21 Seat change 9 2 1 Popular vote 803,471 360,961 [a] [b] 290,919 [a] [c] [d] Percentage 45.7% 20.5% [a] [b] 16.5% [a] [c] [d]   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Einar Frogner Nils Lavik Party Farmers' Christian Democratic Last election 10 seats, 8.0% 8 seats, 7.9% Seats won 12 9 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 188,997 [a] [b] [c] 151,402 [d] Percentage 10.8% [a] [b] [c] 8.1% [d]
Results by county
Prime Minister before election Einar Gerhardsen Labour Prime Minister after election Einar Gerhardsen Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 10 October 1949. ^[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 85 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Endorsements

Newspaper	Party endorsed
Minerva		Conservative Party [2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	803,471	45.69	85	+9
	Conservative Party	279,790	15.91	21	–2
	Liberal Party	218,866	12.45	20	+1
	Christian Democratic Party	147,068	8.36	9	+1
	Communist Party	102,722	5.84	0	–11
	Farmers' Party	85,418	4.86	6	+2
	Farmers–Conservatives–Liberals [a]	45,311	2.58	4	–
	Farmers–Conservatives [b]	35,860	2.04	3	–
	Farmers–Liberals [c]	22,408	1.27	2	–
	Society Party	13,088	0.74	0	0
	Christians–Liberals [d]	4,334	0.25	0	–
Wild votes		30	0.00	–	–
Total		1,758,366	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		1,758,366	99.29
Invalid/blank votes		12,531	0.71
Total votes		1,770,897	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,159,065	82.02
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	H	V	B	KrF
Akershus	7	4	2		1
Aust-Agder	4	3		1
Bergen	5	3	1	1
Buskerud	5	3	1		1
Finnmark	3	3
Hedmark	7	5		1	1
Hordaland	8	3	1	2		2
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold	4	3	1
Market towns of Buskerud	3	2	1
Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland	3	2	1
Market towns of Møre og Romsdal	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	4	1	2
Market towns of Vestfold	4	2	2
Møre og Romsdal	7	2		2		3
Nord-Trøndelag	5	3		1	1
Nordland	8	5	1	1		1
Oppland	6	4			2
Oslo	7	4	3
Østfold	6	3			2	1
Rogaland	5	2	1	1		1
Sogn og Fjordane	5	2		2	1
Sør-Trøndelag	6	3	1		1	1
Telemark	5	3	1	1
Troms	5	4		1
Vest-Agder	4	1		2	1
Vestfold	4	2	1		1
Total	150	85	23	21	12	9
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

1. The joint list of the Farmers' Party, Conservative Party and Liberal Party won four seats, two taken by the Conservative Party and two by the Farmers' Party. ^[3]
2. The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won three seats, all taken by the Farmers' Party. ^[3]
3. The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Liberal Party won two seats, with both parties taking one each. ^[3]
4. The joint list of the Liberal Party and Christian Democratic Party won no seats. ^[3]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. "Minerva". Minerva. 1949.
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1459