1949 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1949 Norwegian parliamentary election
Flag of Norway.svg
  1945 10 October 1949 1953  

All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Einar Gerhardsen 1945.jpeg Arthur Nordlie.jpg Worm-Muller L 8672Fo30141708080051 116 (cropped).jpg
Leader Einar Gerhardsen Arthur Nordlie Jacob Worm-Müller
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election76 seats, 42.5%25 seats, 17.0%20 seats, 13.8%
Seats won852321
Seat changeIncrease2.svg9Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1
Popular vote803,471360,961 [a] [b] 290,919 [a] [c] [d]
Percentage45.7%20.5% [a] [b] 16.5% [a] [c] [d]

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Einar Frogner.PNG
Leader Einar Frogner Nils Lavik
Party Farmers' Christian Democratic
Last election10 seats, 8.0%8 seats, 7.9%
Seats won129
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1
Popular vote188,997 [a] [b] [c] 151,402 [d]
Percentage10.8% [a] [b] [c] 8.1% [d]

1949 Norweigan Parliamentary election maps.svg
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.

Contents

Endorsements

NewspaperParty endorsed
Minerva Conservative Party [2]

Results

1949 Norwegian Storting.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party 803,47145.6985+9
Conservative Party 279,79015.9121–2
Liberal Party 218,86612.4520+1
Christian Democratic Party 147,0688.369+1
Communist Party 102,7225.840–11
Farmers' Party 85,4184.866+2
FarmersConservativesLiberals [lower-alpha 1] 45,3112.584
FarmersConservatives [lower-alpha 2] 35,8602.043
FarmersLiberals [lower-alpha 3] 22,4081.272
Society Party 13,0880.7400
ChristiansLiberals [lower-alpha 4] 4,3340.250
Wild votes300.00
Total1,758,366100.001500
Valid votes1,758,36699.29
Invalid/blank votes12,5310.71
Total votes1,770,897100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,159,06582.02
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
Ap H V B KrF
Akershus 7421
Aust-Agder 431
Bergen5311
Buskerud 5311
Finnmark33
Hedmark 7511
Hordaland 83122
Market towns
of Akershus and Østfold
431
Market towns of Buskerud 321
Market towns of
Hedmark and Oppland
321
Market towns of Møre og Romsdal 321
Market towns of
Nordland, Troms and Finnmark
4211
Market towns of
Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag
532
Market towns of
Telemark and Aust-Agder
5311
Market towns of
Vest-Agder and Rogaland
7412
Market towns of Vestfold 422
Møre og Romsdal 7223
Nord-Trøndelag 5311
Nordland 85111
Oppland 642
Oslo 743
Østfold 6321
Rogaland 52111
Sogn og Fjordane 5221
Sør-Trøndelag 63111
Telemark 5311
Troms541
Vest-Agder 4121
Vestfold 4211
Total150852321129
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]

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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. "Minerva". Minerva. 1949.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Nohlen & Stöver, p1459