Autumn 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly election

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Autumn 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly election
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All 81 seats in the Storting
41 seats needed for a majority

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Norway during the Autumn of 1814. [1] The Assembly approved the November constitution, ratified the Union with Sweden and disbanded. As political parties were not officially established until 1884, [2] all those elected were independents.

Results

PartySeats
Independents81
Total81
Source: NSSDS [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 The First Extraordinary Storting, Autumn 1814 Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine Norwegian Social Science Data Services
  2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1432 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7