1850 Norwegian parliamentary election

Summary

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1850.[1] As political parties were not officially established until 1884,[2] all those elected were independents.[3] The number of seats in the Storting was increased from 105 to 106.[3] Voter turnout was 50.3%, although only 5.2% of the country's population was eligible to vote.[4]

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents106
Total106
Total votes36,770
Registered voters/turnout73,12550.28
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, NSSDS[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1437 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1423
  3. ^ a b c Storting composition 1814-1903 Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Norwegian Social Science Data Services
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1439