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1921 Norwegian parliamentary election 
Summary
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 24 October 1921.[1] This was the first election to use proportional representation, which replaced previous two-round system.[2] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Free-minded Liberal Party alliance, which won 57 of the 150 seats in the Storting.
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Results edit
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Conservative Party | 301,372 | 33.31 | 42 | +2 | |
| Free-minded Liberal Party | 15 | +5 | |||
| Labour Party | 192,616 | 21.29 | 29 | +11 | |
| Liberal Party | 181,989 | 20.12 | 37 | –14 | |
| Farmers' Party | 118,657 | 13.12 | 17 | +14 | |
| Social Democratic Labour Party | 83,629 | 9.24 | 8 | New | |
| Radical People's Party | 22,970 | 2.54 | 2 | –1 | |
| Other parties | 2,811 | 0.31 | 0 | – | |
| Wild votes | 655 | 0.07 | – | – | |
| Total | 904,699 | 100.00 | 150 | +24 | |
| Valid votes | 904,699 | 98.58 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 13,037 | 1.42 | |||
| Total votes | 917,736 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,351,183 | 67.92 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
Seat distribution edit
| Constituency | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H–FV | V | Ap | L | SD | RF | ||
| Akershus | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Aust-Agder | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Bergen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Buskerud | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Finnmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hedmark | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Hordaland | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kristiana | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Market towns of Akershus and Østfold |
4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Market towns of Buskerud | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland |
3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Market towns of Møre | 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Market towns of Vestfold | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Møre | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Nord-Trøndelag | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Nordland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Oppland | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Østfold | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Rogaland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Sør-Trøndelag | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Telemark | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Troms | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Vest-Agder | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Vestfold | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 150 | 57 | 37 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 2 |
| Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk | |||||||
National daily newspapers edit
| Newspaper | Party endorsed | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende (nn) | Conservative Party[3] | ||
| Free-minded Liberal Party | |||
| Folkets Dagblad | Labour Party[4] | ||
| Sunnmørsposten | Liberal Party[5] | ||
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ John G. Grumm (1958) "Theories of Electoral Systems", Midwest Journal of Political Science, volume 2, number 4, pp357–376
- ^ "Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende". Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende. 24 October 1921.
- ^ "Folkets Dagblad". Folkets Dagblad. 22 October 1921.
- ^ "Søndmørsposten". Sunnmørsposten. 24 October 1921. p. 1.