Norwegian parliamentary election, 1903

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1903
6 August–16 September 1903
All 117 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
59 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Carl Berner Ole Larsen Skattebøl ?
Party Liberal Conservative Moderate Liberal
Last election 77 seats, 54.0% 31 seats, 40.8% 6 seats with H
Seats won 48 47 10
Seat change Decrease29 Increase16 Increase4
Popular vote 101,142 (V+Ad) 106,042 (H+MV+S) Alliance with H
Percentage 42.7% (V+Ad) 44.8% (H+MV+S) —
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader ? Christopher Hornsrud ?
Party Coalition Labour Labour Democrats
Last election New 0 seats, 3.0% New
Seats won 5 5 2
Seat change Increase5 Increase5 Increase2
Popular vote Alliance with H 22,948 Alliance with V
Percentage — 9.7% —
Prime Minister before election

Otto Blehr
Liberal

 Elected Prime Minister

Francis Hagerup
Coalition

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway between 6 August and 16 September 1903.[1] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Moderate Liberal Party-Coalition Party alliance, which won 62 of the 117 seats in the Storting. It was the first time that the Labour Party gained seats.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Conservative Party106,04244.847+16
Moderate Liberal Party10+4
Coalition Party5–
Liberal Party101,14242.748–29
Labour Democrats2+2
Labour Party22,9489.75+5
Other parties6,5092.80–
Invalid/blank votes3,862–––
Total240,503100117+3
Registered voters/turnout433,27355.5––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, NSD Polsys

References

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