Norwegian parliamentary election, 1912

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1912
1912
All 123 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
62 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gunnar Knudsen Christian Knudsen Jens Bratlie
Party Liberal Labour Conservative
Last election 46 seats, 30.4% 11 seats, 21.6% 41 seats, 32.8%
Seats won 70 23 20
Seat change Increase24 Increase12 Decrease21
Popular vote 195,526 (V+Ad) 128,455 162,074 (H+FV)
Percentage 40.0% (V+Ad) 26.3% 33.2% (H+FV)
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader ? Magnus Halvorsen
Party Labour Democrats Free-minded
Last election 2 seats, 3.7% 23 seats with H
Seats won 6 4
Seat change Increase4 Decrease19
Popular vote Alliance with V Alliance with H
Percentage — —
Prime Minister before election

Jens Bratlie
Conservative

 Elected Prime Minister

Jens Bratlie
Conservative

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1912, with a second round held between 4 and 11 November.[1] The result was a victory for the alliance of the Liberal Party and the Labour Democrats, which won 76 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal Party195,52640.070+24
Labour Democrats6+4
Conservative Party162,07433.220–21
Free-minded Liberal Party4–19
Labour Party128,45526.323+12
Riksmål Party1,0330.20New
Teetotaler Party8840.200
Independent Left Party5280.100
Church Party3670.100
Wild votes360.0––
Invalid/blank votes6,254–––
Total495,1571001230
Registered voters/turnout809,58265.9––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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