Norwegian parliamentary election, 1924
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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Ivar Lykke |
Gunnar Knudsen |
Oscar Torp |
Party |
Conservative |
Liberal |
Labour |
Last election |
42 seats, 33.3% |
37 seats, 20.1% |
29 seats, 21.3% |
Seats won |
43 |
34 |
24 |
Seat change |
1 |
3 |
5 |
Popular vote |
316,846 (H+FV) |
180,979 |
179,567 |
Percentage |
32.5% (H+FV) |
18.6% |
18.4% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Leader |
Kristoffer Høgset |
Karl Wilhelm Wefring |
? |
Party |
Farmers' |
Free-minded |
Social Democratic Labour |
Last election |
17 seats, 13.1% |
15 seats with H |
8 seats, 9.2% |
Seats won |
22 |
11 |
8 |
Seat change |
5 |
4 |
0 |
Popular vote |
131,706 |
Alliance with H |
85,743 |
Percentage |
13.5% |
— |
8.8% |
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Seventh party |
Eighth party |
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Leader |
Sverre Støstad |
? |
Party |
Communist |
Radical People's |
Last election |
New |
2 seats, 2.5% |
Seats won |
6 |
2 |
Seat change |
6 |
0 |
Popular vote |
59,401 |
17,144 |
Percentage |
6.1% |
1.8% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1924.[1] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Liberal Left Party alliance, which won 54 of the 150 seats in the Storting. To date, this is the last election in which the Labour Party did not receive the most seats in the Sorting or most votes.
Results
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
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Conservative Party | 316,846 | 32.5 | 43 | +1 |
Free-minded Liberal Party | 11 | –4 |
Liberal Party | 180,979 | 18.6 | 34 | –3 |
Labour Party | 179,567 | 18.4 | 24 | –5 |
Farmers' Party | 131,706 | 13.5 | 22 | +5 |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 85,743 | 8.8 | 8 | 0 |
Communist Party | 59,401 | 6.1 | 6 | New |
Radical People's Party | 17,144 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 |
Other parties | 2,493 | 0.3 | 0 | – |
Wild votes | 62 | 0.0 | – | – |
Invalid/blank votes | 13,244 | – | – | – |
Total | 987,185 | 100 | 150 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,412,441 | 69.9 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438
ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7