Norwegian parliamentary election, 1921

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1921

1921

All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto Bahr Halvorsen Gunnar Knudsen Kyrre Grepp Party Conservative Liberal Labour Last election 40 seats, 30.4% 51 seats, 28.3% 18 seats, 31.6% Seats won 42 37 29 Seat change 2 14 11 Popular vote 301,372 (H+FV) 181,989 192,616 Percentage 33.3% (H+FV) 20.1% 21.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kristoffer Høgset Bernt Holtsmark ? Party Farmers' Free-minded Social Democratic Labour Last election 3 seats, 4.7% 10 seats with H New Seats won 17 15 8 Seat change 14 5 8 Popular vote 118,657 Alliance with H 83,629 Percentage 13.1% — 9.2%   Seventh party   Leader ? Party Radical People's Last election 3 seats, 3.3% Seats won 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 22,970 Percentage 2.5%

Prime Minister before election Otto Albert Blehr Liberal Prime Minister-designate Otto Albert Blehr Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 24 October 1921.^[1] This was the first election to use proportional representation, rather than the previous two round system. The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Free-minded Liberal Party alliance, which won 57 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Conservative Party	301,372	33.3	42	+2
Free-minded Liberal Party			15	+5
Labour Party	192,616	21.3	29	+11
Liberal Party	181,989	20.1	37	–14
Farmers' Party	118,657	13.1	17	+14
Social Democratic Labour Party	83,629	9.2	8	New
Radical People's Party	22,970	2.5	2	–1
Other parties	2,811	0.3	0	–
Wild votes	655	0.1	–	–
Invalid/blank votes	13,037	–	–	–
Total	904,699	100	150	+24
Registered voters/turnout	1,351,183	67.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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