Norwegian parliamentary election, 1924

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1924

1924

All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   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%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   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%   Seventh party Eighth party   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%

Prime Minister before election Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal Prime Minister-designate Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal

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.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
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

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