Norwegian parliamentary election, 1927

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1927

1927

All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Oscar Torp Johan Ludwig Mowinckel C. J. Hambro Party Labour Liberal Conservative Last election 24 seats, 18.4% 34 seats, 18.6% 43 seats, 32.5% Seats won 59 30 29 Seat change 35 4 14 Popular vote 368,106 172,568 240,091 (H+FV) Percentage 36.8% 17.3% 24.0% (H+FV)   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Erik Enge Peder Furubotn P. A. Holm Party Farmers' Communist Free-minded Last election 22 seats, 13.5% 6 seats, 6.1% 11 seats with H Seats won 26 3 2 Seat change 4 3 9 Popular vote 149,026 40,075 All. with H/14,439 Percentage 14.9% 4.0% —/1.3%

Prime Minister before election Ivar Lykke Conservative Prime Minister-designate Ivar Lykke Conservative

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 17 October 1927.^[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 59 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	368,106	36.8	59	+35
Conservative Party^[a]	240,091	24.0	29	–14
Free-minded Liberal Party^[a]			1	–
Liberal Party	172,568	17.3	30	–4
Farmers' Party	149,026	14.9	26	+4
Communist Party	40,075	4.0	3	–3
Free-minded Liberal Party^[a]	14,439	1.4	1	–
Radical People's Party	13,459	1.3	1	–1
Other parties	1,518	0.2	0	–
Wild votes	15	0.0	–	–
Invalid/blank votes	11,328	–	–	–
Total	1,010,625	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,484,409	68.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a The Conservative Party and the Liberal Left Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Liberal Left Party ran separate lists.^[2] It won one seat on the joint lists and one seat on a separate list.^[3]

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1450
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1458