1906 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway between 5 and 27 August 1906, with a second round held between 26 August and 22 October.[2] It was the first parliamentary election in Norway since the end of the union with Sweden a year earlier. A Two-round system was used at this election for the first time. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 73 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

1906 Norwegian parliamentary election
1906
All 123 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
62 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Carl Berner Edmund Harbitz
Party Liberal Coalition
Last election 48 seats, 42.7% 62 seats, 44.8%[1]
Seats won 73 36
Seat change 25 26
Popular vote 121,562 88,323
Percentage 45.1% 32.8%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Oscar Nissen ?
Party Labour Labour Democrats
Last election 5 seats, 9.7% 2 seats with V
Seats won 10 4
Seat change 5 2
Popular vote 43,134 12,819
Percentage 16.0% 4.8%
Prime Minister before election

Francis Hagerup
Coalition

 Elected Prime Minister

Christian Michelsen
Liberal

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal Party121,56245.173+25
Coalition Party88,32332.836–26
Labour Party43,13416.010+5
Labour Democrats12,8194.84+2
Other parties3,4431.30–
Invalid/blank votes2,654–––
Total271,935100123+6
Registered voters/turnout446,70560.9––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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gollark: Oh, so if you drop representatives SUDDENLY governments will do exactly what you want?
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References
  1. As the Conservatives, Moderate Liberals and Coalition Party
  2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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