1921 Norwegian parliamentary election

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.

1921 Norwegian parliamentary election

24 October 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

Elected Prime Minister

Otto Albert Blehr
Liberal

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Conservative Party301,37233.342+2
Free-minded Liberal Party15+5
Labour Party192,61621.329+11
Liberal Party181,98920.137–14
Farmers' Party118,65713.117+14
Social Democratic Labour Party83,6299.28New
Radical People's Party22,9702.52–1
Other parties2,8110.30
Wild votes6550.1
Invalid/blank votes13,037
Total904,699100150+24
Registered voters/turnout1,351,18367.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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References

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