1927 Norwegian parliamentary election

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.

1927 Norwegian parliamentary election
17 October 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

 Elected Prime Minister

Ivar Lykke
Conservative

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party368,10636.859+35
Conservative Party[a]240,09124.029–14
Free-minded Liberal Party[a]1–
Liberal Party172,56817.330–4
Farmers' Party149,02614.926+4
Communist Party40,0754.03–3
Free-minded Liberal Party[a]14,4391.41–
Radical People's Party13,4591.31–1
Other parties1,5180.20–
Wild votes150.0––
Invalid/blank votes11,328–––
Total1,010,6251001500
Registered voters/turnout1,484,40968.1––
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]

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