1936 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 19 October 1936,[1] the last before World War II and the German invasion of Norway. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 70 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

1936 Norwegian parliamentary election

19 October 1936
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Oscar Torp Johan H. Andresen Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 69 seats, 40.1% 30 seats, 20.2% 24 seats, 17.7% Seats won 70 36 23 Seat change 1 6 1 Popular vote 618,616 310,324 232,784 Percentage 42.5% 21.3% 16.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jens Hundseid Ingebrigt Bjørø ? Party Farmers' Christian Democratic Society Last election 23 seats, 13.9% 1 seat, 0.8% 1 seat, 1.5% Seats won 18 2 1 Seat change 5 1 0 Popular vote 168,038 19,612 45,109 Percentage 11.5% 1.3% 3.1%
Prime Minister before election Johan Nygaardsvold Labour Elected Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold Labour

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	618,616	42.5	70	+1
Conservative Party-Free-minded People's Party^[a]	310,324	21.3	36	+6
Liberal Party	232,784	16.0	23	–1
Farmers' Party	168,038	11.5	18	–5
Society Party	45,109	3.1	1	0
Nasjonal Samling	26,577	1.8	0	0
Christian People's Party	19,612	1.3	2	+1
Free-minded People's Party-Fatherland League^[a]	19,236	1.3	0	–
Radical People's Party	6,407	0.4	0	–1
Communist Party	4,376	0.3	0	0
Other parties	4,132	0.3	0	–
Wild votes	27	0.0	–	–
Invalid/blank votes	8,230	–	–	–
Total	1,463,468	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,741,905	84.0	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a The Conservative Party and the Liberal People's Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Liberal People's Party ran a joint list with the Fatherland League.[2]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1451