1900 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1900 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 114 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
57 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Lars Holst.jpg Francis Hagerup (OB.SZ02297).jpg Blank.png
Leader Lars Holst Francis Hagerup ?
Party Liberal Conservative Moderate Liberal
Last election 79 seats, 52.7% 25 seats, 46.7% 10 seats with H
Seats won 77 31 6
Seat change Decrease2 Increase6 Decrease4
Popular vote 127,142 96,092 (H+MV) Alliance with H
Percentage 54.0% 40.8% (H+MV)

Prime Minister before election

Johannes Steen
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Johannes Steen
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1900.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which received 54% of the vote and won 79 of the 114 seats in the Storting.[2] No party has received a majority of the vote in a Norwegian election since.

Results[]

1900 Storting.svg
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal Party 127,142 54.0 77 –2
Conservative Party 96,092 40.8 31 +6
Moderate Liberal Party 6 –4
Labour Party 7,013 3.0 0 0
Other parties 5,163 2.2 0
Invalid/blank votes 3,207
Total 238,617 100 114 0
Registered voters/turnout 416,593 57.3
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1457


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