1927 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1927 Norwegian parliamentary election
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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Torp.PNG Johan Ludwig Mowinckel.jpg 33606 C.J. Hambro.jpg
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 Increase35 Decrease4 Decrease14
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
  Peder Furubotn ca1920.jpg
Leader Erik Enge Peder Furubotn
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 Increase4 Decrease3 Decrease9
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

Prime Minister after election

Ivar Lykke
Conservative

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 17 October 1927.[1][2] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 59 of the 150 seats in the Storting.[3]

Results[]

1927 Storting.svg
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party 368,106 36.8 59 +35
Conservative Party[a] 240,091 24.0 29 –14
Free-minded Liberal Party[a] 1 –
Liberal Party 172,568 17.3 30 –4
Farmers' Party 149,026 14.9 26 +4
Communist Party 40,075 4.0 3 –3
Free-minded Liberal Party[a] 14,439 1.4 1 –
Radical People's Party 13,459 1.3 1 –1
Other parties 1,518 0.2 0 –
Wild votes 15 0.0 – –
Invalid/blank votes 11,328 – – –
Total 1,010,625 100 150 0
Registered voters/turnout 1,484,409 68.1 – –
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.[4] It won one seat on the joint lists and one seat on a separate list.[5]

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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. ^ Knaplund, Paul (1928). "Norwegian Elections of 1927 and the Labor Government". American Political Science Review. 22 (2): 413–416. doi:10.2307/1945479. ISSN 0003-0554.
  3. ^ Arneson, Ben A. (1931). "Norway Moves Toward the Right". American Political Science Review. 25 (1): 152–157. doi:10.2307/1946579. ISSN 0003-0554.
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1450
  5. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1458
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