1927 Norwegian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 17 October 1927.[1][2] The Labour Party emergeed as the largest party, winning 59 of the 150 seats in the Storting.[3] However, the subsequent government was headed by Ivar Lykke of the Conservative Party.
Newspaper endorsements
[edit]Newspaper | Party endorsed | |
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Nordland | Free-minded Liberal Party[4] | |
Tiden | Labour Party[5] | |
Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad | Labour Party[6] | |
Aftenposten | Free-minded Liberal Party[7] | |
Conservative Party |
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Labour Party | 368,106 | 36.84 | 59 | +35 | |
Conservative Party[a] | 240,091 | 24.03 | 29 | –14 | |
Free-minded Liberal Party[a] | 1 | – | |||
Liberal Party | 172,568 | 17.27 | 30 | –4 | |
Farmers' Party | 149,026 | 14.91 | 26 | +4 | |
Communist Party | 40,075 | 4.01 | 3 | –3 | |
Free-minded Liberal Party[a] | 14,439 | 1.44 | 1 | – | |
Radical People's Party | 13,459 | 1.35 | 1 | –1 | |
National Legion | 1,210 | 0.12 | 0 | – | |
Fishermen and the Liberal People's Party | 308 | 0.03 | 0 | – | |
Wild votes | 15 | 0.00 | – | – | |
Total | 999,297 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 999,297 | 98.88 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 11,328 | 1.12 | |||
Total votes | 1,010,625 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,484,409 | 68.08 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Norges Offisielle Statistikk |
Seat distribution
[edit]Constituency | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||
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Ap | H–FV | V | B | K | RF | ||
Akershus | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
Aust-Agder | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bergen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Buskerud | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Finnmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Hedmark | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Hordaland | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Market towns of Buskerud | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Market towns of Møre | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
Market towns of Vestfold | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Møre | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
Nord-Trøndelag | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Nordland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Oppland | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
Oslo | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
Østfold | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
Rogaland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
Sør-Trøndelag | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Telemark | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
Troms | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
Vest-Agder | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Vestfold | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Total | 150 | 59 | 31 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 |
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ 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. JSTOR 1945479. S2CID 147621396.
- ^ Arneson, Ben A. (1931). "Norway Moves Toward the Right". American Political Science Review. 25 (1): 152–157. doi:10.2307/1946579. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1946579. S2CID 146458203.
- ^ "Nordland". Nordland (in Norwegian). 12 October 1927. p. 1.
- ^ "Tiden". Tiden (in Norwegian). 15 October 1927. p. 1.
- ^ "Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad". Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 17 October 1927. p. 1.
- ^ "Aftenposten". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 October 1927. p. 1.
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1450
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1458