1930 Norwegian parliamentary election

1930 Norwegian parliamentary election
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All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Oscar Torp C. J. Hambro Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 36.8%, 59 seats 24.0%, 29 seats 17.3%, 30 seats
Seats won 47 39 33
Seat change Decrease12 Increase10 Increase3
Popular vote 374,854 327,731 (H+FV) 241,355
Percentage 31.4% 27.4% (H+FV) 20.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jens Hundseid Anton Wilhelm Brøgger Alf Mjøen [no]
Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Radical People's
Last election 14.9%, 26 seats 1.3%, 2 seats with H 1.3%, 1 seat
Seats won 25 5 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase3 Steady
Popular vote 190,220 31,003/All. with H 9,228
Percentage 15.9% 2.6%/— 0.8%
Prime Minister before election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 20 October 1930.[1] The Labour Party won the most seats (47 of the 150 seats) in the Storting.[2]

During the election, the Labour Party advocated for socialist policies whereas the Conservative, Liberal and Agrarian parties ran in opposition to the Labour Party.[2]

Endorsements

National daily newspapers

Newspaper Party endorsed
Finnmarksposten Conservative Party[3]
Free-minded Liberal Party
Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad Labour Party[4]
Folketanken Liberal Party[5]
Østerdal Arbeiderblad Labour Party[6]
Folkeviljen Labour Party[7]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party374,85431.3747–12
Conservative Party[a]327,73127.4339+10
Free-minded Liberal Party[a]2+1
Liberal Party241,35520.2033+3
Farmers' Party190,22015.9225–1
Free-minded Liberal Party[a]31,0032.593+2
Communist Party20,3511.700–3
Radical People's Party9,2280.7710
Wild votes130.00––
Total1,194,755100.001500
Valid votes1,194,75599.39
Invalid/blank votes7,3460.61
Total votes1,202,101100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,550,07777.55
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats 		Seats won
Ap H–FV V B RF
Akershus 7 3 3 1
Aust-Agder 4 1 1 1 1
Bergen 5 2 2 1
Buskerud 5 2 1 1
Finnmark 3 1 1 1
Hedmark 7 4 1 2
Hordaland 8 1 1 4 2
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold 4 2 2
Market towns of Buskerud 3 1 2 1
Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland 3 1 2
Market towns of Møre 3 1 1
Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark 4 2 1 1
Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag 5 1 4
Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder 5 2 2 1
Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland 7 2 2 3
Market towns of Vestfold 4 1 3
Møre 7 1 1 4 2
Nord-Trøndelag 5 2 1 2
Nordland 8 2 3 2 1
Oppland 6 2 3 1
Oslo 7 3 4
Østfold 6 3 1 2
Rogaland 5 1 2 2
Sogn og Fjordane 5 1 2 2
Sør-Trøndelag 6 2 1 2 1
Telemark 5 2 2 1
Troms 5 2 1 1 1
Vest-Agder 4 1 2 1
Vestfold 4 1 2 1
Total 150 47 44 33 25 1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

  1. ^ a b c The Conservative Party and the Free-minded Liberal Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded Liberal Party ran separate lists.[8]

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ "Finnmarksposten konservativt blad for vestfinmarken". Finnmarksposten (in Norwegian). 17 October 1930.
  4. ^ "Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad". Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 15 October 1930.
  5. ^ "Folketanken (Risør)". Folketanken (Risør) (in Norwegian). 20 October 1930. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Østerdal Arbeiderblad". Østerdal Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 18 October 1930. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Nasjonalbiblioteket".
  8. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1450