1933 Norwegian parliamentary election

1933 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 31.4%, 47 seats 27.4%, 39 seats 20.2%, 33 seats
Seats won 69 30 24
Seat change Increase22 Decrease9 Decrease9
Popular vote 500,526 252,506 (H+FF) 213,153
Percentage 40.1% 20.2% (H+FF) 17.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jens Hundseid Rolf Thommessen Bertram Dybwad Brochmann
Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Society
Last election 15.9%, 25 seats 2.6%, 5 seats/with H –
Seats won 23 1 1
Seat change Decrease2 Decrease4 New
Popular vote 173,634 20,184/All. with H 18,786
Percentage 13.9% 1.6%/— 1.5%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Ingebrigt Bjørø [no] Alf Mjøen [no]
Party Christian Democratic Radical People's
Last election – 0.8%, 1 seat
Seats won 1 1
Seat change New Steady
Popular vote 10,272 6,858
Percentage 0.8% 0.5%
Prime Minister before election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 16 October 1933.[1][2] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 69 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Campaign

Slogans

Party Original slogan English translation
Labour Party "Hele folket i arbeid" - By og land hand i hand"
Conservative Party
Liberal Party
Farmer's Party
Free-minded People's Party Hård mot terror! Varm mot nød!
Nasjonal Samling
Communist Party of Norway
Society Party
Christian Democratic Party
Radical People's Party
Sources: [3]

National daily newspaper endorsements

Newspaper Party endorsed Notes
Bergens Arbeiderblad Labour Party[4]
Romsdal Folkeblad Labour Party[5]
Vestfold Fremtid Labour Party[6]
Horten Arbeiderblad Labour Party[7]
Vestfold Arbeiderblad Labour Party[8]
Hamar Arbeiderblad Labour Party[9]
Namdal Arbeiderblad Labour Party[10]
Kongsberg Tidende Free-minded Liberal Party[11]
Nordlys Labour Party[12]
Sunnmøre Arbeideravis Labour Party[13]
Sunnmøre Tidend Farmers' Party[14]
Dagbladet Liberal Party[15][16]
Velgeren Liberal Party[17] Vote down the class parties, vote down the Conservative Party
Porsgrunns Dagblad Liberal Party[18]
Romeriksposten Liberal Party[19]
Haugesunds Avis Liberal Party[20]
Sunnmørsposten Liberal Party[21]
Inntrøndelagen [no] Liberal Party[22]
Stavanger Aftenblad Liberal Party[23]
Stjørdalens Blad Liberal Party[24]
Asker og Bærums Budstikke Conservative Party[25]
Vestlandske Tidende [no] Conservative Party[26]
Moss Avis Conservative Party[27]
Farmers' Party
Ofotens Tidende Conservative Party[28]
Free-minded Liberal Party
Moss Tilskuer Conservative Party[29]
Free-minded Liberal Party
Forstadsposten [no] Conservative Party[30]
Morgenbladet Conservative Party[31]
Sogningen Conservative Party[32]
Sandefjords Blad Conservative Party[33]
Christianssands Tidende Conservative Party[34]
Aftenposten Conservative Party[35][36]
Bergens Aftenblad Conservative Party[37][38]
Tidens Tegn Free-minded Liberal Party[39]
Norges Kvinder [no] Did not support any party[40] Norges Kvinder er intet partibladt, det er noitralt og har til opgave å samle kviner av alle partier til arbeide for social og økonomisk framgang

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party500,52640.0869+22
Conservative Party[a]252,50620.2230–9
Free-minded People's Party[a]0–2
Liberal Party213,15317.0724–9
Farmers' Party173,63413.9123–2
Nasjonal Samling27,8502.230New
Communist Party22,7731.8200
Free-minded People's Party[a]20,1841.621–2
Society Party18,7861.501New
Christian Democratic Party10,2720.821New
Radical People's Party6,8580.5510
Other parties2,1300.170–
Wild votes140.00––
Total1,248,686100.001500
Valid votes1,248,68699.49
Invalid/blank votes6,3520.51
Total votes1,255,038100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,643,49876.36
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats 		Seats won
Ap H–FV V B FV Sfp KrF RF
Akershus 7 4 2 1
Aust-Agder 4 1 1 1 1
Bergen 5 2 1 1 1
Buskerud 5 3 1 1
Finnmark 3 2 1
Hedmark 7 5 2
Hordaland 8 2 1 3 1
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold 4 3 1 1
Market towns of Buskerud 3 2 1
Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland 3 2 1
Market towns of Møre 3 2 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 3 3
Nord-Trøndelag 5 2 1 2
Nordland 8 4 1 1 2
Oppland 6 3 2 1
Oslo 7 4 3
Østfold 6 3 1 2
Rogaland 5 1 1 2 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 1 2 2
Sør-Trøndelag 6 3 1 1 1
Telemark 5 3 1 1
Troms 5 3 1 1
Vest-Agder 4 1 1 1 1
Vestfold 4 1 2 1
Total 150 69 30 24 23 1 1 1 1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

  1. ^ a b c The Conservative Party and the Free-minded People's Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded People's Party ran separate lists.[41]

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