1921 Norwegian parliamentary election

1921 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
 
Otto Bahr Halvorsen 1921.jpg
Leader Otto Bahr Halvorsen Gunnar Knudsen Kyrre Grepp
Party Conservative Liberal Labour
Last election 30.39%, 40 seats 28.32%. 51 seats 31.63%, 18 seats
Seats won 42 37 29
Seat change Increase2 Decrease14 Increase11
Popular vote 301,372 (H+FV) 181,989 192,616
Percentage 33.31% (H+FV) 20.12% 21.29%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kristoffer Høgset Bernt Holtsmark
Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Social Democratic Labour
Last election 4.67%, 3 seats 10 seats with H
Seats won 17 15 8
Seat change Increase14 Increase5 New
Popular vote 118,657 Alliance with H 83,629
Percentage 13.12% 9.24%

  Seventh party
 
Party Radical People's
Last election 3.32%, 3 seats
Seats won 2
Seat change Decrease1
Popular vote 22,970
Percentage 2.54%

Prime Minister before election

Otto Albert Blehr
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Otto Albert Blehr
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 24 October 1921.[1] This was the first election to use proportional representation, which replaced previous two-round system.[2] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Free-minded Liberal Party alliance, which won 57 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ John G. Grumm (1958) "Theories of Electoral Systems", Midwest Journal of Political Science, volume 2, number 4, pp357–376