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1924 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1924 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1921 21 October 1924 1927 →

All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ivar Lykke Gunnar Knudsen Oscar Torp
Party Conservative Liberal Labour
Last election 33.31%, 42 seats 20.12%, 37 seats 21.29%, 29 seats
Seats won 43 34 24
Seat change Increase1 Decrease3 Decrease5
Popular vote 316,846 (H+FV) 180,979 179,567
Percentage 32.53% (H+FV) 18.58% 18.44%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kristoffer Høgset Karl Wilhelm Wefring
Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Social Democratic Labour
Last election 13.12%, 17 seats 15 seats with H 9.24%, 8 seats
Seats won 22 11 8
Seat change Increase5 Decrease4 Steady0
Popular vote 131,706 Alliance with H 85,743
Percentage 13.52% 8.80%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Sverre Støstad
Party Communist Radical People's
Last election 2.54%, 2 seats
Seats won 6 2
Seat change New Steady0
Popular vote 59,401 17,144
Percentage 6.10% 1.76 %

Prime Minister before election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1924.[1] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Liberal Left Party alliance, which won 54 of the 150 seats in the Storting. Until 2024, this was the last election in which the Labour Party did not receive the most votes or the most seats in the Storting of participating parties.

Endorsements

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National daily newspapers

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Newspaper Party endorsed
Vestlandske Tidende [no] Conservative Party[2]
Free-minded Liberal Party
Sarpen Conservative Party[3]
Free-minded Liberal Party
Trondhjems Adresseavis Conservative Party[4]
Free-minded Liberal Party

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Conservative Party316,84632.5343+1
Free-minded Liberal Party11–4
Liberal Party180,97918.5834–3
Labour Party179,56718.4424–5
Farmers' Party131,70613.5222+5
Social Democratic Labour Party85,7438.8080
Communist Party59,4016.106New
Radical People's Party17,1441.7620
Other parties2,4930.260
Wild votes620.01
Total973,941100.001500
Valid votes973,94198.66
Invalid/blank votes13,2441.34
Total votes987,185100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,412,44169.89
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

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Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
HFV V Ap B Sd K RF
Akershus 7 3 2 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 1 1 1 1
Bergen 5 2 1 2
Buskerud 5 2 2 1
Finnmark 3 1 1 1
Hedmark 7 2 2 2 1
Hordaland 8 2 4 1 1
Kristiana 7 4 3
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 3 1 1
Market towns of
Telemark and Aust-Agder
5 3 1 1
Market towns of
Vest-Agder and Rogaland
7 3 2 1 1
Market towns of Vestfold 4 3 1
Møre 7 1 4 2
Nord-Trøndelag 5 2 1 2
Nordland 8 4 2 1 1
Oppland 6 1 3 2
Østfold 6 2 2 2
Rogaland 5 1 3 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 1 3 1
Sør-Trøndelag 6 1 2 2 1
Telemark 5 1 2 1 1
Troms 5 1 2 2
Vest-Agder 4 1 2 1
Vestfold 4 3 1
Total 150 54 34 24 22 8 6 2
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ "Vestlandske Tidende". Vestlandske Tidende (in Norwegian). 20 October 1924. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Sarpen". Sarpen (in Norwegian). 20 October 1924. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Trondhjems Adresseavis, mandag 20. oktober 1924". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2024-02-27.