1949 Norwegian parliamentary election

1949 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Einar Gerhardsen Arthur Nordlie Jacob Worm-Müller Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 76 seats, 42.5% 25 seats, 17.0% 20 seats, 13.8% Seats won 85 23 21 Seat change 9 2 1 Popular vote 803,471 360,961[a][b] 290,919[a][c][d] Percentage 45.7% 20.5%[a][b] 16.5%[a][c][d]   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Einar Frogner Nils Lavik Party Farmers' Christian Democratic Last election 10 seats, 8.0% 8 seats, 7.9% Seats won 12 9 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 188,997[a][b][c] 151,402[d] Percentage 10.8%[a][b][c] 8.1%[d]
Results by county
Prime Minister before election Einar Gerhardsen Labour Prime Minister after election Einar Gerhardsen Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 10 October 1949.^[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 85 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	803,471	45.69	85	+9
	Conservative Party	279,790	15.91	21	–2
	Liberal Party	218,866	12.45	20	+1
	Christian Democratic Party	147,068	8.36	9	+1
	Communist Party	102,722	5.84	0	–11
	Farmers' Party	85,418	4.86	6	+2
	Farmers–Conservatives–Liberals[a]	45,311	2.58	4	–
	Farmers–Conservatives[b]	35,860	2.04	3	–
	Farmers–Liberals[c]	22,408	1.27	2	–
	Society Party	13,088	0.74	0	0
	Christians–Liberals[d]	4,334	0.25	0	–
Wild votes		30	0.00	–	–
Total		1,758,366	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		1,758,366	99.29
Invalid/blank votes		12,531	0.71
Total votes		1,770,897	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,159,065	82.02
Source: Nohlen & Stöver