1912 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1912, with a second round held between 4 and 11 November.[1] The result was a victory for the alliance of the Liberal Party and the Labour Democrats, which won 76 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

1912 Norwegian parliamentary election
21 October 1912
All 123 seats in the Storting
62 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gunnar Knudsen Christian Knudsen Jens Bratlie
Party Liberal Labour Conservative
Last election 46 seats 11 seats 41 seats
Seats won 70 23 20
Seat change Increase24 Increase12 Decrease21
Popular vote 195,526 (V+Ad) 128,455 162,074 (H+FV)
Percentage 39.99% (V+Ad) 26.3% 33.15% (H+FV)
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Magnus Halvorsen
Party Labour Democrats Free-minded Liberal
Last election 2 seats 23 seats
Seats won 6 4
Seat change Increase4 Decrease19
Popular vote Alliance with V Alliance with H
Percentage — —
Prime Minister before election

Jens Bratlie
Conservative

 Prime Minister after election

Jens Bratlie
Conservative

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party195,52639.9970+24
Labour Democrats6+4
Conservative Party162,07433.1520–21
Free-minded Liberal Party4–19
Labour Party128,45526.2723+12
Riksmål Party1,0330.210New
Teetotaler Party8840.1800
Independent Left Party5280.1100
Church Party3670.0800
Wild votes360.01––
Total488,903100.001230
Valid votes488,90398.74
Invalid/blank votes6,2541.26
Total votes495,157100.00
Registered voters/turnout809,58261.16
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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