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1918 Norwegian parliamentary election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Gunnar Knudsen
Jens Bratlie
Kyrre Grepp
Party
Liberal
Conservative
Labour
Leader's seat
Gjerpen
Uranienborg
None
Last election
33.07%, 74 seats
28.98%, 20 seats
32.07%, 19 seats
Seats won
51
40
18
Seat change
23
20
1
Popular vote
187,657
201,325 (H +FV )
209,560
Percentage
28.32%
30.39% (H +FV )
31.63%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Bernt Holtsmark
Johan Castberg
Party
Free-minded Liberal
Agrarian
Labour Democrats
Leader's seat
Mellem Romerike
Søndre Gudbrandsdalen
Last election
1 seat with H
1.03%, 1 seat
4.15%, 6 seats
Seats won
10
3
3
Seat change
9
2
3
Popular vote
Alliance with H
30,925
21,980
Percentage
—
4.67%
3.32%
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1918, with a second round between 4 and 11 November.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party , which won 51 of the 123 seats in the Storting . Despite receiving the most votes, the Labour Party won just 18 seats, a loss of one seat compared with the 1915 elections .
Endorsements [ edit ]
National daily newspapers [ edit ]
Results [ edit ]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Labour Party 209,560 31.63 18 –1 Conservative Party 201,325 30.39 40 +20 Free-minded Liberal Party 10 +9 Liberal Party 187,657 28.32 51 –23 Norwegian Agrarian Association 30,925 4.67 3 +2 Labour Democrats 21,980 3.32 3 –3 Other parties and independents[a] 11,074 1.67 1 –1 Total 662,521 100.00 126 +3 Valid votes 662,521 98.10 Invalid/blank votes 12,856 1.90 Total votes 675,377 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,186,602 56.92 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
^ Other candidates included Women's electors from Oslo and priest Alfred Eiken.[3]
References [ edit ]