Norwegian parliamentary election, 1936
Norwegian parliamentary election, 1936
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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Oscar Torp |
Johan H. Andresen |
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel |
| Party |
Labour |
Conservative |
Liberal |
| Last election |
69 seats, 40.1% |
30 seats, 20.2% |
24 seats, 17.7% |
| Seats won |
70 |
36 |
23 |
| Seat change |
 1 |
6 |
 1 |
| Popular vote |
618,616 |
310,324 |
232,784 |
| Percentage |
42.5% |
21.3% |
16.0% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| Leader |
Jens Hundseid |
Ingebrigt Bjørø |
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| Party |
Farmers' |
Christian Democratic |
Society |
| Last election |
23 seats, 13.9% |
1 seat, 0.8% |
1 seat, 1.5% |
| Seats won |
18 |
2 |
1 |
| Seat change |
5 |
1 |
 0 |
| Popular vote |
168,038 |
19,612 |
45,109 |
| Percentage |
11.5% |
1.3% |
3.1% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 19 October 1936,[1] the last before World War II and the German invasion of Norway. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 70 of the 150 seats in the Storting.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
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Seats |
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| Labour Party | 618,616 | 42.5 | 70 | +1 |
| Conservative Party-Free-minded People's Party[a] | 310,324 | 21.3 | 36 | +6 |
| Liberal Party | 232,784 | 16.0 | 23 | –1 |
| Farmers' Party | 168,038 | 11.5 | 18 | –5 |
| Society Party | 45,109 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nasjonal Samling | 26,577 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian People's Party | 19,612 | 1.3 | 2 | +1 |
| Free-minded People's Party-Fatherland League[a] | 19,236 | 1.3 | 0 | – |
| Radical People's Party | 6,407 | 0.4 | 0 | –1 |
| Communist Party | 4,376 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Other parties | 4,132 | 0.3 | 0 | – |
| Wild votes | 27 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,230 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,463,468 | 100 | 150 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,741,905 | 84.0 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
a The Conservative Party and the Liberal People's Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Liberal People's Party ran a joint list with the Fatherland League.[2]
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1451