1930 Norwegian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 20 October 1930.[1] The Labour Party won the most seats (47 of the 150 seats) in the Storting.[2]
During the election, the Labour Party advocated for socialist policies whereas the Conservative, Liberal and Agrarian parties ran in opposition to the Labour Party.[2]
Endorsements
National daily newspapers
Newspaper | Party endorsed | |
---|---|---|
Finnmarksposten | Conservative Party[3] | |
Free-minded Liberal Party | ||
Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad | Labour Party[4] | |
Folketanken | Liberal Party[5] | |
Østerdal Arbeiderblad | Labour Party[6] | |
Folkeviljen | Labour Party[7] |
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Party | 374,854 | 31.37 | 47 | –12 | |
Conservative Party[a] | 327,731 | 27.43 | 39 | +10 | |
Free-minded Liberal Party[a] | 2 | +1 | |||
Liberal Party | 241,355 | 20.20 | 33 | +3 | |
Farmers' Party | 190,220 | 15.92 | 25 | –1 | |
Free-minded Liberal Party[a] | 31,003 | 2.59 | 3 | +2 | |
Communist Party | 20,351 | 1.70 | 0 | –3 | |
Radical People's Party | 9,228 | 0.77 | 1 | 0 | |
Wild votes | 13 | 0.00 | – | – | |
Total | 1,194,755 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,194,755 | 99.39 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 7,346 | 0.61 | |||
Total votes | 1,202,101 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,550,077 | 77.55 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Seat distribution
Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ap | H–FV | V | B | RF | ||
Akershus | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Aust-Agder | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Bergen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Buskerud | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Finnmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Hedmark | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
Hordaland | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
Market towns of Buskerud | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
Market towns of Møre | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Market towns of Vestfold | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
Møre | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
Nord-Trøndelag | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Nordland | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Oppland | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
Oslo | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
Østfold | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
Rogaland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sør-Trøndelag | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Telemark | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Troms | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Vest-Agder | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Vestfold | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Total | 150 | 47 | 44 | 33 | 25 | 1 |
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk |
Notes
- ^ a b c The Conservative Party and the Free-minded Liberal Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded Liberal Party ran separate lists.[8]
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ a b Arneson, Ben A. (1931). "Norway Moves Toward the Right". American Political Science Review. 25 (1): 152–157. doi:10.2307/1946579. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1946579. S2CID 146458203.
- ^ "Finnmarksposten konservativt blad for vestfinmarken". Finnmarksposten (in Norwegian). 17 October 1930.
- ^ "Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad". Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 15 October 1930.
- ^ "Folketanken (Risør)". Folketanken (Risør) (in Norwegian). 20 October 1930. p. 1.
- ^ "Østerdal Arbeiderblad". Østerdal Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 18 October 1930. p. 1.
- ^ "Nasjonalbiblioteket".
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1450
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