Norwegian parliamentary election, 1909
Norwegian parliamentary election, 1909
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All 123 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
62 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Gunnar Knudsen |
Fredrik Stang |
Abraham Berge |
| Party |
Liberal |
Conservative |
Liberal Left |
| Last election |
73 seats, 45.1% |
36 seats, 32.8%[1] |
New |
| Seats won |
46 |
41 |
23 |
| Seat change |
 27 |
 5 |
23 |
| Popular vote |
128,367 |
175,388 (H+FV) |
Alliance with H |
| Percentage |
30.4% |
41.5% (H+FV) |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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| Leader |
Oscar Nissen |
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| Party |
Labour |
Labour Democrats |
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| Last election |
10 seats, 16.0% |
4 seats, 4.8% |
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| Seats won |
11 |
2 |
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| Seat change |
1 |
2 |
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| Popular vote |
91,268 |
15,550 |
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| Percentage |
21.6% |
3.7% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway between 2 and 25 October 1909, with a second round held between 18 October and 11 November.[2] The result was a victory for the alliance of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Left Party, which won 64 of the 123 seats in the Storting.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
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Seats |
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| Conservative Party | 175,388 | 41.5 | 41 | – |
| Liberal Left Party | 23 | – |
| Liberal Party | 128,367 | 30.4 | 46 | –27 |
| Labour Party | 91,268 | 21.6 | 11 | +1 |
| Labour Democrats | 15,550 | 3.7 | 2 | –2 |
| Teetotaler Party | 5,076 | 1.2 | 0 | – |
| Church Party | 3,748 | 0.9 | 0 | – |
| Independent Left Party | 2,267 | 0.5 | 0 | – |
| Other parties | 942 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| Wild votes | 78 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 7,294 | – | – | – |
| Total | 429,978 | 100 | 123 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 760,277 | 56.6 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References