Norwegian parliamentary election, 1933

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1933
Norway
1933

All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Oscar Torp C. J. Hambro
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 47 seats, 31.4% 39 seats, 27.4%
Seats won 69 30
Seat change Increase22 Decrease9
Popular vote 500,526 252,506 (H+FF)
Percentage 40.1% 20.2% (H+FF)

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Jens Hundseid
Party Liberal Farmers'
Last election 33 seats, 20.2% 25 seats, 15.9%
Seats won 24 23
Seat change Decrease9 Decrease2
Popular vote 213,153 173,634
Percentage 17.7% 13.9%

Prime Minister before election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Prime Minister-designate

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 16 October 1933.[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 69 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party500,52640.169+22
Conservative Party[a]252,50620.230–9
Liberal People's Party[a]0–2
Liberal Party213,15317.724–9
Farmers' Party173,63413.923–2
Nasjonal Samling27,8502.20New
Communist Party22,7731.800
Liberal People's Party[a]20,1841.61–2
Society Party18,7861.51New
Christian People's Party10,2720.81New
Radical People's Party6,8580.510
Other parties2,1300.20
Wild votes140.0
Invalid/blank votes6,352
Total1,255,0381001500
Registered voters/turnout1,643,49876.4
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 separate lists.[2]

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1450