Norwegian parliamentary election, 1936

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1936
Norway
1936

All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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 Increase1 Increase6 Decrease1
Popular vote 618,616 310,324 232,784
Percentage 42.5% 21.3% 16.0%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jens Hundseid Ingebrigt Bjørø ?
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 Decrease5 Increase1 Steady0
Popular vote 168,038 19,612 45,109
Percentage 11.5% 1.3% 3.1%

Prime Minister before election

Johan Nygaardsvold
Labour

Prime Minister-designate

Johan Nygaardsvold
Labour

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 % Seats +/–
Labour Party618,61642.570+1
Conservative Party-Liberal People's Party[a]310,32421.336+6
Liberal Party232,78416.023–1
Farmers' Party168,03811.518–5
Society Party45,1093.110
Nasjonal Samling26,5771.800
Christian People's Party19,6121.32+1
Liberal People's Party-Fatherland's Alliance[a]19,2361.30
Radical People's Party6,4070.40–1
Communist Party4,3760.300
Other parties4,1320.30
Wild votes270.0
Invalid/blank votes8,230
Total1,463,4681001500
Registered voters/turnout1,741,90584.0
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's Alliance.[2]

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1451