Norwegian parliamentary election, 1897

1897

All 114 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 57 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Johannes Steen	Emil Stang	?
Party	Liberal	Conservative	Moderate Liberal
Last election	59 seats, 50.4%	40 seats, 49.3%	15 seats with H
Seats won	79	25	10
Seat change	20	15	5
Popular vote	87,548	77,682 (H+MV)	Alliance with H
Percentage	52.7%	46.7% (H+MV)	—

Prime Minister before election

Francis Hagerup
Conservative

Prime Minister-designate

Francis Hagerup
Conservative

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1897.^[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 79 of the 114 seats in the Storting.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Liberal Party	87,548	52.7	79	+20
Conservative Party	77,682	46.7	25	–15
Moderate Liberal Party	77,682	46.7	10	–5
Labour Party	947	0.6	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	1,030	–	–	–
Total	167,207	100	114	0
Registered voters/turnout	195,956	85.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1457

Elections and referendums in Norway

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