Norwegian parliamentary election, 1882

1882

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

	First party	Second party

Party	Liberal	Conservative
Seats won	83	31
Popular vote	44,803	26,501
Percentage	62.8%	37.2%

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1882.^[1] Whilst political parties were not officially established until 1884, there were two broad movements already in existence - one supporting the Swedish King and the existing system, and one demanding reform.^[2]

The first political party in Norway, the Liberal Party were established ahead of the next election. This led to MPs joining the party and forming a government led by Johan Sverdrup which introduced parliamentarism to Norway on 26 June 1884.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Liberals (those forming the Liberal Party in 1884)	44,803	62.8	83
Conservatives (those forming the Conservative Party in 1884)	26,501	37.2	31
Invalid/blank votes	824	–	–
Total	72,128	100	114
Registered voters/turnout	99,501	72.5	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1423

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