Norwegian parliamentary election, 1936

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1936

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 1 6 1 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 5 1 0 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 Party	618,616	42.5	70	+1
Conservative Party-Liberal People's Party^[a]	310,324	21.3	36	+6
Liberal Party	232,784	16.0	23	–1
Farmers' Party	168,038	11.5	18	–5
Society Party	45,109	3.1	1	0
Nasjonal Samling	26,577	1.8	0	0
Christian People's Party	19,612	1.3	2	+1
Liberal People's Party-Fatherland League^[a]	19,236	1.3	0	–
Radical People's Party	6,407	0.4	0	–1
Communist Party	4,376	0.3	0	0
Other parties	4,132	0.3	0	–
Wild votes	27	0.0	–	–
Invalid/blank votes	8,230	–	–	–
Total	1,463,468	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,741,905	84.0	–	–
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 League.^[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