Norwegian parliamentary election, 1949
Norwegian parliamentary election, 1949
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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Einar Gerhardsen |
Arthur Nordlie |
Jacob Worm-Müller |
| Party |
Labour |
Conservative |
Liberal |
| Last election |
76 seats, 42.5% |
25 seats, 17.0% |
20 seats, 13.8% |
| Seats won |
85 |
23 |
21 |
| Seat change |
 9 |
 2 |
1 |
| Popular vote |
803,471 |
360,961[a][b] |
290,919[a][c][d] |
| Percentage |
45.7% |
20.5%[a][b] |
16.5%[a][c][d] |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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| Leader |
Einar Frogner |
Nils Lavik |
| Party |
Farmers' |
Christian Democratic |
| Last election |
10 seats, 8.0% |
8 seats, 7.9% |
| Seats won |
12 |
9 |
| Seat change |
2 |
1 |
| Popular vote |
188,997[a][b][c] |
151,402[d] |
| Percentage |
10.8%[a][b][c] |
8.1%[d] |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 10 October 1949.[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 85 of the 150 seats in the Storting.
Results
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| Party |
Votes |
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Seats |
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| Labour Party | 803,471 | 45.7 | 85 | +9 |
| Conservative Party | 279,790 | 15.9 | 23 | –2 |
| Liberal Party | 218,866 | 12.4 | 21 | +1 |
| Christian People's Party | 147,068 | 8.4 | 9 | +1 |
| Communist Party | 107,722 | 5.8 | 0 | –11 |
| Farmers' Party | 85,418 | 4.9 | 12 | +2 |
| Farmers-Conservatives-Liberals | 45,311 | 2.6 | [a] | – |
| Farmers-Conservatives | 35,860 | 2.0 | [b] | – |
| Farmers-Liberals | 22,408 | 1.3 | [c] | – |
| Society Party | 13,088 | 0.7 | 0 | New |
| Christians-Liberals | 4,334 | 0.2 | [d] | – |
| Wild votes | 30 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 12,531 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,770,897 | 100 | 150 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,159,065 | 82.0 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
a The joint list of the Farmers' Party, Conservative Party and Liberal Party won four seats, two taken by the Conservative Party and two by the Farmers' Party.[2]
b The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won three seats, all taken by the Farmers' Party.[2]
c The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Liberal Party won two seats, with both parties taking one each.[2]
d The joint list of the Liberal Party and Christian People's Party won no seats.[2]
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- 1 2 3 4 Nohlen & Stöver, p1459