1921 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 24 October 1921.[1] This was the first election to use proportional representation, which replaced previous two round system.[2] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Free-minded Liberal Party alliance, which won 57 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

1921 Norwegian parliamentary election

24 October 1921
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority
Leader Otto Bahr Halvorsen Gunnar Knudsen Kyrre Grepp Party Conservative Liberal Labour Last election 40 seats, 30.4% 51 seats, 28.3% 18 seats, 31.6% Seats won 42 37 29 Seat change 2 14 11 Popular vote 301,372 (H+FV) 181,989 192,616 Percentage 33.3% (H+FV) 20.1% 21.3%   Leader Kristoffer Høgset Bernt Holtsmark ? Party Farmers' Free-minded Social Democratic Labour Last election 3 seats, 4.7% 10 seats with H New Seats won 17 15 8 Seat change 14 5 8 Popular vote 118,657 Alliance with H 83,629 Percentage 13.1% — 9.2%   Leader ? Party Radical People's Last election 3 seats, 3.3% Seats won 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 22,970 Percentage 2.5%
Prime Minister before election Otto Albert Blehr Liberal Elected Prime Minister Otto Albert Blehr Liberal

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Conservative Party	301,372	33.3	42	+2
Free-minded Liberal Party			15	+5
Labour Party	192,616	21.3	29	+11
Liberal Party	181,989	20.1	37	–14
Farmers' Party	118,657	13.1	17	+14
Social Democratic Labour Party	83,629	9.2	8	New
Radical People's Party	22,970	2.5	2	–1
Other parties	2,811	0.3	0	–
Wild votes	655	0.1	–	–
Invalid/blank votes	13,037	–	–	–
Total	904,699	100	150	+24
Registered voters/turnout	1,351,183	67.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. John G. Grumm (1958) "Theories of Electoral Systems", Midwest Journal of Political Science, volume 2, number 4, pp357–376