1933 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 16 October 1933.[1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 69 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

1933 Norwegian parliamentary election

16 October 1933
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority
Leader Oscar Torp C. J. Hambro Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 47 seats, 31.4% 39 seats, 27.4% 33 seats, 20.2% Seats won 69 30 24 Seat change 22 9 9 Popular vote 500,526 252,506 (H+FF) 213,153 Percentage 40.1% 20.2% (H+FF) 17.7%   Leader Jens Hundseid Rolf Thommessen Bertram Dybwad Brochmann Party Farmers' Free-minded Society Last election 25 seats, 15.9% 5 seats, 2.6%/ with H New Seats won 23 1 1 Seat change 2 4 1 Popular vote 173,634 20,184/All. with H 18,786 Percentage 13.9% 1.6%/— 1.5%   Leader Ingebrigt Bjørø ? Party Christian Democratic Radical People's Last election New 1 seat, 0.8% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 0 Popular vote 10,272 6,858 Percentage 0.8% 0.5%
Prime Minister before election Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal Elected Prime Minister Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	500,526	40.1	69	+22
Conservative Party^[a]	252,506	20.2	30	–9
Free-minded People's Party^[a]			0	–2
Liberal Party	213,153	17.7	24	–9
Farmers' Party	173,634	13.9	23	–2
Nasjonal Samling	27,850	2.2	0	New
Communist Party	22,773	1.8	0	0
Free-minded People's Party^[a]	20,184	1.6	1	–2
Society Party	18,786	1.5	1	New
Christian People's Party	10,272	0.8	1	New
Radical People's Party	6,858	0.5	1	0
Other parties	2,130	0.2	0	–
Wild votes	14	0.0	–	–
Invalid/blank votes	6,352	–	–	–
Total	1,255,038	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,643,498	76.4	–	–
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 separate lists.[2]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1450