1921 Norwegian parliamentary election

none Norway parliamentary 1918 Norwegian parliamentary election 1918 1924 Norwegian parliamentary election 1924 All 150 seats in the Storting 76 24 October 1921 130x130px Otto Bahr Halvorsen 1921 (cropped).jpg 250 120 160 20 50 Otto Bahr Halvorsen Conservative Party (Norway) 30.39%, 40 seats 42 2 301,372 (H+FV) 33.31% (H+FV) Gunnar Knudsen 02.jpg 135 120 160 0 5 Gunnar Knudsen Liberal Party (Norway) 28.32%. 51 seats 37 14 181,989 20.12% Kyrre Grepp.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Kyrre Grepp Labour Party (Norway) 31.63%, 18 seats 29 11 192,616 21.29% 3x4.svg Kristoffer Høgset Farmers' 4.67%, 3 seats 17 14 118,657 13.12% Bernt Holtsmark.jpg 140 120 160 0 0 Bernt Holtsmark Free-minded Liberal Party 10 seats with H 15 5 Alliance with H — 3x4.svg Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway 8 New 83,629 9.24% Radical People's Party (Norway) 3.32%, 3 seats 2 1 22,970 2.54% Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Otto Albert Blehr Liberal Party (Norway) Otto Albert Blehr Liberal Party (Norway) Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 24 October 1921.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 978-3-8329-5609-7 This was the first election to use proportional representation, which replaced previous two-round system.John G. Grumm (1958) "Theories of Electoral Systems", Midwest Journal of Political Science, volume 2, number 4, pp357–376 The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Free-minded Liberal Party alliance, which won 57 of the 150 seats in the Storting. Results File:1921 Storting.svg Conservative Party 301372 2 42 +2 Free-minded Liberal Party 15 +5 Labour Party 192616 29 +11 Liberal Party 181989 37 –14 Farmers' Party 118657 17 +14 Social Democratic Labour Party 83629 8 New Radical People's Party 22970 2 –1 Other parties 2811 0 – Wild votes 655 13037 +24 1351183 Nohlen & Stöver Seat distribution ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonH–FVVApLSDRFAkershus74111Aust-Agder4121Bergen5311Buskerud532Finnmark3111Hedmark72131Hordaland82411Kristiana752Market townsof Akershus and Østfold422Market towns of Buskerud321Market towns ofHedmark and Oppland321Market towns of Møre321Market towns ofNordland, Troms and Finnmark4211Market towns ofSør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag532Market towns ofTelemark and Aust-Agder5311Market towns ofVest-Agder and Rogaland73211Market towns of Vestfold431Møre752Nord-Trøndelag5212Nordland83221Oppland6132Østfold62112Rogaland5131Sogn og Fjordane5131Sør-Trøndelag61221Telemark5122Troms51121Vest-Agder4121Vestfold431Total1505737291782Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk National daily newspapers Newspaper Party endorsed Notes Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende (nn) Conservative Party24 October 1921 Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_jarlsbergoglarviksamtstidende_null_null_19211024_88_238_1 Free-minded Liberal PartyFolkets Dagblad Labour Party22 October 1921 Folkets Dagblad Folkets Dagblad https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_folketsdagblad_null_null_19211022_1_239_1Sunnmørsposten Liberal Party24 October 1921 Søndmørsposten 1 Sunnmørsposten https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_soendmoersposten_null_null_19211024_39_249_1 References Category:General elections in Norway Category:1920s elections in Norway Norway Parliamentary Norway