1927 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 17 October 1927.[1][2] The Labour Party emergeed as the largest party, winning 59 of the 150 seats in the Storting.[3] However, the subsequent government was headed by Ivar Lykke of the Conservative Party.

1927 Norwegian parliamentary election
17 October 1927
All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Oscar Torp Johan Ludwig Mowinckel C. J. Hambro
Party Labour Liberal Conservative
Last election 18.44%, 24 seats 18.58%, 34 seats 32.53%, 43 seats
Seats won 59 30 29
Seat change Increase35 Decrease4 Decrease14
Popular vote 368,106 172,568 240,091 (H+FV)
Percentage 36.84% 17.27% 24.03% (H+FV)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Erik Enge Peder Furubotn P. A. Holm
Party Farmers' Communist Free-minded Liberal
Last election 13.52%, 22 seats 6.10%, 6 seats 11 seats with H
Seats won 26 3 2
Seat change Increase4 Decrease3 Decrease9
Popular vote 149,026 40,075 With H
Percentage 14.91% 4.01% –
Prime Minister before election

Ivar Lykke
Conservative

 Prime Minister after election

Ivar Lykke
Conservative

Newspaper endorsements
Newspaper Party endorsed
Nordland Free-minded Liberal Party[4]
Tiden Labour Party[5]
Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad Labour Party[6]
Aftenposten Free-minded Liberal Party[7]
Conservative Party

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party368,10636.8459+35
Conservative Party[lower-alpha 1]240,09124.0329–14
Free-minded Liberal Party[lower-alpha 1]1–
Liberal Party172,56817.2730–4
Farmers' Party149,02614.9126+4
Communist Party40,0754.013–3
Free-minded Liberal Party[lower-alpha 1]14,4391.441–
Radical People's Party13,4591.351–1
Other parties1,5180.150–
Wild votes150.00––
Total999,297100.001500
Valid votes999,29798.88
Invalid/blank votes11,3281.12
Total votes1,010,625100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,484,40968.08
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution
Constituency Total
seats		 Seats won
Ap H–FV V B K RF
Akershus 7 3 3 1
Aust-Agder 4 1 1 1 1
Bergen 5 1 2 1 1
Buskerud 5 3 1 1
Finnmark 3 2 1
Hedmark 7 3 1 2 1
Hordaland 8 1 1 4 2
Market towns
of Akershus and Østfold		 4 2 2
Market towns of Buskerud 3 2 1
Market towns of
Hedmark and Oppland		 3 2 1
Market towns of Møre 3 1 1 1
Market towns of
Nordland, Troms and Finnmark		 4 2 1 1
Market towns of
Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag		 5 2 2 1
Market towns of
Telemark and Aust-Agder		 5 2 2 1
Market towns of
Vest-Agder and Rogaland		 7 3 2 2
Market towns of Vestfold 4 2 2
Møre 7 1 4 2
Nord-Trøndelag 5 2 1 2
Nordland 8 3 2 2 1
Oppland 6 2 3 1
Oslo 7 4 3
Østfold 6 3 1 2
Rogaland 5 1 2 2
Sogn og Fjordane 5 1 2 2
Sør-Trøndelag 6 2 2 2
Telemark 5 2 2 1
Troms 5 4 1
Vest-Agder 4 1 2 1
Vestfold 4 1 2 1
Total 150 59 31 30 26 3 1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

See also

Notes
  1. The Conservative Party and the Free-minded Liberal Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded Liberal Party ran separate lists.[8] It won one seat on the joint lists and one seat on a separate list.[9]

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Knaplund, Paul (1928). "Norwegian Elections of 1927 and the Labor Government". American Political Science Review. 22 (2): 413–416. doi:10.2307/1945479. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1945479. S2CID 147621396.
  3. Arneson, Ben A. (1931). "Norway Moves Toward the Right". American Political Science Review. 25 (1): 152–157. doi:10.2307/1946579. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1946579. S2CID 146458203.
  4. "Nordland". Nordland (in Norwegian). 12 October 1927. p. 1.
  5. "Tiden". Tiden (in Norwegian). 15 October 1927. p. 1.
  6. "Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad". Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 17 October 1927. p. 1.
  7. "Aftenposten". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 October 1927. p. 1.
  8. Nohlen & Stöver, p1450
  9. Nohlen & Stöver, p1458
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