1949 Norwegian parliamentary election

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.

1949 Norwegian parliamentary election
10 October 1949
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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 Increase9 Decrease2 Increase1
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]
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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 Increase2 Increase1
Popular vote 188,997[a][b][c] 151,402[d]
Percentage 10.8%[a][b][c] 8.1%[d]
Prime Minister before election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

 Prime Minister after election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

Endorsements
Newspaper Party endorsed
Minerva Conservative Party[2]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party803,47145.6985+9
Conservative Party279,79015.9121–2
Liberal Party218,86612.4520+1
Christian Democratic Party147,0688.369+1
Communist Party102,7225.840–11
Farmers' Party85,4184.866+2
Farmers–Conservatives–Liberals[lower-alpha 1]45,3112.584–
Farmers–Conservatives[lower-alpha 2]35,8602.043–
Farmers–Liberals[lower-alpha 3]22,4081.272–
Society Party13,0880.740New
Christians–Liberals[lower-alpha 4]4,3340.250–
Wild votes300.00––
Total1,758,366100.001500
Valid votes1,758,36699.29
Invalid/blank votes12,5310.71
Total votes1,770,897100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,159,06582.02
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution
Constituency Total
seats		 Seats won
Ap H V B KrF
Akershus 7 4 2 1
Aust-Agder 4 3 1
Bergen 5 3 1 1
Buskerud 5 3 1 1
Finnmark 3 3
Hedmark 7 5 1 1
Hordaland 8 3 1 2 2
Market towns
of Akershus and Østfold		 4 3 1
Market towns of Buskerud 3 2 1
Market towns of
Hedmark and Oppland		 3 2 1
Market towns of Møre og Romsdal 3 2 1
Market towns of
Nordland, Troms and Finnmark		 4 2 1 1
Market towns of
Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag		 5 3 2
Market towns of
Telemark and Aust-Agder		 5 3 1 1
Market towns of
Vest-Agder and Rogaland		 7 4 1 2
Market towns of Vestfold 4 2 2
Møre og Romsdal 7 2 2 3
Nord-Trøndelag 5 3 1 1
Nordland 8 5 1 1 1
Oppland 6 4 2
Oslo 7 4 3
Østfold 6 3 2 1
Rogaland 5 2 1 1 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 2 1
Sør-Trøndelag 6 3 1 1 1
Telemark 5 3 1 1
Troms 5 4 1
Vest-Agder 4 1 2 1
Vestfold 4 2 1 1
Total 150 85 23 21 12 9
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes
  1. 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.[3]
  2. The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Conservative Party won three seats, all taken by the Farmers' Party.[3]
  3. The joint list of the Farmers' Party and Liberal Party won two seats, with both parties taking one each.[3]
  4. The joint list of the Liberal Party and Christian Democratic Party won no seats.[3]

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. "Minerva". Minerva. 1949.
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1459
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