1930 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 20 October 1930.[1] The Labour Party won the most seats (47 of the 150 seats) in the Storting.[2]

1930 Norwegian parliamentary election
20 October 1930
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Oscar Torp C. J. Hambro Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 59 seats, 36.8% 29 seats, 24.0% 30 seats, 17.3%
Seats won 47 39 33
Seat change Decrease12 Increase10 Increase3
Popular vote 374,854 327,731 (H+FV) 241,355
Percentage 31.4% 27.4% (H+FV) 20.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jens Hundseid Anton Wilhelm Brøgger  ?
Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Radical People's
Last election 26 seats, 14.9% 2 seats with H/1.3% 1 seat, 1.3%
Seats won 25 5 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase3 Steady0
Popular vote 190,220 31,003/All. with H 9,228
Percentage 15.9% 2.6%/— 0.8%
Prime Minister before election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

 Prime Minister after election

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Liberal

During the election, the Labour Party advocated for socialist policies whereas the Conservative, Liberal and Agrarian parties ran in opposition to the Labour Party.[2]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party374,85431.3747–12
Conservative Party[lower-alpha 1]327,73127.4339+10
Free-minded Liberal Party[lower-alpha 1]2+1
Liberal Party241,35520.2033+3
Farmers' Party190,22015.9225–1
Free-minded Liberal Party[lower-alpha 1]31,0032.593+2
Communist Party20,3511.700–3
Radical People's Party9,2280.7710
Wild votes130.00––
Total1,194,755100.001500
Valid votes1,194,75599.39
Invalid/blank votes7,3460.61
Total votes1,202,101100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,550,07777.55
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution
Constituency Total
seats		 Seats won
Ap H–FV V B RF
Akershus 7 3 3 1
Aust-Agder 4 1 1 1 1
Bergen 5 2 2 1
Buskerud 5 2 1 1
Finnmark 3 1 1 1
Hedmark 7 4 1 2
Hordaland 8 1 1 4 2
Market towns
of Akershus and Østfold		 4 2 2
Market towns of Buskerud 3 1 2 1
Market towns of
Hedmark and Oppland		 3 1 2
Market towns of Møre 3 1 1
Market towns of
Nordland, Troms and Finnmark		 4 2 1 1
Market towns of
Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag		 5 1 4
Market towns of
Telemark and Aust-Agder		 5 2 2 1
Market towns of
Vest-Agder and Rogaland		 7 2 2 3
Market towns of Vestfold 4 1 3
Møre 7 1 1 4 2
Nord-Trøndelag 5 2 1 2
Nordland 8 2 3 2 1
Oppland 6 2 3 1
Oslo 7 3 4
Østfold 6 3 1 2
Rogaland 5 1 2 2
Sogn og Fjordane 5 1 2 2
Sør-Trøndelag 6 2 1 2 1
Telemark 5 2 2 1
Troms 5 2 1 1 1
Vest-Agder 4 1 2 1
Vestfold 4 1 2 1
Total 150 47 44 33 25 1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

National daily newspapers
Newspaper Party endorsed Notes
Finnmarksposten Conservative Party[4]
Free-minded Liberal Party
Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad Labour Party[5]
Folketanken Liberal Party[6]
Østerdal Arbeiderblad Labour Party[7]

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.[3]

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Arneson, Ben A. (1931). "Norway Moves Toward the Right". American Political Science Review. 25 (1): 152–157. doi:10.2307/1946579. ISSN 0003-0554.
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1450
  4. "Finnmarksposten konservativt blad for vestfinmarken". Finnmarksposten (in Norwegian). 17 October 1930.
  5. "Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad". Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 15 October 1930.
  6. "Folketanken (Risør)". Folketanken (Risør) (in Norwegian). 20 October 1930. p. 1.
  7. "Østerdal Arbeiderblad". Østerdal Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 18 October 1930. p. 1.
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