1912 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 123 seats in the Storting
62 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Gunnar Knudsen 02.jpg Christian Holtermann Knudsen.jpg Jens Bratlie.jpg
Leader Gunnar Knudsen Christian Knudsen Jens Bratlie
Party [[Liberal Party (Norway)|Template:Liberal Party (Norway)/meta/shortname]] Labour Conservative
Last election 46 seats 11 seats 41 seats
Seats won 70 23 20
Seat change Increase24 Increase12 Decrease21
Popular vote 195,526 (V+Ad) 128,455 162,074 (H+FV)
Percentage 39.99% (V+Ad) 26.3% 33.15% (H+FV)

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Magnus Halvorsen.jpg
Leader Magnus Halvorsen
Party Labour Democrats Free-minded Liberal Party
Last election 2 seats 23 seats
Seats won 6 4
Seat change Increase4 Decrease19
Popular vote Alliance with V Alliance with H
Percentage

Prime Minister before election

Jens Bratlie
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Jens Bratlie
Conservative

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1912, with a second round held between 4 and 11 November.[1] The result was a victory for the alliance of the Liberal Party and the Labour Democrats, which won 76 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

Endorsements

National daily newspapers

Newspaper Party endorsed
Aftenposten Conservative Party[2]

Results

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References

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