1924 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1924.[1] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Liberal Left Party alliance, which won 54 of the 150 seats in the Storting. To date, this is the last election in which the Labour Party did not receive the most seats in the Storting or most votes.

1924 Norwegian parliamentary election

21 October 1924
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority
Leader Ivar Lykke Gunnar Knudsen Oscar Torp Party Conservative Liberal Labour Last election 42 seats, 33.3% 37 seats, 20.1% 29 seats, 21.3% Seats won 43 34 24 Seat change 1 3 5 Popular vote 316,846 (H+FV) 180,979 179,567 Percentage 32.5% (H+FV) 18.6% 18.4%   Leader Kristoffer Høgset Karl Wilhelm Wefring ? Party Farmers' Free-minded Social Democratic Labour Last election 17 seats, 13.1% 15 seats with H 8 seats, 9.2% Seats won 22 11 8 Seat change 5 4 0 Popular vote 131,706 Alliance with H 85,743 Percentage 13.5% — 8.8%   Leader Sverre Støstad ? Party Communist Radical People's Last election New 2 seats, 2.5% Seats won 6 2 Seat change 6 0 Popular vote 59,401 17,144 Percentage 6.1% 1.8%
Prime Minister before election Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal Elected Prime Minister Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Liberal

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Conservative Party	316,846	32.5	43	+1
Free-minded Liberal Party			11	–4
Liberal Party	180,979	18.6	34	–3
Labour Party	179,567	18.4	24	–5
Farmers' Party	131,706	13.5	22	+5
Social Democratic Labour Party	85,743	8.8	8	0
Communist Party	59,401	6.1	6	New
Radical People's Party	17,144	1.8	2	0
Other parties	2,493	0.3	0	–
Wild votes	62	0.0	–	–
Invalid/blank votes	13,244	–	–	–
Total	987,185	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,412,441	69.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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