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]
Results by county
Prime Minister before election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

 Prime Minister after election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

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.

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. 1 2 3 4 Nohlen & Stöver, p1459
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