1936 Norwegian parliamentary election
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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Oscar Torp Johan H. Andresen Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 69 seats, 40.1% 30 seats, 20.2% 24 seats, 17.7%
Seats won 70 36 23
Seat change Increase1 Increase6 Decrease1
Popular vote 618,616 310,324 232,784
Percentage 42.5% 21.3% 16.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jens Hundseid Ingebrigt Bjørø ?
Party Farmers' Christian Democratic Society
Last election 23 seats, 13.9% 1 seat, 0.8% 1 seat, 1.5%
Seats won 18 2 1
Seat change Decrease5 Increase1 Steady0
Popular vote 168,038 19,612 45,109
Percentage 11.5% 1.3% 3.1%
Results by county
Prime Minister before election

Johan Nygaardsvold
Labour

Prime Minister after election

Johan Nygaardsvold
Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 19 October 1936,[1] the last before World War II and the German invasion of Norway. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 70 of the 150 seats in the Storting.[2]

During the election campaign, the conservative and liberal parties ran on the slogan "A free people in a free Norway."[2] They argued that a Labour Party victory would lead to terrorism, dictatorship, and Marxism.[2] A prominent controversial topic during the election campaign was the decision of the Labour government to allow Leon Trotsky to take up a domicile in Norway in 1935.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party618,61642.5170+1
Conservative Party–Free-minded People's Party[a]310,32421.3236+6
Liberal Party232,78416.0023–1
Farmers' Party168,03811.5518–5
Society Party45,1093.1010
Nasjonal Samling26,5771.8300
Christian Democratic Party19,6121.352+1
Free-minded People's Party–Fatherland League[a]19,2361.3200
Radical People's Party6,4070.440–1
Communist Party4,3760.3000
Other parties4,1320.280–
Wild votes270.00––
Total1,455,238100.001500
Valid votes1,455,23899.44
Invalid/blank votes8,2300.56
Total votes1,463,468100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,741,90584.02
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats 		Seats won
Ap H–FV V B KrF Sfp
Akershus 7 4 2 1
Aust-Agder 4 1 1 1 1
Bergen 5 2 1 2
Buskerud 5 3 1 1
Finnmark 3 2 1
Hedmark 7 5 1 1
Hordaland 8 2 1 2 1 2
Market towns
of Akershus and Østfold 		4 2 2
Market towns of Buskerud 3 2 1
Market towns of
Hedmark and Oppland 		3 2 1
Market towns of Møre 3 1 1 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 2 2 1
Market towns of
Vest-Agder and Rogaland 		7 3 2 2
Market towns of Vestfold 4 2 2
Møre 7 2 3 2
Nord-Trøndelag 5 2 1 2
Nordland 8 3 2 1 1 1
Oppland 6 4 2
Oslo 7 4 3
Østfold 6 3 2 1
Rogaland 5 1 1 2 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 1 1 2 1
Sør-Trøndelag 6 3 1 1 1
Telemark 5 3 1 1
Troms 5 3 1 1
Vest-Agder 4 1 1 1 1
Vestfold 4 2 2
Total 150 70 36 23 18 2 1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

  1. ^ a b The Conservative Party and the Free-minded People's Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded People's Party ran a joint list with the Fatherland League.[3]

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b c d Arneson, Ben A. (1937). "Workers' Parties Show Gains in Sweden and Norway". American Political Science Review. 31 (1): 97–99. doi:10.2307/1948050. ISSN 0003-0554.
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1451
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