1930 Norwegian parliamentary election

1930 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats 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 36.8%, 59 seats 24.0%, 29 seats 17.3%, 30 seats
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 Alf Mjøen
Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Radical People's
Last election 14.9%, 26 seats 1.3%, 2 seats with H 1.3%, 1 seat
Seats won 25 5 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase3 Steady
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

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]

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]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b Arneson, Ben A. (1931). "Norway Moves Toward the Right". American Political Science Review. 25 (1): 152–157. doi:10.2307/1946579. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1946579. S2CID 146458203.

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