1915 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 Jens Bratlie.jpg Christian Holtermann Knudsen.jpg
Leader Gunnar Knudsen Jens Bratlie Christian Knudsen
Party [[Liberal Party (Norway)|Template:Liberal Party (Norway)/meta/shortname]] Conservative Labour
Last election 39.99%, 70 seats 33.15%, 20 seats 26.27%, 23 seats
Seats won 74 20 19
Seat change Increase4 Steady Decrease4
Popular vote 204,243 179,028 (H+FV) 198,111
Percentage 33.07% 28.98% (H+FV) 32.07%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Johan Castberg William Nygaard Johannes Okkenhaug
Party Labour Democrats Free-minded Liberal Party Agrarian
Last election 6 seats with V 4 seats with H
Seats won 6 1 1
Seat change Steady Decrease3 New
Popular vote 25,658 Alliance with H 6,351
Percentage 4.15% 1.03%

Prime Minister before election

Gunnar Knudsen
[[Liberal Party (Norway)|Template:Liberal Party (Norway)/meta/shortname]]

Prime Minister after election

Gunnar Knudsen
[[Liberal Party (Norway)|Template:Liberal Party (Norway)/meta/shortname]]

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1915, with a second round between 4 and 11 November.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 74 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

Endorsements

National daily newspapers

Newspaper Party endorsed
Arbeidets Rett Labour Party[2]
Glommendalens Social-Demokrat Labour Party[3]
Hortens Avis Liberal Party[4]
Vestfold Arbeiderblad Labour Party[5]

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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