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1921 Norwegian parliamentary election

1921 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1918 24 October 1921 1924 →
All 150 seats in the Storting 76 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto Bahr Halvorsen Gunnar Knudsen Kyrre Grepp Party Conservative Liberal Labour Last election 30.39%, 40 seats 28.32%. 51 seats 31.63%, 18 seats Seats won 42 37 29 Seat change 2 14 11 Popular vote 301,372 (H+FV) 181,989 192,616 Percentage 33.31% (H+FV) 20.12% 21.29%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kristoffer Høgset Bernt Holtsmark Party Farmers' Free-minded Liberal Social Democratic Labour Last election 4.67%, 3 seats 10 seats with H Seats won 17 15 8 Seat change 14 5 New Popular vote 118,657 Alliance with H 83,629 Percentage 13.12% — 9.24%   Seventh party   Party Radical People's Last election 3.32%, 3 seats Seats won 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 22,970 Percentage 2.54%
Prime Minister before election Otto Albert Blehr Liberal Prime Minister after election Otto Albert Blehr Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 24 October 1921.^[1] This was the first election to use proportional representation, which replaced previous two-round system.^[2] The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Free-minded Liberal Party alliance, which won 57 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

Results[edit]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Conservative Party	301,372	33.31	42	+2
	Free-minded Liberal Party			15	+5
	Labour Party	192,616	21.29	29	+11
	Liberal Party	181,989	20.12	37	–14
	Farmers' Party	118,657	13.12	17	+14
	Social Democratic Labour Party	83,629	9.24	8	New
	Radical People's Party	22,970	2.54	2	–1
	Other parties	2,811	0.31	0	–
Wild votes		655	0.07	–	–
Total		904,699	100.00	150	+24
Valid votes		904,699	98.58
Invalid/blank votes		13,037	1.42
Total votes		917,736	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,351,183	67.92
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution[edit]

National daily newspapers[edit]

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