1936 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1936 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 Johan H. Andresen Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Party
Labour
 Conservative Liberal
Last election 40.1%, 69 seats 20.2%, 30 seats 17.7%, 24 seats
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 [no] Bertram Dybwad Brochmann
Party
Farmers'
 Christian Democratic Society
Last election 13.9%, 23 seats 0.8%, 1 seat 1.5%, 1 seat
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

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]

Campaign

Slogans

Party Original slogan English translation
Labour Party "Trygge kår for barn og hjem"
Conservative Party
Liberal Party
Farmer's Party
Nasjonal Samling
Communist Party of Norway
Free-minded People's Party
Society Party
Christian Democratic Party
Radical People's Party
Sources: [3]

National daily newspaper endorsements

Newspaper Party endorsed
Adresseavisen Conservative Party[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^
    ISSN 0003-0554
    .
  3. ^ "Historiske slagord og plakater". Arbeiderpartiet (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  4. ^ "Adresseavisen, lørdag 17. oktober 1936". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  5. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1451
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