1909 Norwegian parliamentary election

1909 Norwegian parliamentary election
All 123 seats in the Storting; 62 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Gunnar Knudsen; Liberal	Prime Minister after election ; Gunnar Knudsen; Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway between 2 and 25 October 1909, with a second round held between 18 October and 11 November.^[1] The result was a victory for the alliance of the Conservative Party and the Free-minded Liberal Party, which won 64 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Conservative Party	175,388	41.49	41	+5
	Free-minded Liberal Party	175,388	41.49	23	New
	Liberal Party	128,367	30.37	46	–27
	Labour Party	91,268	21.59	11	+1
	Labour Democrats	15,550	3.68	2	–2
	Teetotaler Party	5,076	1.20	0	–
	Church Party	3,748	0.89	0	–
	Independent Left Party	2,267	0.54	0	–
	Other parties	942	0.22	0	–
Wild votes		78	0.02	–	–
Total		422,684	100.00	123	0

Valid votes		422,684	98.30
Invalid/blank votes		7,294	1.70
Total votes		429,978	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		760,277	56.56
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

National daily newspapers

Newspaper	Party endorsed		Notes
Bratsberg-Demokraten		Labour Party^[2]

Notes

^ As Coalition Party

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ "Bratsberg-Demokraten". Bratsberg-Demokraten (in Norwegian). 16 October 1933. p. 1.