1927 Norwegian parliamentary election

1927 Norwegian parliamentary election
All 150 seats in the Storting; 76 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Ivar Lykke; Conservative	Prime Minister after election ; Ivar Lykke; Conservative

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 17 October 1927.^[1]^[2] The Labour Party emergeed as the largest party, winning 59 of the 150 seats in the Storting.^[3] However, the subsequent government was headed by Ivar Lykke of the Conservative Party.

Newspaper endorsements

Newspaper	Party endorsed
Nordland		Free-minded Liberal Party^[4]
Tiden		Labour Party^[5]
Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad		Labour Party^[6]
Aftenposten		Free-minded Liberal Party^[7]
Aftenposten		Conservative Party

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	368,106	36.84	59	+35
	Conservative Party^[a]	240,091	24.03	29	–14
	Free-minded Liberal Party^[a]	240,091	24.03	1	–
	Liberal Party	172,568	17.27	30	–4
	Farmers' Party	149,026	14.91	26	+4
	Communist Party	40,075	4.01	3	–3
	Free-minded Liberal Party^[a]	14,439	1.44	1	–
	Radical People's Party	13,459	1.35	1	–1
	National Legion	1,210	0.12	0	–
	Fishermen and the Liberal People's Party	308	0.03	0	–
Wild votes		15	0.00	–	–
Total		999,297	100.00	150	0

Valid votes		999,297	98.88
Invalid/blank votes		11,328	1.12
Total votes		1,010,625	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,484,409	68.08
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	H–FV	V	B	K	RF

Akershus	7	3	3		1
Aust-Agder	4	1	1	1	1
Bergen	5	1	2	1		1
Buskerud	5	3	1		1
Finnmark	3	2		1
Hedmark	7	3	1		2	1
Hordaland	8	1	1	4	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	2	2			1
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	1		4	2
Nord-Trøndelag	5	2		1	2
Nordland	8	3	2	2	1
Oppland	6	2			3		1
Oslo	7	4	3
Østfold	6	3	1		2
Rogaland	5	1		2	2
Sogn og Fjordane	5	1		2	2
Sør-Trøndelag	6	2		2	2
Telemark	5	2		2	1
Troms	5	4		1
Vest-Agder	4	1		2	1
Vestfold	4	1	2		1
Total	150	59	31	30	26	3	1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c The Conservative Party and the Free-minded Liberal Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded Liberal Party ran separate lists.^[8] It won one seat on the joint lists and one seat on a separate list.^[9]