1912 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1912, with a second round held between 4 and 11 November.^[1] The result was a victory for the alliance of the Liberal Party and the Labour Democrats, which won 76 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

1912 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1909 21 October 1912 (first round) 4–11 November 1912 (second round) 1915 →
All 123 seats in the Storting
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gunnar Knudsen Christian Knudsen Jens Bratlie Party Liberal Labour Conservative Last election 46 seats 11 seats 41 seats Seats won 70 23 20 Seat change 24 12 21 Popular vote 195,526 (V+Ad) 128,455 162,074 (H+FV) Percentage 39.99% (V+Ad) 26.3% 33.15% (H+FV)   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Johan Castberg Magnus Halvorsen Party Labour Democrats Free-minded Liberal Last election 2 seats 23 seats Seats won 6 4 Seat change 4 19 Popular vote Alliance with V Alliance with H Percentage — —
Prime Minister before election Jens Bratlie Conservative Prime Minister after election Jens Bratlie Conservative

Endorsements

National daily newspapers

Newspaper	Party endorsed
Aftenposten		Conservative Party[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party	195,526	39.99	70	+24
	Labour Democrats			6	+4
	Conservative Party	162,074	33.15	20	–21
	Free-minded Liberal Party			4	–19
	Labour Party	128,455	26.27	23	+12
	Riksmål Party	1,033	0.21	0	New
	Teetotaler Party	884	0.18	0	0
	Independent Left Party	528	0.11	0	0
	Church Party	367	0.08	0	0
Wild votes		36	0.01	–	–
Total		488,903	100.00	123	0
Valid votes		488,903	98.74
Invalid/blank votes		6,254	1.26
Total votes		495,157	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		809,582	61.16
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. "Aftenposten". Aftenposten. 21 October 1912.