1921 Norwegian parliamentary election
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{{Infobox election
| country = Norway
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1918 Norwegian parliamentary election
| previous_year = 1918
| next_election = 1924 Norwegian parliamentary election
| next_year = 1924
| seats_for_election = All 150 seats in the Storting
| majority_seats = 76
| election_date = 24 October 1921
| image_size = 130x130px
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Otto Bahr Halvorsen 1921.jpg|bSize =400|cWidth=95|cHeight=130|oTop=50|oLeft=135}}
| leader1 = Otto Bahr Halvorsen
| party1 = Conservative Party (Norway)
| last_election1 = 30.39%, 40 seats
| seats1 = 42
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}2
| popular_vote1 = 301,372 (H+FV)
| image2 = Gunnar Knudsen 02.jpg
| leader2 = Gunnar Knudsen
| party2 = Liberal Party (Norway)
| last_election2 = 28.32%. 51 seats
| seats2 = 37
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}14
| popular_vote2 = 181,989
| percentage2 = 20.12%
| image3 = Kyrre Grepp.jpg
| leader3 = Kyrre Grepp
| party3 = Labour Party (Norway)
| last_election3 = 31.63%, 18 seats
| seats3 = 29
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}11
| popular_vote3 = 192,616
| percentage3 = 21.29%
| image4 =
| leader4 = Kristoffer Høgset
| party4 = Farmers'
| last_election4 = 4.67%, 3 seats
| seats4 = 17
| seat_change4 = {{increase}}14
| popular_vote4 = 118,657
| percentage4 = 13.12%
| image5 = Bernt Holtsmark.jpg
| leader5 = Bernt Holtsmark
| party5 = Free-minded Liberal Party
| last_election5 = 10 seats with H
| seats5 = 15
| seat_change5 = {{increase}}5
| popular_vote5 = Alliance with H
| percentage5 = —
| image6 =
| leader6 =
| party6 = Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway
| last_election6 =
| seats6 = 8
| seat_change6 = New
| popular_vote6 = 83,629
| percentage6 = 9.24%
| leader7 =
| party7 = Radical People's Party (Norway)
| last_election7 = 3.32%, 3 seats
| seats7 = 2
| seat_change7 = {{decrease}}1
| popular_vote7 = 22,970
| percentage7 = 2.54%
| title = Prime Minister
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = Otto Albert Blehr
| before_party = Liberal Party (Norway)
| after_election = Otto Albert Blehr
| after_party = Liberal Party (Norway)
}}
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 24 October 1921.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} This was the first election to use proportional representation, which replaced previous two-round system.John G. Grumm (1958) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2108721.pdf "Theories of Electoral Systems"], Midwest Journal of Political Science, volume 2, number 4, pp357–376 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
{{Election results
|image=File:1921 Storting.svg
|party1=Conservative Party|votes1=301372|vspan1=2|seats1=42|sc1=+2
|party2=Free-minded Liberal Party|seats2=15|sc2=+5
|party3=Labour Party|votes3=192616|seats3=29|sc3=+11
|party4=Liberal Party|votes4=181989|seats4=37|sc4=–14
|party5=Farmers' Party|votes5=118657|seats5=17|sc5=+14
|party6=Social Democratic Labour Party|votes6=83629|seats6=8|sc6=New
|party7=Radical People's Party|votes7=22970|seats7=2|sc7=–1
|party8=Other parties|votes8=2811|seats8=0|sc8=–
|row9=Wild votes|votes9=655
|invalid=13037
|total_sc=+24
|electorate=1351183
|source=Nohlen & Stöver
}}
= Seat distribution =
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"
! rowspan="3" |Constituency ! rowspan="3" |Total ! colspan="6" |Seats won |
class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |H–FV
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |V ! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |Ap ! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |L ! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |SD ! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |RF |
---|
style="background:{{party color|Conservative Party (Norway)}};" |
! style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Norway)}};" | ! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}};" | ! style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Norway)}};" | ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway}};;" | ! style="background:{{party color|Radical People's Party (Norway)}};" | |
style="text-align: left;" |Akershus
!7 |4 | |1 |1 |1 | |
style="text-align: left;" |Aust-Agder
!4 |1 |2 | |1 | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Bergen
!5 |3 |1 |1 | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Buskerud
!5 |3 | |2 | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Finnmark
!3 |1 |1 |1 | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Hedmark
!7 |2 |1 |3 |1 | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Hordaland
!8 |2 |4 |1 |1 | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Kristiana
!7 |5 | |2 | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Akershus and Østfold !4 |2 | | | |2 | |
style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Buskerud
!3 |2 | |1 | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland !3 |2 | |1 | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Møre
!3 |2 | | | |1 | |
style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark !4 |2 |1 |1 | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag !5 |3 | |2 | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder !5 |3 |1 |1 | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland !7 |3 |2 |1 | |1 | |
style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Vestfold
!4 |3 | |1 | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Møre
!7 | |5 | |2 | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Nord-Trøndelag
!5 | |2 |1 |2 | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Nordland
!8 |3 |2 |2 |1 | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Oppland
!6 | | |1 |3 | |2 |
style="text-align: left;" |Østfold
!6 |2 |1 | |1 |2 | |
style="text-align: left;" |Rogaland
!5 |1 |3 | |1 | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Sogn og Fjordane
!5 |1 |3 | |1 | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Sør-Trøndelag
!6 |1 |2 |2 |1 | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Telemark
!5 |1 |2 |2 | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Troms
!5 |1 |1 |2 | |1 | |
style="text-align: left;" |Vest-Agder
!4 |1 |2 | |1 | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Vestfold
!4 |3 |1 | | | | |
style="text-align: left;" |Total
!150 !57 !37 !29 !17 !8 !2 |
colspan="8" |Source: [http://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_vii_066.pdf Norges Offisielle Statistikk] |
= National daily newspapers =
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