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)

| percentage1 = 33.31% (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
seats

! colspan="6" |Seats won

class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |HFV

! 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 =

class="wikitable"

! width=200px| Newspaper

! colspan=2| Party endorsed

! width=300px| Notes

rowspan="2" | Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende (nn)

| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (Norway)}}" width=5px|

| width=150px| Conservative Party{{Cite news |date=24 October 1921|title=Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende|newspaper=Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amtstidende |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_jarlsbergoglarviksamtstidende_null_null_19211024_88_238_1}}

|

style="background-color: {{party color|Free-minded Liberal Party (Norway)}}" width=5px|

| width=150px| Free-minded Liberal Party

|

Folkets Dagblad

| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Norway)}}" width=5px|

| width=150px| Labour Party{{Cite news |date=22 October 1921|title=Folkets Dagblad|newspaper=Folkets Dagblad|url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_folketsdagblad_null_null_19211022_1_239_1}}

|

Sunnmørsposten

| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (Norway)}}" width=5px|

| width=150px| Liberal Party{{Cite news |date=24 October 1921 |title=Søndmørsposten |pages=1 |newspaper=Sunnmørsposten |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_soendmoersposten_null_null_19211024_39_249_1 }}

|

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