1915 Norwegian parliamentary election

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21 October 1915 (first round)
4–11 November 1915 (second round)

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All 123 seats in the Storting
62 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Gunnar Knudsen	Jens Bratlie	Christian Knudsen
Party	Liberal	Conservative	Labour
Leader's seat	Gjerpen	Uranienborg	Grünerløkken
Last election	39.99%, 70 seats	33.15%, 20 seats	26.27%, 23 seats
Seats won	74	20	19
Seat change	4		4
Popular vote	204,243	179,028 (H+FV)	198,111
Percentage	33.07%	28.98% (H+FV)	32.07%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Johan Castberg	William Nygaard	Johannes Okkenhaug
Party	Labour Democrats	Free-minded Liberal	Agrarian
Leader's seat	Søndre Gudbrandsdalen	None	Nordre Trondhjems amt
Last election	6 seats with V	4 seats with H	–
Seats won	6	1	1
Seat change		3	New
Popular vote	25,658	Alliance with H	6,351
Percentage	4.15%	—	1.03%

Prime Minister before election

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1915, with a second round between 4 and 11 November.^[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 74 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

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Endorsements

National daily newspapers

Newspaper	Party endorsed
Arbeidets Rett		Labour Party^[2]
Glommendalens Social-Demokrat		Labour Party^[3]
Hortens Avis		Liberal Party^[4]
Vestfold Arbeiderblad		Labour Party^[5]

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party	204,243	33.07	74	+4
	Labour Party	198,111	32.07	19	–4
	Conservative Party	179,028	28.98	20	0
	Free-minded Liberal Party	179,028	28.98	1	–4
	Labour Democrats	25,658	4.15	6	0
	Norwegian Agrarian Association	6,351	1.03	1	New
	Teetotaler Party	3,820	0.62	0	0
	Peace Candidate	413	0.07	0	New
	Independents			2	New
Wild votes		46	0.01	–	–
Total		617,670	100.00	123	0

Valid votes		617,670	98.68
Invalid/blank votes		8,285	1.32
Total votes		625,955	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,086,657	57.60
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ "Arbeidets Rett". Arbeidets Rett. 8 October 1915.
^ "Glommendalens Social-Demokrat". Glommendalens Social-Demokrat. 9 October 1915.
^ "Hortens Avis". Hortens Avis. 10 October 1915.
^ "Vestfold Arbeiderblad". Vestfold Arbeiderblad. 23 October 1915.

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