Norwegian parliamentary election, 1930
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Oscar Torp
C. J. Hambro
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Last election
59 seats, 36.8%
29 seats, 24.0%
30 seats, 17.3%
Seats won
47
39
33
Seat change
12
10
3
Popular vote
374,854
327,731 (H +FV )
241,355
Percentage
31.4%
27.4% (H +FV )
20.2%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Jens Hundseid
Anton Wilhelm Brøgger
?
Party
Farmers'
Liberal Left
Radical People's
Last election
26 seats, 14.9%
2 seats with H /1.3%
1 seat, 1.3%
Seats won
25
5
1
Seat change
1
3
0
Popular vote
190,220
31,003/All. with H
9,228
Percentage
15.9%
2.6%/—
0.8%
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 20 October 1930.[ 1] The result was a victory for the Labour Party , which won 47 of the 150 seats in the Storting .
Results
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Labour Party
374,854
31.4
47
–12
Conservative Party [a]
327,731
27.4
39
+10
Liberal Left Party [a]
2
+1
Liberal Party
241,355
20.2
33
+3
Farmers' Party
190,220
15.9
25
–1
Liberal Left Party [a]
31,003
2.6
3
+2
Communist Party
20,351
1.7
0
–3
Radical People's Party
9,228
0.8
1
0
Wild votes
13
0.0
–
–
Invalid/blank votes
7,346
–
–
–
Total
1,202,101
100
150
0
Registered voters/turnout
1,550,077
77.6
–
–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
a The Conservative Party and the Liberal Left Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Liberal Left Party ran separate lists.[ 2]
References
^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1450