General election in Norway 1897

Distribution of seats

    

A total of 114 seats

• V : 79
• Otherwise: 5
• MV : 8
• H : 22

The 30th general election in Norway took place in 1897 .

Election result

Venstre gained 22 seats and thus achieved an absolute majority. Høyre had to give up 11 and Moderate Venstre four. Centrum had to move out of the Storting again after a legislative period .

Result of the general election in Norway in 1897

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Venstre (V)	87,548	52.7	+2.3	79	+12
	Høyre (H)	77,682	46.7	−2.6	22nd	−11
	Moderate Venstre (MV)				8th	−4
	Workers' section (DnA)	947	0.6	+0.3	-	-
	Party affiliation unknown				5	−5
total		166.177	100.0		114
Valid votes		166.177	99.4
Invalid votes		1,030	0.6
voter turnout		167.207	85.3
Eligible voters		195,956	100.0
Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Politics of the Smaller European Democracies ECPR Press , PDF file (English)
2. ↑ Stortingsvalg. Stemmberettigede and avgitte stemmer, etter kjønn and other representanter, etter kjønn. 1815-2001 Statistisk sentralbyrå (Norwegian)
3. ↑ Stortingets s Bäumenetning 1814−1903 Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste (NSD) (Norwegian)