General election in Norway in 1912

General election 1912

Result (in%)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

40.0

33.2

26.3

0.5

V

H ^b

DnA

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1909

 % p

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

+9.6

-8.3

+4.7

-6.0

V

H ^b

DnA

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^b The Conservatives ran for election in an electoral alliance with the right-wing liberal Frisinnede Venstre (FV)

Distribution of seats

    

A total of 123 seats

• DnA : 23
• V : 76
• FV : 4
• H : 20

The general election in Norway in 1912 took place from October 20 to November 11, 1912. It was the election for the 35th storting .

Election result

The loser in the election was the conservative-right-liberal electoral alliance of Høyre and Frisinnede Venstre , which lost 8.4% and thus around 2/3 of the seats (40). The Labor Democrats lost their two seats and had to move out of parliament. The best result was achieved by Venstre with a vote increase of 9.5% and an absolute majority of the mandates. The second election winner was the Labor Party , which was able to double its number of seats.

The Storting was made up of three factions .

Result of the general election in Norway in 1912

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Venstre (V)	195,526	40.0	+9.6	76	+30
	Høyre (H)	162,074	33.2	−8.3	20th	−21
	Frisinnede Venstre (FV)				4th	−19
	Workers' section (DnA)	128,455	26.3	+4.7	23	+12
	Others	2,848	0.5	-	-	-
total		488.903	100.0		123
Valid votes		488.903	98.7
Invalid votes		6.254	1.3
voter turnout		495.157	65.9
Eligible voters		809.582	100.0
Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Stortingsvalget 1912 Statistisk sentralbyrå , PDF document (Norwegian)