General election in Norway in 1921

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

33.4

21.3

20.1

13.1

9.2

2.5

0.4

H ^a

DnA

V

L.

NSA

DRF

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1918

 % p

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

+3.0

-10.3

-8.2

+8.4

+9.2

-0.8

-1.3

H ^a

DnA

V

L.

NSA

DRF

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^a The conservatives ran for election in an electoral alliance with the liberal-conservative Frisinnede Venstre (FV)

Distribution of seats

       

A total of 150 seats

• DnA : 29
• NSA : 8
• DRF : 2
• L : 17
• V : 37
• FV : 15
• H : 42

The general election in Norway in 1921 took place on October 24, 1921. It was the election for the 38th storting .

Election result

The biggest winners were the Social Democrats ( Norges Socialdemokratiske Arbeiderparti ), who won eight seats straight away, and the Landmandsforbund ( Federation of Farmers ), which improved its result by 14 seats.

The Labor Party , which was the only Western European mass party to join the Communist International in 1919, was only able to increase its mandates by 11 because the parliament had been enlarged by 24 seats. Their loss of votes roughly matched the gains of the Social Democratic Party, which split off in April 1921 in protest against the Workers' Party's membership in the Comintern.

The conservative alliance of Høyre and Frisinnede Venstre provided the largest parliamentary group and was able to gain eight seats. The loser in the election was the liberal Venstre , which lost 15 seats.

The number of parties represented in the Storting increased from five to six with the arrival of the Social Democrats.

Result of the general election in Norway in 1921

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Høyre (H)	301,372	33.4	+3.0	42	+2
	Frisinnede Venstre (FV)				15th	+5
	Workers' section (DnA)	192.616	21.3	−10.3	29	+11
	Venstre (V)	181.989	20.1	−8.2	37	−15
	Landmandsforbund (L)	118,657	13.1	+8.4	17th	+14
	Norges Socialdemokratiske Arbeiderparti (NSA)	83,629	9.2	+9.2	8th	+8
	Det radical folk party (DRF)	22,970	2.5	−0.8	2	+2
	Others	3,466	0.4	-	-	-
total		904.699	100.0		150	+24
Valid votes		904.699	98.6
Invalid votes		13,037	1.4
voter turnout		917.736	67.9
Eligible voters		1,351,183	100.0
Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Stortingsvalget 1921 Statistisk sentralbyrå , PDF document (Norwegian)