General election in Norway in 1927

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

36.8

24.0

17.3

14.9

4.0

1.5

1.4

0.1

DnA

H

V

B.

NKP

FV

DRF

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1924

 % p

 20th

 18th

 16

 14th

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

+18.4

-8.5

-1.3

+1.4

-2.1

± 0.0

-0.4

-7.5

DnA

H

V

B.

NKP

FV

DRF

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

      

A total of 150 seats

• NKP : 3
• DnA : 59
• B : 26
• Otherwise: 3
• V : 30
• H : 29

The general election in Norway in 1927 took place on October 17, 1927. It was the election for the 40th storting .

Election result

The Social Democratic Labor Party achieved a landslide victory and has been the largest parliamentary group ever since (as of 2019) . She had more than doubled her number of mandates. While the now more separate electoral alliance of Høyre and Frisinnede Venstre lost a total of 23 seats.

Result of the general election in Norway in 1927

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Workers' section (DnA)	368.106	36.8	+18.4	59	+35
	Høyre (H)	240.091	24.0	−8.5	29	−14
	Venstre (V)	172,568	17.3	−1.3	30th	−4
	Bond part (B)	149.026	14.9	+1.4	26th	+4
	Norges Kommunistiske Parti (NKP)	40,075	4.0	−2.1	3	−3
	Frisinnede Venstre (FV)	14,439	1.5	-	2	−9
	Det radical folk party (DRF)	13,459	1.4	−0.4	1	−1
	Others	1,533	0.1	-	-	-
total		999.297	100.0		150
Valid votes		999.297	98.9
Invalid votes		11,328	1.1
voter turnout		1,010,625	68.1
Eligible voters		1,484,409	100.0
Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Stortingsvalget 1927 Statistisk sentralbyrå , PDF document (Norwegian)