General election in Norway in 1936

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Result (in%)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

42.51

21.32

16.0

11.55

3.1

1.83

1.35

1.32

1.02

DnA

H

V

B.

S.

NS

KrF

FF

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1933

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+2.42

+1.10

-1.07

-2.36

+1.6

-0.40

+0.53

-0.30

-1.52

DnA

H

V

B.

S.

NS

KrF

FF

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

     

A total of 150 seats

• DnA : 70
• B : 18
• Otherwise: 3
• V : 23
• H : 36

The parliamentary election in Norway in 1936 was the last election before the start of the German occupation in World War II and took place on October 19, 1936. It was the election for the 43rd storting .

During this legislative period , the Storting decided to increase the length of a legislature to four years.

Election result

The Nygaardsvold government , a minority government of the Social Democratic Workers' Party , was confirmed. She received 70 of 150 mandates, one more than three years earlier. The second strongest party was the conservative Høyre , which also recorded the largest gains (+5.9%, 6 seats). The biggest loser in the election was the Peasant Party , which lost five seats. The Radical People's Party and the conservative Frisinnede Venstre could not move back into parliament.

The fascist Nasjonal Samling of Vidkun Quisling (1.8%) and the Communist Party (0.3%) did not move into the Storting again.

Result of the general election in Norway in 1936

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Workers' Party (DnA)	618.616	42.5	+2.4	70	+1
	Conservatives (H)	310.324	21.3	+1.1	36	+6
	Liberals (V)	232.784	16.0	−1.1	23	−1
	Peasant Party (B)	168.038	11.5	−2.4	18th	−5
	Social party (S)	45.109	3.1	+1.6	1	-
	National Association (NS)	26,577	1.8	−0.4	-	-
	Christian People's Party (KrF)	19,612	1.4	+0.6	2	+1
	Liberal People's Party (FF)	19,236	1.3	−0.3	-	−1
	Radical People's Party (DRF)	6,407	0.4	−0.2	-	−1
	Communist Party of Norway (NKP)	4,376	0.3	−1.5	-	-
	Others	4.159	0.4	-	-	-
total		1,455,238	100.0		150
Valid votes		1,455,238	99.4
Invalid votes		8,230	0.6
voter turnout		1,463,468	84.0
Eligible voters		1,741,905	100.0
Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Stortingsvalget 1936 Statistisk sentralbyrå , PDF document (Norwegian)