Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 20 October 1930.[1] The Labour Party won the most seats (47 of the 150 seats) in the Storting.[2]
1930 Norwegian parliamentary election|
|
|
|
First party
|
Second party
|
Third party
|
|
|
|
|
Leader
|
Oscar Torp
|
C. J. Hambro
|
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
|
Party
|
Labour
|
Conservative
|
Liberal
|
Last election
|
36.8%, 59 seats
|
24.0%, 29 seats
|
17.3%, 30 seats
|
Seats won
|
47
|
39
|
33
|
Seat change
|
12
|
10
|
3
|
Popular vote
|
374,854
|
327,731 (H+FV)
|
241,355
|
Percentage
|
31.4%
|
27.4% (H+FV)
|
20.2%
|
|
|
Fourth party
|
Fifth party
|
Sixth party
|
|
|
|
|
Leader
|
Jens Hundseid
|
Anton Wilhelm Brøgger
|
Alf Mjøen [no]
|
Party
|
Farmers'
|
Free-minded Liberal
|
Radical People's
|
Last election
|
14.9%, 26 seats
|
1.3%, 2 seats with H
|
1.3%, 1 seat
|
Seats won
|
25
|
5
|
1
|
Seat change
|
1
|
3
|
|
Popular vote
|
190,220
|
31,003/All. with H
|
9,228
|
Percentage
|
15.9%
|
2.6%/—
|
0.8%
|
|
|
During the election, the Labour Party advocated for socialist policies whereas the Conservative, Liberal and Agrarian parties ran in opposition to the Labour Party.[2]
National daily newspapers
edit
|
---|
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
---|
| Labour Party | 374,854 | 31.37 | 47 | –12 |
| Conservative Party[a] | 327,731 | 27.43 | 39 | +10 |
| Free-minded Liberal Party[a] | 2 | +1 |
| Liberal Party | 241,355 | 20.20 | 33 | +3 |
| Farmers' Party | 190,220 | 15.92 | 25 | –1 |
| Free-minded Liberal Party[a] | 31,003 | 2.59 | 3 | +2 |
| Communist Party | 20,351 | 1.70 | 0 | –3 |
| Radical People's Party | 9,228 | 0.77 | 1 | 0 |
Wild votes | 13 | 0.00 | – | – |
Total | 1,194,755 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 |
|
Valid votes | 1,194,755 | 99.39 | |
---|
Invalid/blank votes | 7,346 | 0.61 | |
---|
Total votes | 1,202,101 | 100.00 | |
---|
Registered voters/turnout | 1,550,077 | 77.55 | |
---|
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
- ^ a b c The Conservative Party and the Free-minded Liberal Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Free-minded Liberal Party ran separate lists.[8]