1912 Norwegian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1912, with a second round held between 4 and 11 November.[1] The result was a victory for the alliance of the Liberal Party and the Labour Democrats, which won 76 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

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1912 Norwegian parliamentary election

 1909
21 October 1912 (first round)
4–11 November 1912 (second round)
1915 

All 123 seats in the Storting
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gunnar Knudsen Christian Knudsen Jens Bratlie
Party Liberal Labour Conservative
Last election 46 seats 11 seats 41 seats
Seats won 70 23 20
Seat change Increase24 Increase12 Decrease21
Popular vote 195,526 (V+Ad) 128,455 162,074 (H+FV)
Percentage 39.99% (V+Ad) 26.3% 33.15% (H+FV)

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Johan Castberg Magnus Halvorsen
Party Labour Democrats Free-minded Liberal
Last election 2 seats 23 seats
Seats won 6 4
Seat change Increase4 Decrease19
Popular vote Alliance with V Alliance with H
Percentage

Prime Minister before election

Jens Bratlie
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Jens Bratlie
Conservative

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Endorsements

National daily newspapers

More information Newspaper, Party endorsed ...
Newspaper Party endorsed
Aftenposten Conservative Party[2]
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Results

More information Party, Votes ...
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party195,52639.9970+24
Labour Democrats6+4
Conservative Party162,07433.1520–21
Free-minded Liberal Party4–19
Labour Party128,45526.2723+12
Riksmål Party1,0330.210New
Teetotaler Party8840.1800
Independent Left Party5280.1100
Church Party3670.0800
Wild votes360.01
Total488,903100.001230
Valid votes488,90398.74
Invalid/blank votes6,2541.26
Total votes495,157100.00
Registered voters/turnout809,58261.16
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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