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Norway 1903 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1903 parliamentary election in Norway?

Conservative Party won 52 of 117 seats with 44.8% of the vote. 55.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Norway
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 52 of 117 seats with 44.8% of the vote; 55.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Conservative Party 52 44.8%
  • Liberal Party 48 42.7%
  • Labour Party 5 9.7%
  • Moderate Liberal Party 10
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party 2
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
59 of 117 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 44.8%

    Share of the vote won by Conservative Party

    Conservative Party won 52 of 117 seats. A majority needs 59.

  2. 55.5%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Conservative Party5244.8106,042
Liberal Party4842.7101,142
Labour Party59.722,948
Moderate Liberal Party10
Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party2
Votes by party
  • Conservative Party 106,042
  • Liberal Party 101,142
  • Labour Party 22,948
  • Moderate Liberal Party
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

55.5% of the 433,273 registered voters cast a ballot (240,503 ballots). 236,641 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Conservative Party44.8% of votes44.4% of seats
  • Liberal Party42.7% of votes41.0% of seats
  • Labour Party9.7% of votes4.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Conservative Party led Liberal Party by 2.1 points of the vote.

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