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Norway 1915 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1915 parliamentary election in Norway?

Liberal Party won 74 of 123 seats with 33.1% of the vote. 61.8% 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 : Liberal Party won 74 of 123 seats with 33.1% of the vote; 61.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Liberal Party 74 33.1%
  • Labour Party 19 32.1%
  • Conservative Party 20 29.0%
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party 6 4.2%
  • Centre Party 1 1.0%
  • Temperance Party 0 0.1%
  • Free-minded Liberal Party 1
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
62 of 123 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 33.1%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party

    Liberal Party won 74 of 123 seats. A majority needs 62.

  2. 61.8%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Liberal Party7433.1204,243
Labour Party1932.1198,111
Conservative Party2029.0179,028
Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party64.225,658
Centre Party11.06,351
Temperance Party00.13,820
Independents2
Free-minded Liberal Party1
Votes by party
  • Liberal Party 204,243
  • Labour Party 198,111
  • Conservative Party 179,028
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party 25,658
  • Centre Party 6,351
  • Temperance Party 3,820
  • Independents
  • Free-minded Liberal 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?

61.8% of the 1,086,657 registered voters cast a ballot (671,293 ballots). 663,008 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party33.1% of votes60.2% of seats
  • Conservative Party29.0% of votes16.3% of seats
  • Labour Party32.1% of votes15.4% of seats
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party4.2% of votes4.9% of seats
  • Centre Party1.0% of votes0.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 24.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 2.4 by seats; Liberal Party led Labour Party by 1.0 point of the vote.

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