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Norway 1918 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1918 parliamentary election in Norway?

Liberal Party won 51 of 126 seats with 28.3% of the vote. 60.5% 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 : Liberal Party won 51 of 126 seats with 28.3% of the vote; 60.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Labour Party 18 31.6%
  • Conservative Party 40 30.4%
  • Liberal Party 51 28.3%
  • Centre Party 3 4.7%
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party 3 3.3%
  • Free-minded Liberal Party 10
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
64 of 126 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 28.3%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party

    Liberal Party won 51 of 126 seats. A majority needs 64.

  2. 60.5%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Labour Party1831.6209,560
Conservative Party4030.4201,325
Liberal Party5128.3187,657
Centre Party34.730,925
Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party33.321,980
Independents11.711,074
Free-minded Liberal Party10
Votes by party
  • Labour Party 209,560
  • Conservative Party 201,325
  • Liberal Party 187,657
  • Centre Party 30,925
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party 21,980
  • Independents 11,074
  • 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?

60.5% of the 1,186,602 registered voters cast a ballot (717,446 ballots). 704,590 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party28.3% of votes40.5% of seats
  • Conservative Party30.4% of votes31.7% of seats
  • Labour Party31.6% of votes14.3% of seats
  • Centre Party4.7% of votes2.4% of seats
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party3.3% of votes2.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 16.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.4 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 1.2 points of the vote.

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