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Norway 1921 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1921 parliamentary election in Norway?

Conservative Party won 42 of 150 seats with 33.3% of the vote. 67.9% 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 42 of 150 seats with 33.3% of the vote; 67.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Conservative Party 42 33.3%
  • Labour Party 29 21.3%
  • Liberal Party 37 20.1%
  • Centre Party 17 13.1%
  • Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway 8 9.2%
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party 2 2.5%
  • Free-minded Liberal Party 15
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 33.3%

    Share of the vote won by Conservative Party

    Conservative Party won 42 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. 67.9%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Conservative Party4233.3301,372
Labour Party2921.3192,616
Liberal Party3720.1181,989
Centre Party1713.1118,657
Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway89.283,629
Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party22.522,970
Free-minded Liberal Party15
Votes by party
  • Conservative Party 301,372
  • Labour Party 192,616
  • Liberal Party 181,989
  • Centre Party 118,657
  • Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway 83,629
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party 22,970
  • 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?

67.9% of the 1,351,183 registered voters cast a ballot (917,736 ballots). 904,669 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Conservative Party33.3% of votes28.0% of seats
  • Liberal Party20.1% of votes24.7% of seats
  • Labour Party21.3% of votes19.3% of seats
  • Centre Party13.1% of votes11.3% of seats
  • Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway9.2% of votes5.3% of seats
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party2.5% of votes1.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 4.9 by seats; Conservative Party led Labour Party by 12.0 points of the vote.

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