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Norway 1936 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1936 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 70 of 150 seats with 42.5% of the vote. 84.0% 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 : Labour Party won 70 of 150 seats with 42.5% of the vote; 84.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Labour Party 70 42.5%
  • Conservative Party 36 21.3%
  • Liberal Party 23 16.0%
  • Centre Party 18 11.6%
  • Society Party 1 3.1%
  • Nasjonal Samling 0 1.8%
  • Christian Democratic Party 2 1.4%
  • Free-minded Liberal Party 0 1.3%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 42.5%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 70 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. 84.0%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Labour Party7042.5618,616
Conservative Party3621.3310,324
Liberal Party2316.0232,784
Centre Party1811.6168,038
Society Party13.145,109
Nasjonal Samling01.826,577
Christian Democratic Party21.419,612
Free-minded Liberal Party01.319,236
Votes by party
  • Labour Party 618,616
  • Conservative Party 310,324
  • Liberal Party 232,784
  • Centre Party 168,038
  • Society Party 45,109
  • Nasjonal Samling 26,577
  • Christian Democratic Party 19,612
  • Free-minded Liberal Party 19,236

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?

84.0% of the 1,741,905 registered voters cast a ballot (1,463,468 ballots). 1,455,238 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party42.5% of votes46.7% of seats
  • Conservative Party21.3% of votes24.0% of seats
  • Liberal Party16.0% of votes15.3% of seats
  • Centre Party11.6% of votes12.0% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party1.4% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Society Party3.1% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.7 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 21.2 points of the vote.

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