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Norway 1927 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 59 of 150 seats with 36.8% of the vote; 68.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Labour Party5936.8368,106
Conservative Party2924.0240,091
Liberal Party3017.3172,568
Centre Party2614.9149,026
Communist Party of Norway34.040,075
Free-minded Liberal Party11.414,439
Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party11.413,459
Other parties (seats only)1
Votes by party
  • Labour Party 368,106
  • Conservative Party 240,091
  • Liberal Party 172,568
  • Centre Party 149,026
  • Communist Party of Norway 40,075
  • Free-minded Liberal Party 14,439
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party 13,459
  • Other parties (seats only)

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. How we read it.

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

Share of the vote

Turnout

68.1% of the 1,484,409 registered voters cast a ballot (1,010,625 ballots). 999,297 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Labour Party36.8% of votes39.3% of seats
  • Liberal Party17.3% of votes20.0% of seats
  • Conservative Party24.0% of votes19.3% of seats
  • Centre Party14.9% of votes17.3% of seats
  • Communist Party of Norway4.0% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Free-minded Liberal Party1.4% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Labour Democrats / Radical People's Party1.4% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.0 by votes and 3.8 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 12.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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