Norway 1949 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 85 of 150 seats with 45.7% of the vote; 82.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 5.7 points on 1945.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 85 | +9 | 45.7 | +4.7 | 803,471 |
| Conservative Party | 21 | −4 | 15.9 | −1.1 | 279,790 |
| Liberal Party | 20 | 0 | 12.4 | −1.4 | 218,866 |
| Christian Democratic Party | 9 | +1 | 8.4 | +0.5 | 147,068 |
| Electoral lists Conservatives | 9 | 6.1 | 107,913 | ||
| Communist Party of Norway | 0 | −11 | 5.8 | −6.1 | 102,722 |
| Centre Party | 6 | −4 | 4.9 | −3.1 | 85,418 |
± is the change against the Norway 1945 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Labour Party 803,471
- Conservative Party 279,790
- Liberal Party 218,866
- Christian Democratic Party 147,068
- Electoral lists Conservatives 107,913
- Communist Party of Norway 102,722
- Centre Party 85,418
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
82.0% of the 2,159,005 registered voters cast a ballot (1,770,897 ballots), up 5.7 points on 1945. 1,758,366 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Labour Party45.7% of votes56.7% of seats
- Conservative Party15.9% of votes14.0% of seats
- Liberal Party12.4% of votes13.3% of seats
- Christian Democratic Party8.4% of votes6.0% of seats
- Electoral lists Conservatives6.1% of votes6.0% of seats
- Centre Party4.9% of votes4.0% of seats
- Communist Party of Norway5.8% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 29.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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