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1815 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1815 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1814 December 1814–June 1815 1817 →

All 87 seats in the Storting
44 seats needed for a majority
Registered59,282

Prime Minister before election

Peder Anker

Prime Minister after election

Peder Anker

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1815.[1] As political parties were not officially established until 1884,[2] all those elected were independents.[3]

Results

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Of the 85 seats, 39 were won by civil servants, 32 by farmers, sheriffs, church singers and teachers and 16 by people with other professions.[4] Five elected members were affiliated with the Haugean movement.[5]

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents85
Total85
Registered voters/turnout59,282
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, NSSDS[3]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1437 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1423
  3. ^ a b Storting composition 1814-1903 Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Norwegian Social Science Data Services
  4. ^ Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 242. ISBN 8252113281.
  5. ^ Minde, Kjell Bjørn (2021-06-10). "A contribution to Norway's political geography: The Haugean parliamentarians in the Storting (Norwegian parliament) in the 19th century". Problems and Perspectives in Management. 19 (2): 251–263. doi:10.21511/ppm.19(2).2021.21. ISSN 1810-5467.