1838 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1838 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 99 seats in the Storting
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50,17 % of eligible 69,737 (out of a population of 1,194,827)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Civil servants Farmer, sheriffs church singers and teachers other professions
Last election 35 45 16
Seats won 45[3] 35[4] 19[2]

Prime Minister before election

Severin Løvenskiold

Prime Minister after election

Severin Løvenskiold

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1838.[5] As political parties were not officially established until 1884,[6] all those elected were independents.[7] The number of seats in the Storting was increased from 96 to 99.[7] Voter turnout was 50.2%, although only 5.7% of the country's population was eligible to vote.[8]

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents99
Total99
Total votes34,989
Registered voters/turnout69,73750.17
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, NSSDS[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 240. ISBN 8252113281.
  2. ^ Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 242. ISBN 8252113281.
  3. ^ Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 242. ISBN 8252113281.
  4. ^ Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 242. ISBN 8252113281.
  5. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1437 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  6. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1423
  7. ^ a b c Storting composition 1814-1903 Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Norwegian Social Science Data Services
  8. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1439