1844 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1844 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1841 May 1844 - 16. October 1844 1847 →

All 102 seats in the Storting
52 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50,01 % of eligible 69,968 (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 41 43 13
Seats won 44[3] 42[4] 16[2]

Prime Minister before election

Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due

Prime Minister after election

Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1844.[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 100 to 102.[7] Voter turnout was 49.4%, although only 5.3% of the country's population was eligible to vote.[8]

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents102
Total102
Total votes34,559
Registered voters/turnout69,96849.39
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