1862 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1862 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 111 seats in the Storting
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout44,59 % of eligible 78,830 (out of a population of 1,490,047)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Anton Martin Schweigaard (Defacto) Ole Gabriel Ueland (Defacto)
Party Civil servants Farmer, sheriffs church singers and teachers other professions
Last election 33 47 37
Seats won 37[3] 48[4] 26[2]

Prime Minister before election

Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due

Prime Minister after election

Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1862.[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 reduced from 117 to 111.[7] Voter turnout was 44.6%, although only 4.8% of the country's population was eligible to vote.[8]

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents111
Total111
Total votes35,148
Registered voters/turnout78,83044.59
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