1949 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 10 October 1949. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 85 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

1949 Norwegian parliamentary election
10 October 1949
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Einar Gerhardsen Arthur Nordlie Jacob Worm-Müller
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 76 seats, 42.5% 25 seats, 17.0% 20 seats, 13.8%
Seats won 85 23 21
Seat change 9 2 1
Popular vote 803,471 360,961[a][b] 290,919[a][c][d]
Percentage 45.7% 20.5%[a][b] 16.5%[a][c][d]
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Einar Frogner Nils Lavik
Party Farmers' Christian Democratic
Last election 10 seats, 8.0% 8 seats, 7.9%
Seats won 12 9
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 188,997[a][b][c] 151,402[d]
Percentage 10.8%[a][b][c] 8.1%[d]
Results by county
Prime Minister before election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

 Prime Minister after election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

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