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1838 Norwegian parliamentary election

←  1835 June–8 November 1838 1841 →

All 99 seats in the Storting
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.17%

Prime Minister before election

Severin Løvenskiold

Prime Minister after election

Severin Løvenskiold

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1838. [1] As political parties were not officially established until 1884, [2] all those elected were independents. [3] The number of seats in the Storting was increased from 96 to 99. [3] Voter turnout was 502%, although only 6% of the country's population was eligible to vote. [4]

Results

Of the 99 seats, 45 were won by civil servants, 35 by farmers, sheriffs, church singers and teachers and 19 by people with other professions. [5]

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents99
Total99
Total votes34,989
Registered voters/turnout69,73750.17
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, NSSDS [3]

References

  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 c Storting composition 1814-1903 Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Norwegian Social Science Data Services
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1439
  5. ^ Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 242. ISBN  8252113281.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1838 Norwegian parliamentary election

←  1835 June–8 November 1838 1841 →

All 99 seats in the Storting
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.17%

Prime Minister before election

Severin Løvenskiold

Prime Minister after election

Severin Løvenskiold

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1838. [1] As political parties were not officially established until 1884, [2] all those elected were independents. [3] The number of seats in the Storting was increased from 96 to 99. [3] Voter turnout was 502%, although only 6% of the country's population was eligible to vote. [4]

Results

Of the 99 seats, 45 were won by civil servants, 35 by farmers, sheriffs, church singers and teachers and 19 by people with other professions. [5]

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents99
Total99
Total votes34,989
Registered voters/turnout69,73750.17
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, NSSDS [3]

References

  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 c Storting composition 1814-1903 Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Norwegian Social Science Data Services
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1439
  5. ^ Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 242. ISBN  8252113281.

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