Country: | Norway |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1835 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1835 |
Next Election: | 1841 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1841 |
Seats For Election: | All 99 seats in the Storting |
Majority Seats: | 50 |
Election Date: | June–8 November 1838 |
Turnout: | 50.17% |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Severin Løvenskiold |
After Election: | Severin Løvenskiold |
Registered: | 69,737 |
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 50.2%, although only 6% of the country's population was eligible to vote.[4]
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]