Country: | Norway |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1841 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1841 |
Next Election: | 1847 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1847 |
Seats For Election: | All 102 seats in the Storting |
Majority Seats: | 52 |
Election Date: | May–16 October 1844 |
Turnout: | 49.39% |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due |
After Election: | Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due |
Registered: | 69,968 |
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1844.[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 100 to 102.[3] Voter turnout was 49%, although only 5% of the country's population was eligible to vote.[4]
Of the 102 seats, 44 were won by civil servants, 42 by farmers, sheriffs, church singers and teachers and 16 by people with other professions.[5]