Country: | Norway |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1847 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1847 |
Next Election: | 1853 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1853 |
Seats For Election: | All 106 seats in the Storting |
Majority Seats: | 54 |
Election Date: | May–21 October 1850 |
Turnout: | 50.28% |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due |
After Election: | Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due |
Registered: | 73,125 |
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1850.[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 105 to 106.[3] Voter turnout was 50%, although only 5% of the country's population was eligible to vote.[4]
Of the 106 seats, 45 were won by civil servants, 35 by farmers, sheriffs, church singers and teachers, and 19 by people with other professions.[5]