Country: | Norway |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1882 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1882 |
Next Election: | 1888 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1888 |
Seats For Election: | All 114 seats in the Storting |
Majority Seats: | 57 |
Election Date: | 1885 |
Image1: | Oaqvam.jpg |
Leader1: | Ole Anton Qvam |
Party1: | Liberal Party (Norway) |
Last Election1: | 62.83%, 83 seats |
Seats1: | 84 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 57,683 |
Percentage1: | 63.41% |
Leader2: | Emil Stang |
Party2: | Conservative Party (Norway) |
Last Election2: | 37.17%, 31 seats |
Seats2: | 30 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 33,284 |
Percentage2: | 36.59% |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Johan Sverdrup |
Before Party: | Liberal Party (Norway) |
After Election: | Johan Sverdrup |
After Party: | Liberal Party (Norway) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1885.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 84 of the 114 seats in the Storting.[2] Johan Sverdrup remained Prime Minister.
Johan Sverdrup was elected chairman at the founding congress of the Liberal Party on 28 January 1884.