Country: | Norway |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1894 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1894 |
Next Election: | 1900 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1900 |
Seats For Election: | All 114 seats in the Storting |
Majority Seats: | 57 |
Election Date: | 1897 |
Image1: | Johannes Steen.jpg |
Leader1: | Johannes Steen |
Party1: | Liberal Party (Norway) |
Last Election1: | 50.36%, 59 seats |
Seats1: | 79 |
Seat Change1: | 20 |
Popular Vote1: | 87,548 |
Percentage1: | 52.68% |
Leader2: | Emil Stang |
Party2: | Conservative Party (Norway) |
Last Election2: | 49.33%, 40 seats |
Seats2: | 25 |
Seat Change2: | 15 |
Popular Vote2: | 77,682 (H+MV) |
Percentage2: | 47.65% (H+MV) |
Image3: | 3x4.svg |
Party3: | Moderate Liberal Party |
Last Election3: | 15 seats with H |
Seats3: | 10 |
Seat Change3: | 5 |
Popular Vote3: | Alliance with H |
Percentage3: | — |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Francis Hagerup |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (Norway) |
After Election: | Francis Hagerup |
After Party: | Conservative Party (Norway) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1897.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 79 of the 114 seats in the Storting.[2] [3]