Country: | Norway |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1915 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1915 |
Next Election: | 1921 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1921 |
Seats For Election: | All 126 seats in the Storting |
Majority Seats: | 64 |
Election Date: | 21 October 1918 (first round) 4–11 November 1918 (second round) |
Image1: | Gunnar Knudsen 02.jpg |
Leader1: | Gunnar Knudsen |
Party1: | Liberal Party (Norway) |
Last Election1: | 33.07%, 74 seats |
Seats1: | 51 |
Seat Change1: | 23 |
Popular Vote1: | 187,657 |
Percentage1: | 28.32% |
Leader2: | Jens Bratlie |
Party2: | Conservative Party (Norway) |
Last Election2: | 28.98%, 20 seats |
Seats2: | 40 |
Seat Change2: | 20 |
Popular Vote2: | 201,325 (H+FV) |
Percentage2: | 30.39% (H+FV) |
Image3: | Kyrre Grepp.jpg |
Leader3: | Kyrre Grepp |
Party3: | Labour Party (Norway) |
Last Election3: | 32.07%, 19 seats |
Seats3: | 18 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 209,560 |
Percentage3: | 31.63% |
Image4: | Bernt Holtsmark.jpg |
Leader4: | Bernt Holtsmark |
Party4: | Free-minded Liberal Party |
Last Election4: | 1 seat with H |
Seats4: | 10 |
Seat Change4: | 9 |
Popular Vote4: | Alliance with H |
Percentage4: | — |
Party5: | Norwegian Agrarian Association |
Last Election5: | 1.03%, 1 seat |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Popular Vote5: | 30,925 |
Percentage5: | 4.67% |
Image6: | Johan Castberg 1900.jpg |
Leader6: | Johan Castberg |
Party6: | Labour Democrats |
Last Election6: | 4.15%, 6 seats |
Seats6: | 3 |
Seat Change6: | 3 |
Popular Vote6: | 21,980 |
Percentage6: | 3.32% |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Gunnar Knudsen |
Before Party: | Liberal Party (Norway) |
After Election: | Gunnar Knudsen |
After Party: | Liberal Party (Norway) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1918, with a second round between 4 and 11 November.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 51 of the 123 seats in the Storting. Despite receiving the most votes, the Labour Party won just 18 seats, a loss of one seat compared with the 1915 elections.
width=200px | Newspaper | Party endorsed | ||
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Glommendalens Social-Demokrat | width=150px | Labour Party[2] |