1870 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1870 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 111 seats in the Storting
55 seats needed for a majority
Turnout45,06 % of eligible 81,329 (out of a population of 1,701,756)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Christian Selmer (Defacto) Søren Jaabæk (Defacto)
Party Civil servants Farmer, sheriffs church singers and teachers other professions
Last election 31 56 24
Seats won 25[3] 62[4] 24[2]

Prime Minister before election

Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due

Prime Minister after election

Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1870.[5] As political parties were not officially established until 1884,[6] all those elected were independents.[7] Voter turnout was 45.1%, although only 4.7% of the country's population was eligible to vote.[8]

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents111
Total111
Total votes36,647
Registered voters/turnout81,32945.06
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, NSSDS[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 240. ISBN 8252113281.
  2. ^ Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 242. ISBN 8252113281.
  3. ^ Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 242. ISBN 8252113281.
  4. ^ Bergsgård, Arne (1964). Norsk historie 1814-1880. no: Samlaget. p. 242. ISBN 8252113281.
  5. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1437 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  6. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1423
  7. ^ a b Storting composition 1814-1903 Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Norwegian Social Science Data Services
  8. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1439