1915 Norwegian parliamentary election

21 October 1915
All 123 seats in the Storting 62 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gunnar Knudsen Jens Bratlie Christian Knudsen Party Liberal Conservative Labour Last election 39.99%, 70 seats 33.15%, 20 seats 26.27%, 23 seats Seats won 74 20 19 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 204,243 179,028 (H+FV) 198,111 Percentage 33.07% 28.98% (H+FV) 32.07%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Johan Castberg William Nygaard Johannes Okkenhaug Party Labour Democrats Free-minded Liberal Agrarian Last election 6 seats with V 4 seats with H – Seats won 6 1 1 Seat change 3 New Popular vote 25,658 Alliance with H 6,351 Percentage 4.15% — 1.03%
Prime Minister before election Gunnar Knudsen Liberal Prime Minister after election Gunnar Knudsen Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1915, with a second round between 4 and 11 November.^[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 74 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party	204,243	33.07	74	+4
	Labour Party	198,111	32.07	19	–4
	Conservative Party	179,028	28.98	20	0
	Free-minded Liberal Party			1	–4
	Labour Democrats	25,658	4.15	6	0
	Norwegian Agrarian Association	6,351	1.03	1	New
	Teetotaler Party	3,820	0.62	0	0
	Peace Candidate	413	0.07	0	New
	Independents			2	New
Wild votes		46	0.01	–	–
Total		617,670	100.00	123	0
Valid votes		617,670	98.68
Invalid/blank votes		8,285	1.32
Total votes		625,955	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,086,657	57.60
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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