1936 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 19 October 1936, the last before World War II and the German invasion of Norway. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 70 of the 150 seats in the Storting.

1936 Norwegian parliamentary election

19 October 1936
All 150 seats in the Storting 76 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Oscar Torp Johan H. Andresen Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 40.1%, 69 seats 20.2%, 30 seats 17.7%, 24 seats Seats won 70 36 23 Seat change 1 6 1 Popular vote 618,616 310,324 232,784 Percentage 42.5% 21.3% 16.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jens Hundseid Ingebrigt Bjørø Bertram Dybwad Brochmann Party Farmers' Christian Democratic Society Last election 13.9%, 23 seats 0.8%, 1 seat 1.5%, 1 seat Seats won 18 2 1 Seat change 5 1 0 Popular vote 168,038 19,612 45,109 Percentage 11.5% 1.3% 3.1%
Results by county
Prime Minister before election Johan Nygaardsvold Labour Prime Minister after election Johan Nygaardsvold Labour

During the election campaign, the conservative and liberal parties ran on the slogan "A free people in a free Norway." They argued that a Labour Party victory would lead to terrorism, dictatorship, and Marxism. A prominent controversial topic during the election campaign was the decision of the Labour government to allow Leon Trotsky to take up a domicile in Norway in 1935.

Campaign

Slogans

Party		Original slogan	English translation
	Labour Party	"Trygge kår for barn og hjem"
	Conservative Party
	Liberal Party
	Farmer's Party
	Nasjonal Samling
	Communist Party of Norway
	Free-minded People's Party
	Society Party
	Christian Democratic Party
	Radical People's Party
Sources:

National daily newspaper endorsements

Newspaper	Party endorsed
Adresseavisen		Conservative Party

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	618,616	42.51	70	+1
	Conservative Party–Free-minded People's Party	310,324	21.32	36	+6
	Liberal Party	232,784	16.00	23	–1
	Farmers' Party	168,038	11.55	18	–5
	Society Party	45,109	3.10	1	0
	Nasjonal Samling	26,577	1.83	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	19,612	1.35	2	+1
	Free-minded People's Party–Fatherland League	19,236	1.32	0	0
	Radical People's Party	6,407	0.44	0	–1
	Communist Party	4,376	0.30	0	0
	Other parties	4,132	0.28	0	–
Wild votes		27	0.00	–	–
Total		1,455,238	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		1,455,238	99.44
Invalid/blank votes		8,230	0.56
Total votes		1,463,468	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,741,905	84.02
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	H–FV	V	B	KrF	Sfp
Akershus	7	4	2		1
Aust-Agder	4	1	1	1	1
Bergen	5	2	1	2
Buskerud	5	3	1		1
Finnmark	3	2	1
Hedmark	7	5	1		1
Hordaland	8	2	1	2	1	2
Market towns of Akershus and Østfold	4	2	2
Market towns of Buskerud	3	2	1
Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland	3	2	1
Market towns of Møre	3	1	1	1
Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark	4	2	1	1
Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag	5	3	2
Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder	5	2	2	1
Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland	7	3	2	2
Market towns of Vestfold	4	2	2
Møre	7	2		3	2
Nord-Trøndelag	5	2		1	2
Nordland	8	3	2	1	1		1
Oppland	6	4			2
Oslo	7	4	3
Østfold	6	3	2		1
Rogaland	5	1	1	2	1
Sogn og Fjordane	5	1	1	2	1
Sør-Trøndelag	6	3	1	1	1
Telemark	5	3		1	1
Troms	5	3	1	1
Vest-Agder	4	1	1	1	1
Vestfold	4	2	2
Total	150	70	36	23	18	2	1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk