Country: | Norway |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1912 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1912 |
Next Election: | 1918 Norwegian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1918 |
Seats For Election: | All 123 seats in the Storting |
Majority Seats: | 62 |
Election Date: | 21 October 1915 (first round) 4–11 November 1915 (second round) |
Image1: | Gunnar Knudsen 02.jpg |
Leader1: | Gunnar Knudsen |
Party1: | Liberal Party (Norway) |
Last Election1: | 39.99%, 70 seats |
Seats1: | 74 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 204,243 |
Percentage1: | 33.07% |
Leader2: | Jens Bratlie |
Party2: | Conservative Party (Norway) |
Last Election2: | 33.15%, 20 seats |
Seats2: | 20 |
Popular Vote2: | 179,028 (H+FV) |
Percentage2: | 28.98% (H+FV) |
Image3: | Christian Holtermann Knudsen.jpg |
Leader3: | Christian Knudsen |
Party3: | Labour Party (Norway) |
Last Election3: | 26.27%, 23 seats |
Seats3: | 19 |
Seat Change3: | 4 |
Popular Vote3: | 198,111 |
Percentage3: | 32.07% |
Leader4: | Johan Castberg |
Party4: | Labour Democrats |
Last Election4: | 6 seats with V |
Seats4: | 6 |
Popular Vote4: | 25,658 |
Percentage4: | 4.15% |
Image5: | William Nygaard d.e.jpg |
Leader5: | William Nygaard |
Party5: | Free-minded Liberal Party |
Last Election5: | 4 seats with H |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 3 |
Popular Vote5: | Alliance with H |
Percentage5: | — |
Leader6: | Johannes Okkenhaug |
Party6: | Norwegian Agrarian Association |
Last Election6: | – |
Seats6: | 1 |
Seat Change6: | New |
Popular Vote6: | 6,351 |
Percentage6: | 1.03% |
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) |
Image4: | Johan Castberg 1900.jpg |
Image6: | Johannes Karlsen Okkenhaug (1857 - 1935) (4149948070).jpg |
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.
width=200px | Newspaper | Party endorsed | ||
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Arbeidets Rett | width=150px | Labour Party[2] | ||
Glommendalens Social-Demokrat | Labour Party[3] | |||
Hortens Avis | width=150px | Liberal Party[4] | ||
Vestfold Arbeiderblad | width=150px | Labour Party[5] |