1918 Norwegian parliamentary election First party Second party Third party Leader Gunnar Knudsen Jens Bratlie Kyrre Grepp Party Liberal Conservative Labour Last election 33.07%, 74 seats 28.98%, 20 seats 32.07%, 19 seats Seats won 51 40 18 Seat change 23 20 1 Popular vote 187,657 201,325 (H +FV ) 209,560 Percentage 28.32% 30.39% (H +FV ) 31.63% Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Bernt Holtsmark Johan Castberg Party Free-minded Liberal Agrarian Labour Democrats Last election 1 seat with H 1.03%, 1 seat 4.15%, 6 seats Seats won 10 3 3 Seat change 9 2 3 Popular vote Alliance with H 30,925 21,980 Percentage — 4.67% 3.32%
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 .
National daily newspapers [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– Labour Party 209,560 31.63 18 –1 Conservative Party 201,325 30.39 40 +20 Free-minded Liberal Party 10 +9 Liberal Party 187,657 28.32 51 –23 Norwegian Agrarian Association 30,925 4.67 3 +2 Labour Democrats 21,980 3.32 3 –3 Other parties and independents[ a] 11,074 1.67 1 –1 Total 662,521 100.00 126 +3 Valid votes 662,521 98.10 Invalid/blank votes 12,856 1.90 Total votes 675,377 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,186,602 56.92 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
^ Other candidates included Women's electors from Oslo and priest Alfred Eiken.[ 3]