Norwegian parliamentary election, 1949

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The general election of 1949 was held to elect 150 MPs to the Storting. The Norwegian Labour Party increased its share of the vote an won a large majority of seats in the chamber.

This was the last election hold under the old seat allocation system, which strongly favoured larger parties.

Results

Party	Vote (%)	Seats
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	45.7	85
Conservative Party (Høyre)	17.8	23
Liberal Party (Venstre)	13.5	21
Agrarian Party (Bondepartiet)	7.9	12
Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	8.5	9
Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti)	5.8	0
Others	0.7	0
Total	100	150