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1859 Norwegian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Norway
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1856 Norwegian parliamentary election
previous_year	1856
next_election	1862 Norwegian parliamentary election
next_year	1862
seats_for_election	All 117 seats in the Storting
majority_seats	59
election_date	March–23 June 1859
turnout	47.68%
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due
after_election	Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due
registered	78,034

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1859. As political parties were not officially established until 1884, all those elected were independents. The number of seats in the Storting was increased from 111 to 117.

Results

Of the 117 seats, 47 were won by farmers, sheriffs, church singers and teachers, 33 by civil servants and 37 by people with other professions.

Aftermath

During the parliamentary session the classical liberal was founded by 37 MPs.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1437 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1423
link. (2012-03-26 Norwegian Social Science Data Services)
Voter turnout was 48%, although only 5% of the country's population was eligible to vote.Nohlen & Stöver, p1439
Bergsgård, Arne. (1964). "Norsk historie 1814-1880". Samlaget.

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