# 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.
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 | Party | Original slogan |
| | 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 | Party endorsed |
| Adresseavisen | | Conservative Party |

## Results

| | 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 | Wild votes | 27 | 0.00 | – | – |
| Total | Total | 1,455,238 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,455,238 | 99.44 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 8,230 | 0.56 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,463,468 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,741,905 | 84.02 | | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver ||||||

### Seat distribution

| Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Constituency | Total seats | 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 ||||||||