1945 Danish Folketing election

Folketing elections were held alongside Landsting elections in Denmark on 30 October 1945,[1] except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 20 November. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 48 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 86.3% in Denmark proper and 57.3% in the Faroes.[2]

1945 Danish Folketing election

30 October 1945

All 149 seats in the Folketing
75 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ±
Social Democrats Hans Hedtoft 32.8 48 -18
Venstre Knud Kristensen 23.4 38 +10
Conservative Christmas Møller 18.2 26 -5
Communists Aksel Larsen 12.5 18 New
Social Liberals Jørgen Jørgensen 8.1 11 -2
Danish Unity Arne Sørensen 3.1 4 +1
Justice Oluf Pedersen 1.9 3 +1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Independent (F) Jóannes Patursson 46.2 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Vilhelm Buhl
Social Democrats
Knud Kristensen
Venstre
Venstre 1945 election material ("Venstre has good cards to hand")

Results

Denmark

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party671,75532.848–18
Venstre479,15823.438+10
Conservative People's Party373,68818.226–5
Communist Party of Denmark255,23612.518New
Danish Social Liberal Party167,0738.111–2
Danish Unity63,7603.14+1
Justice Party of Denmark38,4591.93+1
Independents550.000
Invalid/blank votes6,131
Total2,055,3151001480
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
A
32.78%
D
23.38%
C
18.24%
K
12.46%
B
8.15%
R
3.11%
E
1.88%
Others
0.00%

Faroe Islands

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Independent (People's Party)3,99046.210
Social Democratic Party-Self-Government Party2,52129.200
Independent (Union Party)2,12724.600
Invalid/blank votes12
Total8,65010010
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p540
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