1945 Norwegian parliamentary election

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1945 Norwegian parliamentary election
Flag of Norway.svg
  1936 8 October 1945 1949  

All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout76.4%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Einar Gerhardsen Arthur Nordlie Jacob Worm-Müller
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election70 seats, 42.5%36 seats, 21.3%23 seats, 16.0%
Seats won762520
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote609,348252,608204,852
Percentage41.0%17.0%13.8%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Adam Egede-Nissen2.jpg Nils tradal.jpg
Leader Adam Egede-Nissen Nils Trædal Nils Lavik
Party Communist Farmers' Christian Democratic
Last election0 seats, 0.3%18 seats, 11.5%2 seat, 1.3%
Seats won11108
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg8Increase2.svg6
Popular vote176,535119,362117,813
Percentage11.9%8.0%7.9%

1945 Norweigan Parliamentary election maps.svg
Results by county

Prime Minister before election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

Prime Minister after election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 8 October 1945, [1] the first following World War II and the end of the German occupation. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 76 of the 150 seats in the Storting, the first time a party had won a majority since the 1915 elections.

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Results

1945 Norwegian Storting.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party 609,34841.0376+6
Conservative Party 252,60817.0125–11
Liberal Party 204,85213.7920–3
Communist Party 176,53511.8911+11
Farmers' Party 119,3628.0410–8
Christian Democratic Party 117,8137.938+6
New Norway 1,8450.120–1
Other parties2,8090.190
Wild votes530.00
Total1,485,225100.001500
Valid votes1,485,22599.13
Invalid/blank votes12,9690.87
Total votes1,498,194100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,961,97776.36
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
Ap H V K B KrF
Akershus 73211
Aust-Agder 4211
Bergen 52111
Buskerud 5311
Finnmark321
Hedmark 74111
Hordaland 83122
Market towns
of Akershus and Østfold
4211
Market towns of Buskerud 321
Market towns of
Hedmark and Oppland
321
Market towns of Møre og Romsdal 321
Market towns of
Nordland, Troms and Finnmark
4211
Market towns of
Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag
5311
Market towns of
Telemark and Aust-Agder
52111
Market towns of
Vest-Agder and Rogaland
7412
Market towns of Vestfold 422
Møre og Romsdal 72212
Nord-Trøndelag 5311
Nordland 84211
Oppland 6312
Oslo 7421
Østfold 63111
Rogaland 52111
Sogn og Fjordane 5221
Sør-Trøndelag 63111
Telemark 5311
Troms541
Vest-Agder 4121
Vestfold 422
Total15076252011108
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7