1945 Norwegian parliamentary election

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.

1945 Norwegian parliamentary election

8 October 1945

All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Einar Gerhardsen Arthur Nordlie Jacob Worm-Müller
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 70 seats, 42.5% 36 seats, 21.3% 23 seats, 16.0%
Seats won 76 25 20
Seat change 6 11 3
Popular vote 609,348 252,608 204,852
Percentage 41.0% 17.0% 13.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Adam Egede-Nissen Nils Trædal Nils Lavik
Party Communist Farmers' Christian Democratic
Last election 0 seats, 0.3% 18 seats, 11.5% 2 seat, 1.3%
Seats won 11 10 8
Seat change 11 8 6
Popular vote 176,535 119,362 117,813
Percentage 11.9% 8.0% 7.9%

Prime Minister before election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

Elected Prime Minister

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party609,34841.076+6
Conservative Party252,60817.025–11
Liberal Party204,85213.820–3
Communist Party176,53511.911+11
Farmers' Party119,3628.010–8
Christian People's Party117,8137.98+6
New Norway1,8450.10New
Other parties2,8090.20
Wild votes530.0
Invalid/blank votes12,969
Total1,498,1941001500
Registered voters/turnout1,961,97776.4
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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