1945 Danish Folketing election
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All 149 seats in the Folketing 75 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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% in Denmark proper and 57% in the Faroes.[2]
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Denmark proper | |||||
Social Democrats | 671,755 | 32.78 | 48 | –18 | |
Venstre | 479,158 | 23.38 | 38 | +10 | |
Conservative People's Party | 373,688 | 18.24 | 26 | –5 | |
Communist Party of Denmark | 255,236 | 12.46 | 18 | New | |
Danish Social Liberal Party | 167,073 | 8.15 | 11 | –2 | |
Danish Unity | 63,760 | 3.11 | 4 | +1 | |
Justice Party of Denmark | 38,459 | 1.88 | 3 | +1 | |
Independents | 55 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,049,184 | 100.00 | 148 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,049,184 | 99.70 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 6,131 | 0.30 | |||
Total votes | 2,055,315 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,381,983 | 86.29 | |||
Faroe Islands | |||||
Independent (People's Party) | 3,990 | 46.19 | 1 | 0 | |
Social Democratic–Self-Government | 2,521 | 29.18 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent (Union Party) | 2,127 | 24.62 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 8,638 | 100.00 | 1 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 8,638 | 99.86 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 12 | 0.14 | |||
Total votes | 8,650 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 15,084 | 57.35 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p540