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1945 Norwegian parliamentary election
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%
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 .
Results
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Labour Party
609,348
41.0
76
+6
Conservative Party
252,608
17.0
25
–11
Liberal Party
204,852
13.8
20
–3
Communist Party
176,535
11.9
11
+11
Farmers' Party
119,362
8.0
10
–8
Christian People's Party
117,813
7.9
8
+6
New Norway
1,845
0.1
0
New
Other parties
2,809
0.2
0
–
Wild votes
53
0.0
–
–
Invalid/blank votes
12,969
–
–
–
Total
1,498,194
100
150
0
Registered voters/turnout
1,961,977
76.4
–
–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
References