1945 Danish Folketing election

1945 Danish Folketing election

30 October 1945
All 149 seats to the Folketing 75 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hans Hedtoft Knud Kristensen Christmas Møller Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservatives Last election 66 seats, 44.5% 28 seats, 18.7% 31 seats, 21.0% Seats won 48 38 26 Seat change 18 10 5 Popular vote 671,755 479,158 373,688 Percentage 32.8% 23.4% 18.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Aksel Larsen Jørgen Jørgensen Arne Sørensen Party Communists Social Liberals Danish Unity Last election banned 13 seats, 8.7% 3 seats, 2.2% Seats won 18 11 4 Seat change 18 2 1 Popular vote 255,236 167,073 63,760 Percentage 12.5% 8.1% 3.1%   Seventh party   Leader Oluf Pedersen Party Justice Last election 2 seats, 1.6% Seats won 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 38,459 Percentage 1.9%
Prime Minister before election Vilhelm Buhl Social Democrats Prime Minister-elect Knud Kristensen Venstre

Venstre 1945 election material ("Venstre has good cards to hand")

Folketing elections were held alongside Landsting elections in Denmark on 30 October 1945, 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.

Results

Denmark

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	671,755	32.8	48	–18
Venstre	479,158	23.4	38	+10
Conservative People's Party	373,688	18.2	26	–5
Communist Party of Denmark	255,236	12.5	18	New
Danish Social Liberal Party	167,073	8.1	11	–2
Danish Unity	63,760	3.1	4	+1
Justice Party of Denmark	38,459	1.9	3	+1
Independents	55	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	6,131	–	–	–
Total	2,055,315	100	148	0
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)	3,990	46.2	1	0
Social Democratic Party-Self-Government Party	2,521	29.2	0	0
Independent (Union Party)	2,127	24.6	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	12	–	–	–
Total	8,650	100	1	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver