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1945 Danish Folketing election
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%
Venstre 1945 election material ("Venstre has good cards to hand")
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 86.3% in Denmark proper and 57.3% in the Faroes.[ 2]
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
References