1945 Norwegian parliamentary election

1945 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1936 8 October 1945 1949 →

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 Increase6 Decrease11 Decrease3
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 Increase11 Decrease8 Increase6
Popular vote 176,535 119,362 117,813
Percentage 11.9% 8.0% 7.9%

Results by county

Prime Minister before election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

Prime Minister after election

Einar Gerhardsen
Labour

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party609,34841.0376+6
Conservative Party252,60817.0125–11
Liberal Party204,85213.7920–3
Communist Party176,53511.8911+11
Farmers' Party119,3628.0410–8
Christian Democratic Party117,8137.938+6
New Norway1,8450.120New
Other parties2,8090.190
Wild votes530.00
Total1,485,225100.001500
Valid votes1,485,22599.13
Invalid/blank votes12,9690.87
Total votes1,498,194100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,961,97776.36
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
Ap H V K B KrF
Akershus 7 3 2 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Bergen 5 2 1 1 1
Buskerud 5 3 1 1
Finnmark 3 2 1
Hedmark 7 4 1 1 1
Hordaland 8 3 1 2 2
Market towns
of Akershus and Østfold
4 2 1 1
Market towns of Buskerud 3 2 1
Market towns of
Hedmark and Oppland
3 2 1
Market towns of Møre og Romsdal 3 2 1
Market towns of
Nordland, Troms and Finnmark
4 2 1 1
Market towns of
Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag
5 3 1 1
Market towns of
Telemark and Aust-Agder
5 2 1 1 1
Market towns of
Vest-Agder and Rogaland
7 4 1 2
Market towns of Vestfold 4 2 2
Møre og Romsdal 7 2 2 1 2
Nord-Trøndelag 5 3 1 1
Nordland 8 4 2 1 1
Oppland 6 3 1 2
Oslo 7 4 2 1
Østfold 6 3 1 1 1
Rogaland 5 2 1 1 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 2 1
Sør-Trøndelag 6 3 1 1 1
Telemark 5 3 1 1
Troms 5 4 1
Vest-Agder 4 1 2 1
Vestfold 4 2 2
Total 150 76 25 20 11 10 8
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

References

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