1945 Danish Folketing election

1945 Danish Folketing election
Danish Realm
← 1943 30 October 1945 1947 →

All 149 seats in the Folketing
75 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Democrats Hans Hedtoft 32.78 48 −18
Venstre Knud Kristensen 23.38 38 +10
Conservatives Christmas Møller 18.24 26 −5
Communists Aksel Larsen 12.46 18 New
Social Liberals Jørgen Jørgensen 8.15 11 −2
Danish Unity Arne Sørensen 3.11 4 +1
Justice Oluf Pedersen 1.88 3 +1
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Independent (F) Jóannes Patursson 46.19 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Vilhelm Buhl
Social Democrats
Knud Kristensen
Venstre
Ballot paper of election

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]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p540