1945 Danish Folketing 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 86.3% in Denmark proper and 57.3% in the Faroes.[2]

1945 Danish Folketing election

30 October 1945
All 149 seats in the Folketing 75 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ± Social Democrats Hans Hedtoft 32.8 48 -18 Venstre Knud Kristensen 23.4 38 +10 Conservative Christmas Møller 18.2 26 -5 Communists Aksel Larsen 12.5 18 New Social Liberals Jørgen Jørgensen 8.1 11 -2 Danish Unity Arne Sørensen 3.1 4 +1 Justice Oluf Pedersen 1.9 3 +1 Elected in the Faroe Islands Independent (F) Jóannes Patursson 46.2 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

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

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

References

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