Danish Folketing election, 1945

Danish Folketing election, 1945

1943 ← 30 October 1945 → 1947

All 149 seats to the Folketing 75 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Knud Kristensen Hans Hedtoft Party Venstre Social Democrats Last election 28 seats, 18.7% 66 seats, 44.5% Seats won 38 seats 48 seats Seat change +10 -18 Popular vote 479,158 671,755 Percentage 23.4% 32.8% Swing +4.7% -11.7%

Prime Minister before election Vilhelm Buhl Social Democrats Prime Minister-elect Knud Kristensen Venstre

The Danish Folketing election of 1945 was held on 30 October 1945, except on the Faroe Islands where the election was held on 20 November.

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

Results

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
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	+18
Det Radikale Venstre		167,073	8.1%	11	-2
Dansk Samling		63,760	3.1%	4	+1
Justice Party of Denmark		38,459	1.9%	3	+1
Other parties		55	0.0%	0	+0
People's Party (Faroe Islands)[1]		3,990		1	+0
Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)[1]		2,521		0	+0
Union Party (Faroe Islands)[1]		2,127		0	+0
Total				149
Voter turnout		86.3%[2]
Source		[3][4]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} On the Faroe Islands the election was held on 20 November 1945.
2. ^ On the Faroe Islands the voter turnout was 57.3%.
3. ^ Tågholt, Knud (1984) [1971] (in Danish). Hvem var minister - Dansk politik gennem mere end 100 år (2. edition ed.). Århus: Forlaget Aros. pp. 30–31, 34. ISBN 87-7003-204-1. 
4. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2005). "Parties and Elections". http://www.parties-and-elections.de/denmark2.html. Retrieved 2007-01-26.