1945 Norwegian parliamentary election
1945 Norwegian parliamentary election|
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Turnout | 76.4% |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
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Einar Gerhardsen
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Arthur Nordlie
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Jacob Worm-Müller
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Party
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Labour
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Conservative
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Liberal
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Last election
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70 seats, 42.5%
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36 seats, 21.3%
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23 seats, 16.0%
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Seats won
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76
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25
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20
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Seat change
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6
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11
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3
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Popular vote
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609,348
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252,608
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204,852
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Percentage
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41.0%
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17.0%
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13.8%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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Leader
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Adam Egede-Nissen
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Nils Trædal
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Nils Lavik
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Party
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Communist
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Farmers'
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Christian Democratic
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Last election
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0 seats, 0.3%
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18 seats, 11.5%
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2 seat, 1.3%
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Seats won
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11
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10
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8
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Seat change
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11
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8
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6
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Popular vote
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176,535
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119,362
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117,813
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Percentage
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11.9%
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8.0%
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7.9%
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/1945_Norweigan_Parliamentary_election_maps.svg/300px-1945_Norweigan_Parliamentary_election_maps.svg.png) Results by county |
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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
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Labour Party | 609,348 | 41.03 | 76 | +6 | | Conservative Party | 252,608 | 17.01 | 25 | –11 | | Liberal Party | 204,852 | 13.79 | 20 | –3 | | Communist Party | 176,535 | 11.89 | 11 | +11 | | Farmers' Party | 119,362 | 8.04 | 10 | –8 | | Christian Democratic Party | 117,813 | 7.93 | 8 | +6 | | New Norway | 1,845 | 0.12 | 0 | –1 | | Other parties | 2,809 | 0.19 | 0 | – | Wild votes | 53 | 0.00 | – | – | Total | 1,485,225 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | | Valid votes | 1,485,225 | 99.13 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 12,969 | 0.87 | |
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Total votes | 1,498,194 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 1,961,977 | 76.36 | |
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Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Seat distribution
References
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