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1945 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 76 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	76.4%
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 6 11 3 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 11 8 6 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, 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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
Invalid/blank votes		12,969	0.87
Total votes		1,498,194	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,961,977	76.36
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

References

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

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