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1945 Norwegian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Norway
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1936 Norwegian parliamentary election
previous_year	1936
next_election	1949 Norwegian parliamentary election
next_year	1949
seats_for_election	All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
election_date	8 October 1945
image1	[[File:Einar Gerhardsen 1945.jpeg	150x150px]]
leader1	Einar Gerhardsen
party1	Norwegian Labour Party
last_election1	70 seats, 42.5%
seats1	76
seat_change1	6
popular_vote1	609,348
percentage1	41.0%
image2	[[File:Arthur Nordlie.jpg	150x150px]]
leader2	Arthur Nordlie
party2	Conservative Party (Norway)
last_election2	36 seats, 21.3%
seats2	25
seat_change2	11
popular_vote2	252,608
percentage2	17.0%
image3	[[File:Worm-Müller L 8672Fo30141708080051 116 (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
leader3	Jacob Worm-Müller
party3	Liberal Party of Norway
last_election3	23 seats, 16.0%
seats3	20
seat_change3	3
popular_vote3	204,852
percentage3	13.8%
image4	[[File:Adam Egede-Nissen2.jpg	150x150px]]
leader4	Adam Egede-Nissen
party4	Communist Party of Norway
last_election4	0 seats, 0.3%
seats4	11
seat_change4	11
popular_vote4	176,535
percentage4	11.9%
image5	[[File:Nils tradal.jpg	150x150px]]
leader5	Nils Trædal
party5	Farmers' Party (Norway)
last_election5	18 seats, 11.5%
seats5	10
seat_change5	8
popular_vote5	119,362
percentage5	8.0%
leader6	Nils Lavik
party6	Christian Democratic Party (Norway)
last_election6	2 seat, 1.3%
seats6	8
seat_change6	6
popular_vote6	117,813
percentage6	7.9%
map_image	1945 Norweigan Parliamentary election maps.svg
map_caption	Results by county
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	Einar Gerhardsen
before_party	Norwegian Labour Party
after_election	Einar Gerhardsen
after_party	Norwegian Labour Party
turnout	76.4%

76 seats were needed for a majority

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

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total
seats	Seats won	Ap	H	V	K	B	KrF	Labour Party (Norway)}};"		Conservative Party (Norway)}};"		Liberal Party (Norway)}};"		Communist Party of Norway}};"		Centre Party (Norway)}};"		Christian Democratic Party (Norway)}};"		Akershus	7	Aust-Agder	4	Bergen	5	Buskerud	5	Finnmark	3	Hedmark	7	Hordaland	8	Market towns
of Akershus and Østfold	4	Market towns of Buskerud	3	Market towns of
Hedmark and Oppland	3	Market towns of Møre og Romsdal	3	Market towns of
Nordland, Troms and Finnmark	4	Market towns of
Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag	5	Market towns of
Telemark and Aust-Agder	5	Market towns of
Vest-Agder and Rogaland	7	Market towns of Vestfold	4	Møre og Romsdal	7	Nord-Trøndelag	5	Nordland	8	Oppland	6	Oslo	7	Østfold	6	Rogaland	5	Sogn og Fjordane	5	Sør-Trøndelag	6	Telemark	5	Troms	5	Vest-Agder	4	Vestfold	4	Total	150	76	25	20	11	10	8
3	2		1		1
2	1	1
2	1	1	1
3	1		1
2			1
4	1		1	1
3	1	2			2
2	1		1
2	1
2	1
2	1
2	1		1
3	1		1
2	1	1	1
4	1	2
2	2
2		2		1	2
3		1		1
4	2	1	1
3		1		2
4	2		1
3	1			1	1
2	1	1		1
2		2		1
3		1		1	1
3		1			1
4		1
1		2		1
2	2
Source: [Norges Offisielle Statistikk](https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_132.pdf)

References

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

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