Folk election 1945
The Folketing election in 1945 was the 41st election to the Danish Folketing Parliament . It took place on October 30, 1945, except in the Faroe Islands , where elections were not held until November 20, 1945. In the election, 148 members of the Folketing were elected. The election winners were the Social Democrats with 48 seats.
Result
Political party | be right | percent | Mandates |
---|---|---|---|
Social democrats | 671.755 | 32.8 | 48 |
liberal | 479.158 | 23.4 | 38 |
conservative | 373,688 | 18.2 | 26th |
Communists | 255.236 | 12.5 | 18th |
Radical Venstre | 167,073 | 8.1 | 11 |
Dansk Samling | 63,760 | 3.1 | 4th |
Retsforbundet | 38,459 | 1.9 | 3 |
Independent | 55 | 0 | 0 |
invalid votes | 6.131 | ||
All in all | 2,055,315 | 100 | 148 |
Parties and candidates
Hans Hedtoft led the Social Democrats as the top candidate. Despite the majority of the votes, he could not be elected head of government (minister of state) because the liberals formed a minority government with the support of the other parties (except communists) after the election.
The Liberals went into the elections with Knud Kristensen as the top candidate and, despite a lower number of votes than the Social Democrats, were subsequently able to nominate Kristensen as the Prime Minister of Denmark.
The Conservatives started the race with incumbent Foreign Minister John Christmas Møller at their head.
The Communists entered the running with Aksel Larsen as the top candidate and, with 18 seats, returned to the Danish state parliament, from which they had disappeared due to the ban on the activities of the Communist Party in Germany-occupied Denmark on August 22, 1941. These 18 seats also represent the best election results for the Communists to date.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Nohlen, D. & Stöver, P .: Elections in Europe: A data handbook. 2010. p. 524
- ^ Nohlen, D. & Stöver, P .: Elections in Europe: A data handbook. 2010.