Denmark 1945 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 48 of 149 seats with 32.8% of the vote; 86.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Denmark
- Held
Result
75 for a majority
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 48 | 32.8 | 671,755 |
| Venstre | 38 | 23.4 | 479,158 |
| Conservative People's Party | 26 | 18.2 | 373,688 |
| Communist Party of Denmark | 18 | 12.5 | 255,236 |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 11 | 8.2 | 167,073 |
| Danish Unity | 4 | 3.1 | 63,760 |
| Justice Party of Denmark | 3 | 1.9 | 38,459 |
| Greenland and Faroe Islands | 1 |
Votes by party
- Social Democrats 671,755
- Venstre 479,158
- Conservative People's Party 373,688
- Communist Party of Denmark 255,236
- Danish Social Liberal Party 167,073
- Danish Unity 63,760
- Justice Party of Denmark 38,459
- Greenland and Faroe Islands
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
86.3% of the 2,381,983 registered voters cast a ballot (2,055,315 ballots). 2,049,184 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democrats32.8% of votes32.2% of seats
- Venstre23.4% of votes25.5% of seats
- Conservative People's Party18.2% of votes17.4% of seats
- Communist Party of Denmark12.5% of votes12.1% of seats
- Danish Social Liberal Party8.2% of votes7.4% of seats
- Danish Unity3.1% of votes2.7% of seats
- Justice Party of Denmark1.9% of votes2.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Social Democrats led Venstre by 9.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.