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Norway 1945 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 76 of 150 seats with 41.0% of the vote; 76.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Labour Party7641.0609,348
Conservative Party2517.0252,608
Liberal Party2013.8204,852
Communist Party of Norway1111.9176,535
Centre Party108.0119,362
Christian Democratic Party87.9117,813
Largest party without seats00.34,654
Votes by party
  • Labour Party 609,348
  • Conservative Party 252,608
  • Liberal Party 204,852
  • Communist Party of Norway 176,535
  • Centre Party 119,362
  • Christian Democratic Party 117,813
  • Largest party without seats 4,654

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

76.4% of the 1,961,977 registered voters cast a ballot (1,498,194 ballots). 1,485,225 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Labour Party41.0% of votes50.7% of seats
  • Conservative Party17.0% of votes16.7% of seats
  • Liberal Party13.8% of votes13.3% of seats
  • Communist Party of Norway11.9% of votes7.3% of seats
  • Centre Party8.0% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party7.9% of votes5.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.1 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 24.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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