1945 Danish Folketing election

Folketing elections were held alongside Landsting elections in Denmark on 30 October 1945,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 20 November. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 48 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 86% in Denmark proper and 57% in the Faroes.Nohlen & Stöver, p540

The election resulted in the formation of a Venstre minority government with Knud Kristensen as prime minister. This lasted until the 1947 Folketing election, when the Social Democrats returned to government under Hans Hedtoft.

Results

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