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.
Contesting parties
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2 colspan=3 width=225px | Name
! rowspan=2 | Ideology
! rowspan=2 | Position
! rowspan=2 | Leader
! colspan=2 | 1936 result
|-
! Votes (%)
! Seats
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;"|
| align=center | Ap
| Labour Party<br /><small>Arbeiderpartiet</small>
| Social democracy
| Centre-left
| Einar Gerhardsen
| align=center |42.5%
|
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;"|
| align=center | H
| Conservative Party<br /><small>Høyre</small>
| Conservatism
| Centre-right
|Arthur Nordlie
| align=center | 21.3%
|
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;" |
| align="center" | V
| Liberal Party<br /><small>Venstre</small>
| Social liberalism
| Centre
|Jacob Worm-Müller
| align="center" | 16.0%
|
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;" |
| align="center" | Bp
| Farmer's Party<br /><small>Bondepartiet</small>
| Agrarianism
| Centre
| Nils Trædal
| align="center" | 11.5%
|
|-
! style="background:; width:2px;" |
| align="center" | KrF
| Christian Democratic Party<br /><small>Kristelig Folkeparti</small>
| Christian democracy
| Centre to centre-right
| Nils Lavik
| align="center" | 1.3%
|
|}
Results
Seat distribution
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"
! rowspan="3" |Constituency
! rowspan="3" |Total<br>seats
! colspan="6" |Seats won
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! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |Ap
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |H
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |V
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |K
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |B
! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |KrF
|-
! style="background:;" |
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! style="background:;" |
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Akershus
!7
|3
|2
|
|1
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Aust-Agder
!4
|2
|1
|1
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Bergen
!5
|2
|1
|1
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Buskerud
!5
|3
|1
|
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Finnmark
!3
|2
|
|
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Hedmark
!7
|4
|1
|
|1
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Hordaland
!8
|3
|1
|2
|
|
|2
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Market towns<br>of Akershus and Østfold
!4
|2
|1
|
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Buskerud
!3
|2
|1
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of<br>Hedmark and Oppland
!3
|2
|1
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Møre og Romsdal
!3
|2
|1
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of<br>Nordland, Troms and Finnmark
!4
|2
|1
|
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of<br>Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag
!5
|3
|1
|
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of<br>Telemark and Aust-Agder
!5
|2
|1
|1
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of<br>Vest-Agder and Rogaland
!7
|4
|1
|2
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Market towns of Vestfold
!4
|2
|2
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Møre og Romsdal
!7
|2
|
|2
|
|1
|2
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Nord-Trøndelag
!5
|3
|
|1
|
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Nordland
!8
|4
|2
|1
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Oppland
!6
|3
|
|1
|
|2
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Oslo
!7
|4
|2
|
|1
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Østfold
!6
|3
|1
|
|
|1
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Rogaland
!5
|2
|1
|1
|
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Sogn og Fjordane
!5
|2
|
|2
|
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Sør-Trøndelag
!6
|3
|
|1
|
|1
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Telemark
!5
|3
|
|1
|
|
|1
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Troms
!5
|4
|
|1
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Vest-Agder
!4
|1
|
|2
|
|1
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Vestfold
!4
|2
|2
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align: left;" |Total
!150
!76
!25
!20
!11
!10
!8
|-
| colspan="8" |Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk
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