Danish Folketing election, 1947

Danish Folketing election, 1947

1945 ← 28 October 1947 → 1950

All 150 seats to the Folketing 76 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Hans Hedtoft Knud Kristensen Party Social Democrats Venstre Last election 48 seats, 32.8% 38 seats, 23.4% Seats won 57 49 Seat change +9 +11 Popular vote 834,089 574,895 Percentage 40.0% 27,6%

Prime Minister before election Knud Kristensen Venstre Prime Minister-elect Hans Hedtoft Social Democrats

The Danish Folketing election of 1947 was held on 28 October 1947, except on the Faroe Islands where the election was held on 18 February 1948.

Results

Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
Social Democratic Party		834,089	40.0%	57	+9
Venstre[1]		574,895	27.6%	49	+11
Conservative People's Party		259,324	12.4%	17	-9
Det Radikale Venstre		144,206	6.9%	10	-1
Communist Party of Denmark		141,094	6.8%	9	-9
Justice Party of Denmark		94,570	4.5%	6	+3
Dansk Samling		24,724	1.2%	0	-4
Schleswig Party		7,464	0.4%	0	+0
Other parties		3.775	0.2%	0	+0
People's Party (Faroe Islands)[2]		4,135		1	+0
Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)[2]		1,990		1	+1
Union Party (Faroe Islands)[2]		2,754		0	+0
Self-Government Party (Faroe Islands)[2]		809		0	+0
Total				150
Voter turnout		85.8%[3]
Source		[4]

Notes and references

1. ^ Including "Hovedstadens Venstre", which was a local section of Venstre that ran as an independent party in Copenhagen in order to take advantage of the system according to which the seats allotted in proportion to the total vote of the parties were distributed among the parties. After a modication of the election law in 1948 it was no longer possible to gain additional seats this way, and Hovedstadens Venstre has not existed as an independent party since then.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} On the Faroe Islands the election was held on 18 February 1948.
3. ^ On the Faroe Islands the voter turnout was 60.2%.
4. ^ Tågholt, Knud (1984) [1971] (in Danish). Hvem var minister - Dansk politik gennem mere end 100 år (2. edition ed.). Århus: Forlaget Aros. pp. 30–31, 34. ISBN 87-7003-204-1.