Danish Folketing election, 1947

Danish Folketing election, 1947
Danish Folketing election, 1947
Denmark
1945 ←
28 October 1947
→ 1950

All 150 seats to the Folketing
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Hans hedtoft.jpg
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. 



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