1947 Danish Folketing election

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 28 October 1947,[1] except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 18 February 1948. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 57 of the 150 seats. Voter turnout was 85.8% in Denmark proper and 60.1% in the Faroes.[2]

1947 Danish Folketing election
28 October 1947
All 150 seats in the Folketing
76 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ±
Social Democrats Hans Hedtoft 40.0 57 +9
Venstre Knud Kristensen 27.6 49 +11
Conservative Ole Bjørn Kraft 12.4 17 -9
Social Liberals Jørgen Jørgensen 6.9 10 -1
Communists Aksel Larsen 6.8 9 -9
Justice Oluf Pedersen 4.5 6 +3
Elected in the Faroe Islands
People's Thorstein Petersen 42.7 1 0
Union Andrass Samuelsen 28.4 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect
Knud Kristensen
Venstre		 Hans Hedtoft
Social Democrats

Electoral system changes

Following legislation in December 1947 the representation of the Faroe Islands constituency was increased from one seat to two.[3] The two seats were elected using proportional representation with the D'Hondt method.[3]

Results

Denmark
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party834,08940.057+9
Venstre529,06625.446+8
Conservative People's Party259,32412.417–9
Danish Social Liberal Party144,2066.910–1
Communist Party of Denmark141,0946.89–9
Justice Party of Denmark94,5704.56+3
Capital Venstre[a]45,8292.23New
Danish Unity24,7241.20–4
Schleswig Party7,4640.40New
Independents3,7750.200
Invalid/blank votes4,874–––
Total2,089,0151001480
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a The Copenhagen branch of Venstre ran as a separate party in order to exploit the electoral law and was able to win compensatory seats. Following the election the other parties grouped together to push for changes to the system which were passed in 1948.[4]

Popular vote
A
 
 40.02%
D
 
 27.58%
C
 
 12.44%
B
 
 6.92%
K
 
 6.77%
E
 
 4.54%
R
 
 1.19%
Others
 
 0.54%

Faroe Islands
Party Votes % Seats +/–
People's Party4,13542.710
Union Party2,75428.41+1
Social Democratic Party1,99020.500
Self-Government Party8098.400
Invalid/blank votes34–––
Total9,7221002+1
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p540
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p541
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p506
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