Danish Folketing election, 1947

Danish Folketing election, 1947

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All 150 seats to the Folketing 76 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hans Hedtoft Knud Kristensen Ole Bjørn Kraft Party Social Democrats Venstre Conservative People's Last election 48 seats, 32.8% 38 seats, 23.4% 26 seats, 18.2% Seats won 57 49 17 Seat change 9 11 9 Popular vote 834,089 574,895 259,324 Percentage 40.0% 27.6% 12.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jørgen Jørgensen Aksel Larsen Oluf Pedersen Party Social Liberals Communists Justice Last election 11 seats, 8.4% 18 seats, 12.5% 3 seats, 1.9% Seats won 10 9 6 Seat change 1 9 3 Popular vote 144,206 141,094 94,570 Percentage 6.9% 6.8% 4.5%
Prime Minister before election Knud Kristensen Venstre Prime Minister-elect Hans Hedtoft Social Democrats

Knud Kristensen
Venstre

Hans Hedtoft
Social Democrats

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 28 October 1947, 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.

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

^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.

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