1947 Danish Folketing election

Election for the lower house of Danish Parliament 1947 Danish Folketing election Kingdom of Denmark 1945 1950 All 150 seats in the Folketing 76 28 October 1947 Hans Hedtoft Social Democrats (Denmark) 48 57 40.02 Knud Kristensen Venstre (Denmark) 38 49 27.58 Ole Bjørn Kraft Conservative People's Party (Denmark) 26 17 12.44 Jørgen Jørgensen Danish Social Liberal Party 11 10 6.92 Aksel Larsen Communist Party of Denmark 18 9 6.77 Oluf Pedersen Justice Party of Denmark 3 6 4.54 Elected in the Faroe Islands Thorstein Petersen People's Party (Faroe Islands) 1 1 42.68 Andrass Samuelsen Union Party (Faroe Islands) 0 1 28.43 Prime Minister Prime Minister-elect Knud Kristensen Venstre (Denmark) Hans Hedtoft Social Democrats (Denmark) Folketing1947.svg Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 28 October 1947,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 978-3-8329-5609-7 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 86% in Denmark proper and 60% in the Faroes.Nohlen & Stöver, p540 Electoral system changes Following legislation in December 1947 the representation of the Faroe Islands constituency was increased from one seat to two.Nohlen & Stöver, p541 The two seats were elected using proportional representation with the D'Hondt method. Results Denmark proper File:1947 Danish Folketing.svg Social Democrats 834089 57 +9 Venstre 529066 46 +8 Conservative People's Party 259324 17 –9 Danish Social Liberal Party 144206 10 –1 Communist Party of Denmark 141094 9 –9 Justice Party of Denmark 94570 6 +3 Capital VenstreThe 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.Nohlen & Stöver, p506 45829 3 New Danish Unity 24724 0 –4 Schleswig Party 7464 0 New Independents 3775 0 0 4874 2435306 0 y Faroe Islands People's Party 4135 1 0 Union Party 2754 1 +1 Social Democratic Party 1990 0 0 Self-Government 809 0 0 34 16169 +1 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:1947 elections in Denmark Category:October 1947 in Europe Category:Folketing elections