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Denmark 1947 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 57 of 150 seats with 40.0% of the vote; 85.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.5 points on 1945.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats57+940.0+7.2834,089
Venstre49+1127.6+4.2574,895
Conservative People's Party17−912.4−5.8259,324
Danish Social Liberal Party10−16.9−1.3144,206
Communist Party of Denmark9−96.8−5.7141,094
Justice Party of Denmark6+34.5+2.694,570
Danish Unity0−41.2−1.924,724
Greenland and Faroe Islands2+1

± is the change against the Denmark 1945 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 834,089
  • Venstre 574,895
  • Conservative People's Party 259,324
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 144,206
  • Communist Party of Denmark 141,094
  • Justice Party of Denmark 94,570
  • Danish Unity 24,724
  • Greenland and Faroe Islands

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

Share of the vote

Turnout

85.8% of the 2,435,306 registered voters cast a ballot (2,089,015 ballots), down 0.5 points on 1945. 2,084,141 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democrats40.0% of votes38.0% of seats
  • Venstre27.6% of votes32.7% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party12.4% of votes11.3% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party6.9% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Communist Party of Denmark6.8% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Justice Party of Denmark4.5% of votes4.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.7 by seats; Social Democrats led Venstre by 12.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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