List of elections in 1947

Africa

• Algerian municipal elections
• 1946–1947 Moyen-Congo Representative Council election
• 1946–47 Chadian General Council election
• 1946–47 Dahomeyan General Council election
• 1946–47 French Sudan General Council election
• Gabonese Representative Council election, 1946−47
• Gambian legislative election
• Guinean General Council election, 1946−47
• 1946–47 Ivorian General Council election
• 1946–1947 Moyen-Congo Representative Council election
• Nigerian general election
• Nigerien General Council election, 1946−47

Asia

• 1947 Burmese general election
• Cambodian general election
• Ceylonese parliamentary election
• Iranian legislative election
• Japanese general election
• Japanese House of Councillors election
• Laotian parliamentary election
• Lebanese general election
• North Korean local elections
• Philippine Senate election
• Republic of China National Assembly election
• Soviet Union regional elections
• Syrian parliamentary election
• Transjordanian general election

Australia

• 1947 Queensland state election
• 1947 South Australian state election
• 1947 Western Australian state election

Europe

• 1947 Maltese general election
• 1947 Norwegian local elections
• 1947 Soviet Union regional elections

Denmark

• Folketing election
• Landsting election

France

• presidential election

Germany

• Rhineland-Palatinate: state election
• Schleswig-Holstein: state election
• Lower Saxony: state election
• North Rhine-Westphalia: state election
• Saarland: state election
• Bremen: state election

Hungary

• parliamentary election

Poland

• legislative election
• presidential election

United Kingdom

• Epsom by-election
• Gravesend by-election
• Liverpool Edge Hill by-election
• Normanton by-election

United Kingdom local

English local

• 1947 Manchester Council election

Americas

North America

Caribbean

• 1947 Dominican Republic general election

Canada

• 1947 Edmonton municipal election
• 1947 Prince Edward Island general election
• 1947 Toronto municipal election
• 1947 Yukon general election

United States

• 1947 United States gubernatorial elections
• 1947 New York state election

United States mayoral elections

• 1947 Baltimore mayoral election
• 1947 Chicago mayoral election
• 1947 Cleveland mayoral election
• 1947 Evansville mayoral election
• 1947 Indianapolis mayoral election
• 1947 Manchester mayoral election
• 1947 Philadelphia mayoral election
• 1947 San Diego mayoral election
• 1947 San Francisco mayoral election

Central and South America

• Bolivian general election
• Brazilian legislative election
• Colombian parliamentary election
• Ecuadorian parliamentary election
• 1947 Guatemalan parliamentary election
• Nicaragua:
• * Constitutional Assembly election
• * general election
• * presidential election
• Venezuelan general election