1947 Queensland state election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1947 Queensland state election

| country = Queensland

| type = parliamentary

| vote_type = Popular

| ongoing =

| previous_election = 1944 Queensland state election

| previous_year = 1944

| outgoing_members = Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947

| elected_members = Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950

| next_election = 1950 Queensland state election

| next_year = 1950

| seats_for_election= All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly
{{small|32 seats are needed for a majority}}

| election_date = 3 May 1947

| opinion_polls =

| registered = 697,405 {{small|{{increase}} 6.3%}}

| turnout = 632,909 (90.75%)
({{increase}} 12.58pp)

| image1 = 170x170px

| image1_size =

| colour1 =

| leader1 = Ned Hanlon

| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)

| last_election1 = 38 seats, 46.23%

| seats_before1 = 39 seats{{efn|name=Yeates|Following the death of Country MP for East Toowoomba, Herbert Yeates, in 1945, a by-election was held in March of the following year. Approximately {{ayd|2 March 1946|3 May 1947|sep=and}} out from the next state election, the seat was won by Labor candidate Les Wood by less than two-hundred votes.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151456730 |title=Labour Wins East Toowoomba |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |issue=23,107 |date=4 March 1946 |accessdate=2 February 2023 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia }}}}

| seats1 = 35

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 4

| popular_vote1 = 272,203

| percentage1 = 43.00%

| swing1 = {{decrease}} 3.23

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| colour2 = 008000

| leader2 = Frank Nicklin

| party2 = Country

| last_election2 = 12 seats, 17.28%

| seats_before2 = 11 seats{{efn|name=Yeates}}

| seats2 = 14

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 3

| popular_vote2 = 129,158

| percentage2 = 20.40%

| swing2 = {{increase}} 3.12

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| colour4 = 406AE0

| leader4 = Bruce Pie

| party4 = People's Party

| last_election4 = 7 seats, 24.29%

| seats_before4 = 7 seats

| seats4 = 9

| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 2

| popular_vote4 = 160,623

| percentage4 = 25.38%

| swing4 = {{increase}} 1.09

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| colour5 = CD2027

| leader5 = Jack Henry

| party5 = Communist

| last_election5 = 1 seat, 2.43%

| seats_before5 = 1 seat

| seats5 = 1

| seat_change5 = {{steady}}

| popular_vote5 = 7,870

| percentage5 = 1.24

| swing5 = {{decrease}} 1.19

| leader_since1 = 7 March 1946

| leaders_seat1 = Ithaca

| leader_since2 = 21 May 1941

| leaders_seat2 = Murrumba

| leader_since4 = 8 March 1946

| leaders_seat4 = Windsor

| leader_since5 = March 1937

| leaders_seat5 =

| map_image = Svgfiles 2023-05-29-01-34-52-100888-15918186800727738302.svg

| map_size = 250px

| map_caption = Legislative Assembly after the election

| title = Premier

| before_election = Frank Arthur Cooper

| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)

| posttitle = Elected Premier

| after_election = Ned Hanlon

| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)

}}

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 May 1947 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The election was the first that the Labor government had contested under Premier Ned Hanlon, who had been in office for 14 months by the time of the poll.

The election resulted in Labor receiving a sixth term in office. It was the first Queensland election at which all seats were contested by at least two candidates.