| Election Name: | 1947 Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary |
| Type: | presidential |
| Country: | Mississippi |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg |
| Previous Election: | 1943 Mississippi gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1943 |
| Next Election: | 1951 Mississippi gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1951 |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1947 |
| Image1: | Fielding L. Wright, 1948.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Fielding L. Wright |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 182,771 |
| Percentage1: | 51.71% |
| Candidate2: | Paul B. Johnson Jr. |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 112,123 |
| Percentage2: | 30.70% |
| Image3: | 3x4.svg |
| Candidate3: | Jesse M. Byrd |
| Party3: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote3: | 37,997 |
| Percentage3: | 10.40% |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Fielding L. Wright |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Fielding L. Wright |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1947 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1947, to elect the governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Fielding L. Wright, who had succeeded to the governorship a year prior following the death of Thomas L. Bailey, ran for election to a first full term.
As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate won in a landslide, so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election. In fact, this was the first election since 1881 in which the Republican Party even fielded a nominal candidate, former Governor of Nebraska George L. Sheldon, and the first since 1919 in which any opposition party did.
In the Democratic primary, incumbent Governor Fielding L. Wright defeated lawyer Paul B. Johnson Jr., the son of former Governor Paul B. Johnson Sr., and three other candidates. He received a majority (55%) of the vote, thereby eliminating the need for a runoff.
In the general election, Wright ran against Republican George L. Sheldon, who served as Governor of Nebraska from 1907 until 1909. Sheldon moved to Mississippi after his service as governor and served a single term in the Mississippi House of Representatives, becoming an influential figure in the state Republican Party. However, the Republicans had such minimal influence in Mississippi at the time that Wright won in a landslide with almost 98% of the vote.