Swedish general election, 1940
Swedish general election, 1940
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General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1940.[2] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 134 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[3] It is one of two general elections in Swedish history where a single party received more than half of the vote (the other occasion being 1968).
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1,546,804 | 53.8 | 134 | +22 |
| National Organisation of the Right | 518,346 | 18.0 | 42 | –2 |
| Farmers' League | 344,345 | 12.0 | 28 | –8 |
| People's Party | 344,113 | 12.0 | 23 | –4 |
| Communist Party of Sweden | 101,424 | 3.5 | 3 | –2 |
| Socialist Party | 18,430 | 0.6 | 0 | –6 |
| Other parties | 955 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 14,720 | – | – | – |
| Total | 2,889,137 | 100 | 230 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,110,720 | 70.3 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
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