Swedish general election, September 1914

Swedish general election, September 1914
Sweden
5 September 1914

All 230 seats in the Riksdag
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Axel Schotte
Party Social Democratic Electoral League Free-minded National
Last election 73 86 71
Seats won 87 86 57
Seat change Increase13 Steady0 Decrease13
Popular vote 266,133 267,124 196,493
Percentage 36.4% 36.5% 26.9%

Prime Minister before election

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

PM-elect

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

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Early general elections were held in Sweden 5 and 13 September 1914, the second that year.[1] Although the General Electoral League received the most votes,[2] the Swedish Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 87 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
General Electoral League267,12436.5860
Swedish Social Democratic Party266,13336.487+13
Free-minded National Association196,49326.957–13
Farmers' League1,5070.20New
Other parties1040.000
Invalid/blank votes4,125
Total735,4861002300
Registered voters/turnout1,111,76766.2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1865
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1871
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