Swedish general election, 1917

Swedish general election, 1917
Sweden
1 September 1917

All 230 seats in the Riksdag
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hjalmar Branting Daniel Persson Arvid Lindman
Party Social Democratic Free-minded National Electoral League
Last election 87 57 86
Seats won 86 62 59
Seat change Decrease1 Increase5 Decrease27
Popular vote 228,777 202,936 182,070
Percentage 31.1% 27.6% 24.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Zeth Höglund Erik Eriksson ?
Party Social Democratic Left Farmers' League National Farmers'
Last election New 0 New
Seats won 11 9 3
Seat change Increase11 Increase9 Increase3
Popular vote 59,243 39,262 22,659
Percentage 8.0% 5.3% 3.1%

Prime Minister before election

Carl Swartz
Electoral League

PM-elect

Nils Edén
Free-minded National

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General elections were held in Sweden between 1 and 16 September 1917.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 86 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[2] As a result the Rightist Prime Minister Carl Swartz resigned the premiership and was replaced by Liberal leader Nils Edén.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party228,77731.186–1
Free-minded National Association202,93627.662+5
General Electoral League182,07024.757–29
Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden59,2438.011New
Farmers' League39,2625.39+9
National Farmers' Association22,6593.15New
Other parties1,0370.100
Invalid/blank votes3,066
Total739,0501002300
Registered voters/turnout1,123,96965.8
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, p1871
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