Swedish general election, 1952
Swedish general election, 1952
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General elections were held in Sweden on 21 September 1952.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party with 110 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag and together with the Communist Party of Sweden they got 115 seats and the other parties 115 seats.[2] Tage Erlander and his Social Democratic Party did however form his second government with the Farmers' League already in 1951 and together with that party the Social Democrats now had a majority of 136 seats in the chamber and together with the Communists 141 seats. In the other indirectly elected chamber the Social Democrats had an absolute majority.
The Catalina affair had taken place a few months prior to the election and was highly debated during the time.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1,742,284 | 46.0 | 110 | –2 |
| People's Party | 924,819 | 24.4 | 58 | +1 |
| Right Party | 543,825 | 14.4 | 31 | +8 |
| Farmers' League | 406,183 | 10.7 | 26 | –4 |
| Communist Party of Sweden | 164,194 | 4.3 | 5 | –3 |
| Other parties | 2,402 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 17,577 | – | – | – |
| Total | 3,801,284 | 100 | 230 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,805,216 | 79.1 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
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