1911 Swedish general election

1911 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren
First party Second party Third party   Leader Karl Staaff Gustaf Fredrik Östberg Hjalmar Branting Party Free-minded Electoral League Social Democrats Seats won 102 64 64 Popular vote 242,795 188,691 172,196 Percentage 40.20% 31.24% 28.51%
PM before election Arvid Lindman Electoral League PM-elect Karl Staaff Free-minded

General elections were held in Sweden between 3 and 24 September 1911, ^[1] the first election in Sweden with universal male suffrage. ^[2] The Free-minded National Association (FL) emerged as the largest party, winning 102 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag. ^[3]

As a result of the election, the General Electoral League's Arvid Lindman resigned as Prime Minister and was replaced by FL leader Karl Staaff.

Results

Main article: Results of the 1911 Swedish general election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Free-minded National Association	242,795	40.20	102	–3
	General Electoral League	188,691	31.24	64	–27
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	172,196	28.51	64	+30
	Other parties	292	0.05	0	New
Total		603,974	100.00	230	0
Valid votes		603,974	99.42
Invalid/blank votes		3,506	0.58
Total votes		607,480	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,066,200	56.98
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Edebalk, Per Gunnar (2000). "Emergence of a Welfare State – Social Insurance in Sweden in the 1910s". Journal of Social Policy. 29 (4): 537–551. doi:10.1017/S0047279400006085.
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1871