September 1914 Swedish general election

September 1914 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Axel Schotte Party Social Democrats Electoral League Free-minded Last election 73 86 71 Seats won 87 86 57 Seat change 13 13 Popular vote 266,133 267,124 196,493 Percentage 36.39% 36.52% 26.87%
Prime Minister before election Hjalmar Hammarskjöld Electoral League PM-elect Hjalmar Hammarskjöld Electoral League

Early general elections were held in Sweden 5 and 13 September 1914, the second that year. ^{[1] [2]} Although the General Electoral League received the most votes, ^[3] the Swedish Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 87 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren, ^[4] and have managed to remain so in every subsequent Swedish election.

Results

Main article: Results of the September 1914 Swedish general election

The General Electoral League and Farmers' League had a tactical arrangement that saw all the votes for the latter land as Electoral League in the constituencies. ^[2] Therefore, the Electoral League may correctly also be attributed 268,631 votes or 36.7%. ^[2]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	General Electoral League	267,124	36.52	86	0
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	266,133	36.39	87	+13
	Free-minded National Association	196,493	26.87	57	–13
	Farmers' League	1,507	0.21	0	New
	Other parties	104	0.01	0	0
Total		731,361	100.00	230	0
Valid votes		731,361	99.44
Invalid/blank votes		4,125	0.56
Total votes		735,486	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,111,767	66.15
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. "Riksdagsmannavalen åren 1912-1913 samt hösten 1914 av Kungl. Statistiska centralbyrån - Valstatistik-Riksdagsmannavalen-1912-1913-hosten1914.pdf" (PDF) (in Swedish). Statistiska Centralbyrån . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1865
4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1871