September 1914 Swedish general election

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September 1914 Swedish general election
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  March 1914 5 September 1914 1917  

All 230 seats in the Riksdag
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Hjalmar branting stor bild.jpg Arvid Lindman.jpg Axel Schotte 1928.JPG
Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Axel Schotte
Party Social Democrats Electoral League Free-minded
Last election738671
Seats won878657
Seat changeIncrease2.svg13Steady2.svg0Decrease2.svg13
Popular vote266,133267,124196,493
Percentage36.39%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 Second Chamber, [4] and have managed to remain so in every subsequent Swedish election.

Results

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]

Sweden Riksdag 1914.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
General Electoral League 267,12436.52860
Swedish Social Democratic Party 266,13336.3987+13
Free-minded National Association 196,49326.8757–13
Farmers' League 1,5070.210New
Other parties1040.0100
Total731,361100.002300
Valid votes731,36199.44
Invalid/blank votes4,1250.56
Total votes735,486100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,111,76766.15
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

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