1948 Swedish general election

Swedish general election, 1948

19 September 1952
All 230 seats to the second chamber of the Riksdag
First party Second party   Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Party Social Democrats Liberals Last election 115 seats 26 seats Seats won 112 seats 57 seats Seat change -3 +31 Popular vote 1,789,440 882,414 Percentage 46,13% 24,44%
PM before election Tage Erlander Social Democrats Elected PM Tage Erlander Social Democrats

Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag held 19 September 1948.

Party		Leader	Votes			Seats
			Number	%	+− %	Number	+−
	Social Democrats	Tage Erlander	1 789 440	46,13	−0,42	112	−3
	People's Party	Bertil Ohlin	882 414	22,75	+9,84	57	+31
	Peasants League	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp	480 361	12,38	−1,26	30	−5
	Rightist Party	Fritiof Domö	478 779	12,34	−3,5	23	−16
	Communist Party	Sven Linderot	244 812	6,31	−4,01	8	−7
	Others	—	3 293	0,08	—	—	—
No. of valid votes			3 879 099	100,00		230
Invalid votes			?
Total			3 895 161 (82,7 %)

Despite a furious campaign by the opposition and the majority of the Swedish press, the Social Democratic government made only minor losses and could continue its reign.