Results of the 1952 Swedish general election

Sweden held a general election on 21 September 1952.^[1]^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
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	164,194	4.3	5	–3
Other parties	2,402	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	17,577	–	–	–
Valid votes	3,783,707	–	–	–
Total	3,801,284	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	4,805,216	79.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote

S			46.05%
FP			24.44%
H			14.37%
B			10.74%
SKP			4.34%
Others			0.06%

Parliament seats

S			47.83%
FP			25.22%
H			13.48%
B			11.30%
SKP			2.17%

Regional results

Percentage share

Location	Share	Votes	S	FP	H	B	K	Other	Left	Right
Götaland	47.5	1,841,051	43.5	23.7	16.1	13.5	3.1	0.1	46.6	53.3
Svealand	35.7	1,350,603	47.1	27.9	13.6	6.7	4.7	0.0	51.9	48.1
Norrland	15.6	592,053	51.6	19.0	10.6	11.6	7.3	0.0	58.9	41.1
Total	100.0	3,873,707	46.0	24.4	14.4	10.7	4.3	0.1	50.4	49.6
Source: SCB ^[1]

By votes

Location	Share	Votes	S	FP	H	B	K	Other	Left	Right
Götaland	47.5	1,841,051	800,348	436,245	297,245	247,765	57,118	2,330	857,466	981,255
Svealand	35.7	1,350,603	636,607	376,156	184,071	89,876	63,839	54	700,446	650,103
Norrland	15.6	592,053	305,329	112,418	62,509	68,542	43,237	18	348,566	243,469
Total	100.0	3,873,707	1,742,284	924,819	543,825	406,183	164,194	2,402	1,906,478	1,874,827
Source: SCB ^[1]

Constituency results

Percentage share

Location	Land	Share	Votes	S	FP	H	B	K	Other	Left	Right
Blekinge	G	1.9	71,943	46.2	28.4	12.3	10.3	2.8	0.0	49.0	51.0
Bohuslän	G	2.8	105,583	39.9	31.9	13.2	11.5	3.5	0.0	43.4	56.6
Gothenburg	G	5.4	204,150	35.8	40.9	10.8	0.2	11.2	1.1	47.0	51.9
Gotland	G	0.8	30,156	35.8	19.1	15.9	29.1	0.1	0.0	36.0	64.0
Gävleborg	N	3.8	144,806	53.9	19.4	7.6	11.2	7.9	0.0	61.8	38.2
Halland	G	2.3	88,631	38.5	18.3	13.9	27.4	1.9	0.0	40.4	59.6
Jämtland	N	1.9	71,609	53.8	14.3	17.1	14.8	0.0	0.0	53.8	46.2
Jönköping	G	4.0	149,857	41.0	26.1	14.2	16.6	2.1	0.0	43.1	56.9
Kalmar	G	3.2	120,701	44.6	13.4	20.5	19.2	2.3	0.0	46.9	53.1
Kopparberg	S	3.6	136,075	51.8	22.6	10.0	12.0	3.6	0.0	55.4	44.6
Kristianstad	G	3.5	133,920	43.0	21.7	17.6	17.7	0.0	0.0	43.0	57.0
Kronoberg	G	2.2	81,853	39.9	16.2	18.4	22.3	3.2	0.0	43.1	56.9
Malmö area	G	5.1	191,829	53.9	19.3	24.4	0.3	2.1	0.0	56.0	44.0
Malmöhus	G	3.8	144,083	49.8	17.7	12.3	19.8	0.4	0.0	50.2	49.8
Norrbotten	N	2.9	110,214	50.0	11.9	12.1	8.7	17.3	0.0	67.3	32.7
Skaraborg	G	3.5	132,273	35.9	27.0	15.7	19.5	1.9	0.0	37.7	62.3
Stockholm (city)	S	11.4	431,880	38.8	36.3	18.2	0.2	6.5	0.0	45.3	54.7
Stockholm County	S	5.1	191,303	44.4	29.7	15.6	5.3	5.0	0.0	49.4	50.6
Södermanland	S	3.2	120,426	55.0	23.2	9.5	10.7	1.6	0.0	56.6	43.4
Uppsala	S	2.2	82,328	48.3	23.3	13.7	12.7	2.0	0.0	50.3	49.7
Värmland	S	4.0	149,764	52.2	19.9	12.1	10.2	5.6	0.0	57.8	42.2
Västerbotten	N	3.0	115,309	46.0	28.2	11.9	11.9	2.0	0.0	48.1	51.9
Västernorrland	N	4.0	150,115	53.7	18.9	8.2	12.3	6.9	0.0	60.6	39.4
Västmanland	S	2.8	105,703	56.1	20.6	8.0	11.6	3.7	0.0	59.8	40.2
Älvsborg N	G	2.7	103,321	41.4	28.1	12.0	16.2	2.3	0.0	43.7	56.3
Älvsborg S	G	2.5	93,064	39.9	17.9	25.0	14.3	2.9	0.0	42.9	57.1
Örebro	S	3.5	133,124	52.6	24.9	9.6	8.7	4.2	0.0	56.9	43.1
Östergötland	G	5.0	189,687	52.2	18.6	15.7	10.4	3.1	0.0	55.3	44.7
Total		100.0	3,873,707	46.0	24.4	14.4	10.7	4.3	0.1	50.4	49.6
Source: SCB ^[1]

By votes

Location	Land	Share	Votes	S	FP	H	B	K	Other	Left	Right
Blekinge	G	1.9	71,943	33,247	20,390	8,850	7,432	2,024		35,271	36,672
Bohuslän	G	2.8	105,583	42,169	33,706	13,894	12,124	3,689	1	45,858	59,724
Gothenburg	G	5.4	204,150	73,149	83,499	22,039	330	22,828	2,305	95,977	105,868
Gotland	G	0.8	30,156	10,803	5,740	4,791	8,779	40	3	10,843	19,310
Gävleborg	N	3.8	144,806	78,019	28,156	10,967	16,168	11,494	2	89,513	55,291
Halland	G	2.3	88,631	34,149	16,202	12,348	24,233	1,696	3	35,845	52,783
Jämtland	N	1.9	71,609	38,516	10,266	12,233	10,589	2	3	38,518	33,088
Jönköping	G	4.0	149,857	61,433	39,136	21,343	24,826	3,118	1	64,551	85,305
Kalmar	G	3.2	120,701	53,847	16,107	24,725	23,213	2,808	1	56,655	64,045
Kopparberg	S	3.6	136,075	70,423	30,703	13,672	16,346	4,928	3	75,351	60,721
Kristianstad	G	3.5	133,920	57,572	29,085	23,515	23,744	3	1	57,575	76,344
Kronoberg	G	2.2	81,853	32,695	13,270	15,061	18,208	2,618	1	35,313	46,539
Malmö area	G	5.1	191,829	103,337	36,978	46,750	626	4,137	1	107,474	84,354
Malmöhus	G	3.8	144,083	71,684	25,481	17,674	28,593	642	9	72,326	71,748
Norrbotten	N	2.9	110,214	55,148	13,052	13,354	9,628	19,025	7	74,173	36,034
Skaraborg	G	3.5	132,273	47,423	35,722	20,817	25,859	2,452		49,875	82,398
Stockholm (city)	S	11.4	431,880	167,709	156,768	78,559	896	27,912	36	195,621	236,223
Stockholm County	S	5.1	191,303	84,899	56,813	29,866	10,194	9,531		94,430	96,873
Södermanland	S	3.2	120,426	66,262	27,962	11,376	12,930	1,894	2	68,156	52,268
Uppsala	S	2.2	82,328	39,763	19,148	11,289	10,475	1,649	4	41,412	40,912
Värmland	S	4.0	149,764	78,167	29,872	18,060	15,269	8,393	3	86,560	63,201
Västerbotten	N	3.0	115,309	53,059	32,559	13,660	13,675	2,352	4	55,411	59,894
Västernorrland	N	4.0	150,115	80,587	28,385	12,295	18,482	10,364	2	90,951	59,162
Västmanland	S	2.8	105,703	59,330	21,767	8,468	12,235	3,899	4	63,229	42,470
Älvsborg N	G	2.7	103,321	42,750	29,010	12,430	16,754	2,374	3	45,124	58,194
Älvsborg S	G	2.5	93,064	37,164	16,642	23,272	13,268	2,717	1	39,881	53,182
Örebro	S	3.5	133,124	70,054	33,123	12,781	11,531	5,633	2	75,687	57,435
Östergötland	G	5.0	189,687	98,926	35,277	29,736	19,776	5,972		104,898	84,789
Total		100.0	3,783,707	1,742,284	924,819	543,825	406,183	164,194	2,402	1,906,478	1,874,827
Source: SCB ^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Riksdagsmannavalen åren 1949-1952 - Valstatistik-Riksdagsmannavalen-1949-1950-1951-1952.pdf" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[SCB-1] "Riksdagsmannavalen åren 1949-1952 - Valstatistik-Riksdagsmannavalen-1949-1950-1951-1952.pdf" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

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

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