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September 1914 Swedish general election

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September 1914 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Riksdag
  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 Increase13 Steady0 Decrease13
Popular vote 266,133 267,124 196,493
Percentage 36.4% 36.5% 26.9%

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]

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]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
General Electoral League 267,124 36.5 86 0
Social Democratic Party 266,133 36.4 87 +13
Free-minded National Association 196,493 26.9 57 –13
Farmers' League 1,507 0.2 0 New
Other parties 104 0.0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 4,125
Total 735,486 100 230 0
Registered voters/turnout 1,111,767 66.2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
AV
36.52%
S
36.39%
FL
26.87%
B
0.21%
Others
0.01%
Parliament seats
S
37.83%
AV
37.39%
FL
24.78%

References

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