1920 Swedish general election

1920 Swedish general election

4 September 1920
All 230 seats in the Riksdag
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Raoul Hamilton Party Social Democrats Electoral League Free-minded Last election 86 59 62 Seats won 75 71 47 Seat change 11 12 15 Popular vote 195,121 183,019 143,355 Percentage 29.6% 27.8% 21.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Johan Andersson ? Zeth Höglund Party Centre National Farmers' SSV Last election 9 3 11 Seats won 20 10 7 Seat change 9 5 4 Popular vote 52,318 40,623 42,056 Percentage 7.9% 6.2% 6.4%
Prime Minister before election Hjalmar Branting Social Democrats PM-elect Louis de Geer Independent

General elections were held in Sweden between 4 and 17 September 1920, the last before universal suffrage was introduced the following year. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 75 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. Later in October 1920 Hjalmar Branting was succeeded as Prime Minister by Baron Louis De Geer.

Results

Main article: Results of the 1920 Swedish general election

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	195,121	29.6	75	–11
General Electoral League	183,019	27.8	71	+14
Free-minded National Association	143,355	21.8	47	–15
Farmers' League	52,318	7.9	20	+9
Social Democratic Left Party	42,056	6.4	7	–4
National Farmers' Association	40,623	6.2	10	+5
Other parties	1,691	0.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	2,011	–	–	–
Total	660,194	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,192,922	55.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote S   29.65% AV   27.81% FL   21.78% B   7.95% SSV   6.39% JR   6.17% Others   0.26%

Parliament seats S   32.61% AV   30.87% FL   20.43% B   8.70% JR   4.35% SSV   3.04%