1917 Swedish general election

1917 Swedish general election

1 September 1917
All 230 seats in the Riksdag
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hjalmar Branting Daniel Persson Arvid Lindman Party Social Democrats Free-minded Electoral League Last election 87 57 86 Seats won 86 62 59 Seat change 1 5 27 Popular vote 228,777 202,936 182,070 Percentage 31.1% 27.6% 24.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Zeth Höglund Erik Eriksson ? Party SSV Centre National Farmers' Last election New 0 New Seats won 11 9 3 Seat change 11 9 3 Popular vote 59,243 39,262 22,659 Percentage 8.0% 5.3% 3.1%
Prime Minister before election Carl Swartz Electoral League PM-elect Nils Edén Free-minded

General elections were held in Sweden between 1 and 16 September 1917. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 86 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. As a result the Rightist Prime Minister Carl Swartz resigned the premiership and was replaced by Liberal leader Nils Edén.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	228,777	31.1	86	–1
Free-minded National Association	202,936	27.6	62	+5
General Electoral League	182,070	24.7	57	–29
Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden	59,243	8.0	11	New
Farmers' League	39,262	5.3	9	+9
National Farmers' Association	22,659	3.1	5	New
Other parties	1,037	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	3,066	–	–	–
Total	739,050	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,123,969	65.8	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote S   31.08% FL   27.57% AV   24.74% SSV   8.05% B   5.33% JR   3.08% Others   0.14%

Parliament seats S   37.39% FL   26.96% AV   24.78% SSV   4.78% B   3.91% JR   2.17%