1940 Swedish general election

1940 Swedish general election

15 September 1940
All 230 seats to the Second Chamber of the Riksdag 116 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Per Albin Hansson Gösta Bagge Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Party Social Democrats Moderate Centre Last election 112 44 36 Seats won 134 42 28 Seat change 22 2 8 Popular vote 1,546,804 518,346 344,345 Percentage 53.8% 18.0% 12.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gustaf Andersson Sven Linderot Party Liberals Communist Last election 27 5 Seats won 23 3 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 344,113 101,424 Percentage 12.0% 3.5%
PM before election Per Albin Hansson Social Democrats Elected PM Per Albin Hansson Social Democrats

General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1940. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 134 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. It is one of two general elections in Swedish history where a single party received more than half of the vote (the other occasion being 1968).

Results

Main article: Results of the 1940 Swedish general election

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,546,804	53.8	134	+22
National Organisation of the Right	518,346	18.0	42	–2
Farmers' League	344,345	12.0	28	–8
People's Party	344,113	12.0	23	–4
Communist Party	101,424	3.5	3	–2
Socialist Party	18,430	0.6	0	–6
Other parties	955	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	14,720	–	–	–
Total	2,889,137	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	4,110,720	70.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote S   53.81% H   18.03% B   11.98% FP   11.97% SKP   3.53% SP   0.64% Others   0.03%

Parliament seats S   58.26% H   18.26% B   12.17% FP   10.00% SKP   1.30%