1936 Swedish general election

Swedish general election, 1936

20 September 1936
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 Electoral League Centre Last election 104 58 36 Seats won 112 44 36 Seat change 9 14 0 Popular vote 1,338,120 512,781 418,840 Percentage 45.9% 17.6% 14.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gustaf Andersson Nils Flyg Sven Linderot Party Liberals Socialist Communist Last election 24 6 2 Seats won 27 6 5 Seat change 3 0 3 Popular vote 376,161 127,832 96,519 Percentage 12.9% 4.4% 3.3%
PM before election Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp BdL Elected PM Per Albin Hansson Social Democrats

Party activists handing out ballot papers for their parties outside a polling booth

General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1936. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 112 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party	1,338,120	45.9	112	+8
General Electoral League	512,781	17.6	44	–14
Farmers' League	418,840	14.4	36	0
People's Party	376,161	12.9	27	+3
Socialist Party	127,832	4.4	6	0
Communist Party of Sweden	96,519	3.3	5	+3
National League of Sweden	26,750	0.9	0	New
National Socialist Workers' Party	17,483	0.6	0	New
Swedish National Socialist Party	3,025	0.1	0	0
Other parties	242	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	8,023	–	–	–
Total	2,925,776	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	3,924,598	74.5	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote S   45.86% AV   17.57% B   14.35% FP   12.89% SP   4.38% SKP   3.31% Others   1.63%

Parliament seats S   48.70% AV   19.13% B   15.65% FP   11.74% SP   2.61% SKP   2.17%