1952 Swedish general election

Swedish general election, 1952

21 September 1952
All 230 seats to the Second Chamber of the Riksdag 116 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Jarl Hjalmarson Party Social Democrats Liberals Moderate Last election 112 57 23 Seats won 110 58 31 Seat change 2 1 8 Popular vote 1,742,284 924,819 543,825 Percentage 46.1% 24.4% 14.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gunnar Hedlund Hilding Hagberg Party BdL Communist Last election 30 8 Seats won 26 5 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 406,183 164,194 Percentage 10.7% 4.3%
PM before election Tage Erlander Social Democrats Elected PM Tage Erlander Social Democrats

General elections were held in Sweden on 21 September 1952. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party with 110 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag and together with the Communist Party of Sweden they got 115 seats and the other parties 115 seats. Tage Erlander and his Social Democratic Party did however form his second government with the Farmers' League already in 1951 and together with that party the Social Democrats now had a majority of 136 seats in the chamber and together with the Communists 141 seats. In the other indirectly elected chamber the Social Democrats had an absolute majority.

The Catalina affair had taken place a few months prior to the election and was highly debated during the time.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party	1,742,284	46.0	110	–2
People's Party	924,819	24.4	58	+1
Right Party	543,825	14.4	31	+8
Farmers' League	406,183	10.7	26	–4
Communist Party of Sweden	164,194	4.3	5	–3
Other parties	2,402	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	17,577	–	–	–
Total	3,801,284	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	4,805,216	79.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver