March 1914 Swedish general election

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Swedish general election, March 1914

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All 230 seats in the Riksdag
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Arvid Lindman Hjalmar Branting Axel Schotte
Party Electoral League Social Democrats Free-minded
Last election 64 64 102
Seats won 86 73 71
Seat change Increase22 Increase9 Decrease31
Popular vote 286,250 228,712 245,107
Percentage 37.7% 30.1% 32.2%

Prime Minister before election

Karl Staaff
Free-minded

PM-elect

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

Early general elections were held in Sweden between 27 March and 7 April 1914,[1] after the Riksdag had been prematurely dissolved by the Cabinet of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld.[2] The General Electoral League emerged as the largest party, winning 86 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
General Electoral League 286,250 37.7 86 +22
Free-minded National Association 245,107 32.2 71 –31
Swedish Social Democratic Party 228,712 30.1 73 +9
Other parties 125 0.0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 3,229
Total 763,423 100 230 0
Registered voters/turnout 1,092,454 69.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
AV
37.65%
FL
32.24%
S
30.09%
Others
0.02%
Parliament seats
AV
37.39%
S
31.74%
FL
30.87%

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1864
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1871