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Swedish general election, September 1914
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All 230 seats in the Riksdag
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Axel Schotte
Party Social Democrats Electoral League Free-minded
Last election 73 86 71
Seats won 87 86 57
Seat change Increase13 Steady0 Decrease13
Popular vote 266,133 267,124 196,493
Percentage 36.4% 36.5% 26.9%
Prime Minister before election

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

PM-elect

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

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Early general elections were held in Sweden 5 and 13 September 1914, the second that year.[1] Although the General Electoral League received the most votes,[2] the Swedish Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 87 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
General Electoral League 267,124 36.5 86 0
Swedish Social Democratic Party 266,133 36.4 87 +13
Free-minded National Association 196,493 26.9 57 –13
Farmers' League 1,507 0.2 0 New
Other parties 104 0.0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 4,125 – – –
Total 735,486 100 230 0
Registered voters/turnout 1,111,767 66.2 – –
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1865
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1871
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