1936 Swedish general election

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1936 Swedish general election
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All 230 seats to the Second Chamber of the Riksdag
116 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Per Albin Hansson - Sveriges styresmän.jpg Gösta Bagge.jpg Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp.jpg
Leader Per Albin Hansson Gösta Bagge Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Party Social Democrat Electoral League Centre
Last election 104 58 36
Seats won 112 44 36
Seat change Increase9 Decrease14 Steady0
Popular vote 1,338,120 512,781 418,840
Percentage 45.9% 17.6% 14.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Gustaf Andersson i Rasjön.jpg Nils Flyg.jpg Sven Linderot.jpg
Leader Nils Flyg Sven Linderot
Party Liberal Socialist Communist
Last election 24[1] 6[2] 2
Seats won 27 6 5
Seat change Increase3 Steady0 Increase3
Popular vote 376,161 127,832 96,519
Percentage 12.9% 4.4% 3.3%
PM before election

Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Centre

Elected PM

Per Albin Hansson
Social Democrat

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

General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1936.[3] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 112 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[4][5]

Results[]

Main article: Results of the 1936 Swedish general election
Sweden Riksdag 1936.svg
Party Votes % Seats +/–
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 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%

References[]

  1. ^ Total seats of the Free-minded National Association and Liberal Party of Sweden.
  2. ^ As Kilbommare Communists
  3. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
  5. ^ Arneson, Ben A. (1937). "Workers' Parties Show Gains in Sweden and Norway". American Political Science Review. 31 (1): 97–99. doi:10.2307/1948050. ISSN 0003-0554.
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