1944 Swedish general election

1944 Swedish general election

← 1940 17 September 1944 1948 →
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 Democrat Moderate Centre Last election 134 42 28 Seats won 115 39 35 Seat change 19 3 7 Popular vote 1,436,571 488,921 421,094 Percentage 46.6% 15.8% 13.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Sven Linderot Party Liberal Communist Last election 23 3 Seats won 26 15 Seat change 3 12 Popular vote 398,293 318,466 Percentage 12.9% 10.3%
PM before election Per Albin Hansson Social Democrat Elected PM Per Albin Hansson Social Democrat

General elections were held in Sweden on 17 September 1944.^[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 115 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.^[2] Due to World War II, the four main parties continued to form a wartime coalition, only excluding the Communist Party.

Results[]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,436,571	46.6	115	–19
National Organization of the Right	488,921	15.8	39	–3
Farmers' League	421,094	13.6	35	+7
People's Party	398,293	12.9	26	+3
Communist Party	318,466	10.3	15	+12
Socialist Party of Sweden	5,279	0.2	0	0
Swedish Socialist Unity	4,204	0.1	0	New
National League of Sweden	3,819	0.1	0	New
Other parties	9,657	0.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	12,799	–	–	–
Total	3,099,103	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	4,310,241	71.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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