September 1914 Swedish general election

September 1914 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Riksdag
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Party Social Democratic Electoral League Liberals Last election 73 86 71 Seats won 87 86 57 Seat change 13 0 13 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][2] Although the General Electoral League received the most votes,^[3] the Swedish Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 87 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber,^[4] and have managed to remain so in every subsequent Swedish election.

Results[]

The General Electoral League and Farmers' League had a tactical arrangement that saw all the votes for the latter land as Electoral League in the constituencies.^[2] Therefore, the Electoral League may correctly also be attributed 268,631 votes or 36.7%.^[2]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
General Electoral League	267,124	36.5	86	0
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

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