1917 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden between 1 and 16 September 1917.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 86 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[2] As a result the Rightist Prime Minister Carl Swartz resigned the premiership and was replaced by Liberal leader Nils Edén.

1917 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Riksdag
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderHjalmar BrantingDaniel PerssonArvid Lindman
PartySocial DemocratsFree-mindedElectoral League
Last election875786
Seats won866259
Seat changeDecrease1Increase5Decrease27
Popular vote228,777202,936182,070
Percentage31.08%27.57%24.74%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
LeaderZeth HöglundErik Eriksson
PartySSVFarmers' LeagueNational Farmers'
Last election0
Seats won1193
Seat changeNewIncrease9New
Popular vote59,24339,26222,659
Percentage8.05%5.33%3.08%

Prime Minister before election

Carl Swartz
Electoral League

PM-elect

Nils Edén
Free-minded

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party228,77731.0886–1
Free-minded National Association202,93627.5762+5
General Electoral League182,07024.7457–29
Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden59,2438.0511New
Farmers' League39,2625.339+9
National Farmers' Association22,6593.085New
Other parties1,0370.1400
Total735,984100.002300
Valid votes735,98499.59
Invalid/blank votes3,0660.41
Total votes739,050100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,123,96965.75
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References edit

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