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September 1914 Swedish general election

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September 1914 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren
  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 Steady Decrease13
Popular vote 266,133 267,124 196,493
Percentage 36.39% 36.52% 26.87%

Prime Minister before election

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

PM-elect

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

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 Andra kammaren,[4] and have managed to remain so in every subsequent Swedish election.

Results

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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]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
General Electoral League267,12436.52860
Swedish Social Democratic Party266,13336.3987+13
Free-minded National Association196,49326.8757–13
Farmers' League1,5070.210New
Other parties1040.0100
Total731,361100.002300
Valid votes731,36199.44
Invalid/blank votes4,1250.56
Total votes735,486100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,111,76766.15
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b c "Riksdagsmannavalen åren 1912-1913 samt hösten 1914 av Kungl. Statistiska centralbyrån - Valstatistik-Riksdagsmannavalen-1912-1913-hosten1914.pdf" (PDF) (in Swedish). Statistiska Centralbyrån. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1865
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1871