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1917 Swedish general election

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1917 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hjalmar Branting Daniel Persson Arvid Lindman
Party Social Democrats Free-minded Electoral League
Last election 87 57 86
Seats won 86 62 59
Seat change Decrease1 Increase5 Decrease27
Popular vote 228,777 202,936 182,070
Percentage 31.08% 27.57% 24.74%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Zeth Höglund Erik Eriksson
Party SSV Farmers' League National Farmers'
Last election 0
Seats won 11 9 3
Seat change New Increase9 New
Popular vote 59,243 39,262 22,659
Percentage 8.05% 5.33% 3.08%

Prime Minister before election

Carl Swartz
Electoral League

PM-elect

Nils Edén
Free-minded

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 Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.[2] As a result the Rightist Prime Minister Carl Swartz resigned the premiership and was replaced by Liberal leader Nils Edén.

Results

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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

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