Swedish general election, 1956
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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag held September 16, 1956.
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antal | % | +− % | Antal | +− | |||
| Social Democrats | Tage Erlander | 1 729 501 | 44,58 | −1,47 | 106 | −4 | |
| People's Party | Bertil Ohlin | 923 551 | 23,81 | −0,63 | 58 | +/−0 | |
| Right-wing Party | Jarl Hjalmarsson | 663 742 | 17,11 | +2,74 | 42 | +11 | |
| Peasants League | Gunnar Hedlund | 366 567 | 9,45 | −1,29 | 19 | −7 | |
| Communist Party | Hilding Hagberg | 194 017 | 5,00 | +0,66 | 6 | +1 | |
| Others | — | 1 887 | 0,05 | — | — | — | |
| No. of valid votes | 3 879 265 | 100,00 | 231 | +1 | |||
| Invalid votes | ? | ||||||
| Total | ? (79,8 %) |
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The category 'Others' consists almost entirely of votes for the Left Socialist Party in Göteborg and Samlingspartiet in Skåne.
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