Swedish general election, 1928

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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag were held 15 September21 September 1928. This election is often called "The Cossack Election", due to the aggressive criticsm against the Social Democrats by the right-wing and liberal parties.

Party Leader Votes Seats
Number ± % Number ±
  Social Democrats Per Albin Hansson 874,267 37.0 ? 90 −15
  Right-wing Party Arvid Lindman 692,350 29.4 ? 73 +8
  Free-minded People's Party Carl Gustaf Ekman 305,632 ? ? 28 −1
  Peasants League Olof Olsson 262,756 11.2 ? 27 +4
  Communist Party of Sweden Nils Flyg 151,729 6.4 ? 8 +4
  Liberal Party of Sweden Eliel Löfgren 70,861 ? ? 4 0
No. of valid votes ? 100.0   230  
Invalid votes ?  
Total 2,363,168
(67,4 %)

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