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 %)

The category 'Others' consists almost entirely of votes for the Left Socialist Party in Göteborg and Samlingspartiet in Skåne.

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