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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag held 15 September 1940. It is one of two general elections in Swedish history where a single party received more than half of the vote (the other being the election of 1968).
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | ||||
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| Antal | % | +− % | Antal | +− | |||
| Social Democrats | Per Albin Hansson | 1,546,804 | 53.81 | +7.95 | 134 | +22 | |
| Rightist Party | Gösta Bagge | 518,346 | 18.03 | +0.46 | 42 | −2 | |
| Farmers' League | Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp | 344,345 | 11.98 | −2.37 | 28 | −8 | |
| People's Party | Gustaf Andersson | 344,113 | 11.97 | −0.92 | 23 | −4 | |
| Communist Party of Sweden | Sven Linderot | 101,424 | 3.53 | +0.22 | 3 | −2 | |
| Socialist Party | Nils Flyg | 18,432 | 0.64 | −3.74 | 0 | −6 | |
| Left Socialist Party | Albin Ström | 898 | 0.03 | +0.03 | — | — | |
| Others | — | 57 | 0.00 | — | — | — | |
| No. of valid votes | 2,874,417 | 100.00 | 230 | ||||
| Invalid votes | ? | ||||||
| Total | 2,889,137 (70.3 %) |
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