Swedish general election, 1944

Swedish general election, 1944

1940 ←
17 September 1944
→ 1948

All 230 seats to the second chamber of the Riksdag
116 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Per Albin Hansson Gösta Bagge
Party Social Democrats Moderate Party
Last election 134 seats 42 seats
Seats won 115 seats 39 seats
Seat change -19 -3
Popular vote 1,436,571 488,921
Percentage 46,55% 15,84%

PM before election

Per Albin Hansson
Social Democrats

Elected PM

Per Albin Hansson
Social Democrats

Kingdom of Sweden

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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag held 17 September 1944.

Party Leader Votes Seats
Antal +− % Antal +−
  Social Democrats Per Albin Hansson 1 436 571 46,55 −7,26 115 −19
  Rightist Party Gösta Bagge 488 921 15,84 −2,19 39 −3
  Peasants League Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp 421 094 13,64 +1,66 35 +7
  People's Party Gustaf Andersson 398 293 12,91 +0.94 26 +3
  Communist Party Sven Linderot 318 466 10,32 +6.79 15 +12
  Others 22 959 0,74
No. of valid votes 3 086 304 100,00   230  
Invalid votes ?  
Total 3 099 103
(71,90 %)