Swedish general election, 1920
Swedish general election, 1920
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All 230 seats in the Riksdag |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Hjalmar Branting |
Arvid Lindman |
Raoul Hamilton |
Party |
Social Democratic |
Electoral League |
Free-minded National |
Last election |
86 |
59 |
62 |
Seats won |
75 |
70 |
47 |
Seat change |
11 |
11 |
15 |
Popular vote |
195,121 |
183,019 |
143,355 |
Percentage |
29.6% |
27.8% |
21.8% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Leader |
Johan Andersson |
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Zeth Höglund |
Party |
Farmers' League |
National Farmers' |
Social Democratic Left |
Last election |
9 |
3 |
11 |
Seats won |
19 |
10 |
7 |
Seat change |
10 |
7 |
4 |
Popular vote |
52,318 |
40,623 |
42,056 |
Percentage |
7.9% |
6.2% |
6.4% |
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General elections were held in Sweden between 4 and 17 September 1920,[1] the last before universal suffrage was introduced the following year.[2] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 75 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[3] Later in October 1920 Hjalmar Branting was succeeded as Prime Minister by Baron Louis De Geer.
Results
Party |
Votes |
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Seats |
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Swedish Social Democratic Party | 195,121 | 29.6 | 75 | –11 |
General Electoral League | 183,019 | 27.8 | 70 | +11 |
Free-minded National Association | 143,355 | 21.8 | 47 | –15 |
Farmers' League | 52,318 | 7.9 | 19 | +10 |
Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden | 42,056 | 6.4 | 7 | –4 |
National Farmers' Association | 40,623 | 6.2 | 10 | +7 |
Other parties | 1,691 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 2,011 | – | – | – |
Total | 660,194 | 100 | 230 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,192,922 | 55.3 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1853
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1871