Swedish general election, 1940
Swedish general election, 1940
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All 230 seats to the Second Chamber of the Riksdag 116 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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![](../I/m/Per_Albin_Hansson_-_Sveriges_styresm%C3%A4n.jpg) |
![](../I/m/G%C3%B6sta_Bagge.jpg) |
![](../I/m/Axel_Pehrsson-Bramstorp.jpg) |
Leader |
Per Albin Hansson |
Gösta Bagge |
Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp |
Party |
Social Democratic |
National Organization |
Farmers' League |
Last election |
112 |
44[1] |
36 |
Seats won |
134 |
42 |
28 |
Seat change |
22 |
2 |
8 |
Popular vote |
1,546,804 |
518,346 |
344,345 |
Percentage |
53.81% |
18.03% |
12.0% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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![](../I/m/Gustaf_Andersson_i_Rasj%C3%B6n.jpg) |
![](../I/m/Sven_Linderot.jpg) |
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Leader |
Gustaf Andersson |
Sven Linderot |
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Party |
People's |
Communist |
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Last election |
27 |
5 |
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Seats won |
23 |
3 |
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Seat change |
4 |
2 |
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Popular vote |
344,113 |
101,424 |
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Percentage |
12.0% |
3.5% |
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General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1940.[2] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 134 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[3] It is one of two general elections in Swedish history where a single party received more than half of the vote (the other occasion being 1968).
Results
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
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Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1,546,804 | 53.8 | 134 | +22 |
National Organisation of the Right | 518,346 | 18.0 | 42 | –2 |
Farmers' League | 344,345 | 12.0 | 28 | –8 |
People's Party | 344,113 | 12.0 | 23 | –4 |
Communist Party of Sweden | 101,424 | 3.5 | 3 | –2 |
Socialist Party | 18,430 | 0.6 | 0 | –6 |
Other parties | 955 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 14,720 | – | – | – |
Total | 2,889,137 | 100 | 230 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 4,110,720 | 70.3 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ As General Electoral League
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1872