Swedish general election, 1944
Swedish general election, 1944
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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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Leader |
Per Albin Hansson |
Gösta Bagge |
Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp |
Party |
Social Democratic |
National Organization |
Farmers' League |
Last election |
134 |
42 |
28 |
Seats won |
115 |
39 |
35 |
Seat change |
19 |
3 |
7 |
Popular vote |
1,436,571 |
488,921 |
421,094 |
Percentage |
46.6% |
15.8% |
13.6% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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Leader |
Gustaf Andersson |
Sven Linderot |
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Party |
People's |
Communist |
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Last election |
23 |
3 |
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Seats won |
26 |
15 |
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Seat change |
3 |
12 |
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Popular vote |
398,293 |
318,466 |
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Percentage |
12.9% |
10.3% |
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General elections were held in Sweden on 17 September 1944.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 115 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[2]
Results
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1,436,571 | 46.6 | 115 | –19 |
National Organization of the Right | 488,921 | 15.8 | 39 | –3 |
Farmers' League | 421,094 | 13.6 | 35 | +7 |
People's Party | 398,293 | 12.9 | 26 | +3 |
Communist Party of Sweden | 318,466 | 10.3 | 15 | +12 |
Socialist Party of Sweden | 5,279 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Swedish Socialist Unity | 4,204 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
National League of Sweden | 3,819 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Other parties | 9,657 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 12,799 | – | – | – |
Total | 3,099,103 | 100 | 230 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 4,310,241 | 71.9 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1872