Swedish general election, 1958
Swedish general election, 1958
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All 231 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 |
Tage Erlander |
Jarl Hjalmarson |
Bertil Ohlin |
Party |
Social Democratic |
Rightist |
People's |
Last election |
106 |
42 |
58 |
Seats won |
111 |
45 |
38 |
Seat change |
5 |
3 |
20 |
Popular vote |
1,776,667 |
750,332 |
700,019 |
Percentage |
46.2% |
19.5% |
18.2% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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Leader |
Gunnar Hedlund |
Hilding Hagberg |
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Party |
Centre |
Communist |
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Last election |
19 |
6 |
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Seats won |
32 |
5 |
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Seat change |
13 |
1 |
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Popular vote |
486,760 |
129,319 |
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Percentage |
12.7% |
3.4% |
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Early general elections were held in Sweden on 1 June 1958,[1] after the defeat of the Social Democratic government's proposals for a new pensions system in a parliamentary vote. The Social Democrats remained the largest party, winning 111 of the 231 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag,[2] and Tage Erlander's third government was returned to power. In accordance with the law, the new Chamber was elected only to complete the previous Chamber's term, which was due to end in 1960.
They were the last Swedish elections to be held outside of September until snap elections were called for March 2015.
Results
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1,776,667 | 46.2 | 111 | +5 |
Rightist Party | 750,332 | 19.5 | 45 | +3 |
People's Party | 700,019 | 18.2 | 38 | –20 |
Centre Party | 486,760 | 12.7 | 32 | +13 |
Communist Party of Sweden | 129,319 | 3.4 | 5 | –1 |
Other parties | 1,155 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 20,711 | – | – | – |
Total | 3,864,963 | 100 | 231 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 4,992,421 | 77.4 | – | – |
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