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1936 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag
116 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Per Albin Hansson Gösta Bagge Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Party Social Democrats Electoral League Farmers' League
Last election 104 58 36
Seats won 112 44 36
Seat change Increase8 Decrease14 Steady
Popular vote 1,338,120 512,781 418,840
Percentage 45.86% 17.57% 14.35%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gustaf Andersson Nils Flyg Sven Linderot
Party People's Party Socialist Communist
Last election 24 6 2
Seats won 27 6 5
Seat change Increase3 Steady Increase3
Popular vote 376,161 127,832 96,519
Percentage 12.89% 4.38% 3.31%

Largest bloc and seats won by constituency

PM before election

Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Centre

Elected PM

Per Albin Hansson
Social Democrats

Party activists for the NSAP handing out ballot papers for their parties outside a polling booth

General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1936. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 112 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.

Results

Main article: Results of the 1936 Swedish general election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party1,338,12045.86112+8
General Electoral League512,78117.5744–14
Farmers' League418,84014.35360
People's Party376,16112.8927+3
Socialist Party127,8324.3860
Communist Party96,5193.315+3
National League26,7500.920New
National Socialist Workers' Party17,4830.600New
Swedish National Socialist Party3,0250.1000
Centre Party960.0000
Other parties1460.0100
Total2,917,753100.002300
Valid votes2,917,75399.73
Invalid/blank votes8,0230.27
Total votes2,925,776100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,924,59874.55
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, SCB

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
  3. Arneson, Ben A. (1937). "Workers' Parties Show Gains in Sweden and Norway". American Political Science Review. 31 (1): 97–99. doi:10.2307/1948050. ISSN 0003-0554.
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