1917 Swedish general election
General elections were held in Sweden between 1 and 16 September 1917.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 86 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[2] As a result the Rightist Prime Minister Carl Swartz resigned the premiership and was replaced by Liberal leader Nils Edén.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
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| Social Democratic Party | 228,777 | 31.1 | 86 | –1 | ||
| Free-minded National Association | 202,936 | 27.6 | 62 | +5 | ||
| General Electoral League | 182,070 | 24.7 | 57 | –29 | ||
| Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden | 59,243 | 8.0 | 11 | New | ||
| Farmers' League | 39,262 | 5.3 | 9 | +9 | ||
| National Farmers' Association | 22,659 | 3.1 | 5 | New | ||
| Other parties | 1,037 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,066 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 739,050 | 100 | 230 | 0 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,123,969 | 65.8 | – | – | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||
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