1920 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden between 4 and 17 September 1920,[1] the last before universal suffrage was introduced the following year.[2] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 75 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[3] Later in October 1920 Hjalmar Branting was succeeded as prime minister by Baron Louis De Geer.

1920 Swedish general election

4 September 1920

All 230 seats in the Riksdag
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Raoul Hamilton
Party Social Democrat Electoral League Liberal
Last election 86 59 62
Seats won 75 71 47
Seat change 11 12 15
Popular vote 195,121 183,019 143,355
Percentage 29.6% 27.8% 21.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Johan Andersson  ? Zeth Höglund
Party Centre National Farmers' Social Democratic Left
Last election 9 3 11
Seats won 20 10 7
Seat change 9 5 4
Popular vote 52,318 40,623 42,056
Percentage 7.9% 6.2% 6.4%

Prime Minister before election

Hjalmar Branting
Social Democrat

PM-elect

Louis de Geer
Independent

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party195,12129.675–11
General Electoral League183,01927.871+14
Free-minded National Association143,35521.847–15
Farmers' League52,3187.920+9
Social Democratic Left Party42,0566.47–4
National Farmers' Association40,6236.210+5
Other parties1,6910.300
Invalid/blank votes2,011
Total660,1941002300
Registered voters/turnout1,192,92255.3
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
S
29.65%
AV
27.81%
FL
21.78%
B
7.95%
SSV
6.39%
JR
6.17%
Others
0.26%
Parliament seats
S
32.61%
AV
30.87%
FL
20.43%
B
8.70%
JR
4.35%
SSV
3.04%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1853
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1871
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