September 1914 Swedish general election
Early general elections were held in Sweden 5 and 13 September 1914, the second that year.[1][2] Although the General Electoral League received the most votes,[3] the Swedish Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 87 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber,[4] and have managed to remain so in every subsequent Swedish election.
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Results
The General Electoral League and Farmers' League had a tactical arrangement that saw all the votes for the latter land as Electoral League in the constituencies.[2] Therefore, the Electoral League may correctly also be attributed 268,631 votes or 36.7%.[2]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
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| General Electoral League | 267,124 | 36.5 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Social Democratic Party | 266,133 | 36.4 | 87 | +13 | ||
| Free-minded National Association | 196,493 | 26.9 | 57 | –13 | ||
| Farmers' League | 1,507 | 0.2 | 0 | New | ||
| Other parties | 104 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,125 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 735,486 | 100 | 230 | 0 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,111,767 | 66.2 | – | – | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||
References
- Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- "Riksdagsmannavalen åren 1912-1913 samt hösten 1914 av Kungl. Statistiska centralbyrån - Valstatistik-Riksdagsmannavalen-1912-1913-hosten1914.pdf" (PDF) (in Swedish). Statistiska Centralbyrån. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1865
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1871
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