September 1914 Swedish general election

September 1914 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Riksdag
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Axel Schotte Party Social Democrats Electoral League Free-minded Last election 73 86 71 Seats won 87 86 57 Seat change 13 0 13 Popular vote 266,133 267,124 196,493 Percentage 36.39% 36.52% 26.87%
Prime Minister before election Hjalmar Hammarskjöld Electoral League PM-elect Hjalmar Hammarskjöld Electoral League

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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.

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]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	General Electoral League	267,124	36.52	86	0
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	266,133	36.39	87	+13
	Free-minded National Association	196,493	26.87	57	–13
	Farmers' League	1,507	0.21	0	New
	Other parties	104	0.01	0	0
Total		731,361	100.00	230	0
Valid votes		731,361	99.44
Invalid/blank votes		4,125	0.56
Total votes		735,486	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,111,767	66.15
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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