March 1914 Swedish general election

Early general elections were held in Sweden between 27 March and 7 April 1914,[1][2] after the Riksdag had been prematurely dissolved by the Cabinet of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld.[3] The General Electoral League emerged as the largest party, winning 86 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber.[4] As of 2020, this is the last time a Swedish election has not seen the Social Democrats win a plurality of seats.

March 1914 Swedish general election

27 March 1914

All 230 seats in the Riksdag
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Arvid Lindman Hjalmar Branting Axel Schotte
Party Electoral League Social Democratic Free-minded National
Last election 64 64 102
Seats won 86 73 71
Seat change 22 9 31
Popular vote 286,250 228,712 245,107
Percentage 37.7% 30.1% 32.2%

Prime Minister before election

Karl Staaff
Free-minded National

PM-elect

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
General Electoral League286,25037.786+22
Free-minded National Association245,10732.271–31
Social Democratic Party228,71230.173+9
Other parties1250.000
Invalid/blank votes3,229
Total763,4231002300
Registered voters/turnout1,092,45469.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
AV
37.65%
FL
32.24%
S
30.09%
Others
0.02%
Parliament seats
AV
37.39%
S
31.74%
FL
30.87%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. "Riksdagsmannavalen våren 1914 av Kungl. Statistiska centralbyrån - Valstatistik-Riksdagsmannavalen-1914.pdf" (PDF) (in Swedish). Statistiska Centralbyrån. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1864
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1871
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