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.

September 1914 Swedish general election
5 September 1914
All 230 seats in the Riksdag
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Axel Schotte
Party Social Democratic Electoral League Free-minded National
Last election 73 86 71
Seats won 87 86 57
Seat change 13 0 13
Popular vote 266,133 267,124 196,493
Percentage 36.4% 36.5% 26.9%
Prime Minister before election

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

 PM-elect

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

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Results
Main article: Results of the September 1914 Swedish general election

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 League267,12436.5860
Social Democratic Party266,13336.487+13
Free-minded National Association196,49326.957–13
Farmers' League1,5070.20New
Other parties1040.000
Invalid/blank votes4,125–––
Total735,4861002300
Registered voters/turnout1,111,76766.2––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
AV
 
 36.52%
S
 
 36.39%
FL
 
 26.87%
B
 
 0.21%
Others
 
 0.01%
Parliament seats
S
 
 37.83%
AV
 
 37.39%
FL
 
 24.78%

References
  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. "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.
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1865
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1871
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