Swedish general election, 1911

10 September 1911

All 230 seats to the Riksdag

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Ernst Beckman	Gustaf Fredrik Östberg	Hjalmar Branting
Party	Free-minded National	Electoral League	Social Democratic
Seats won	102	64	64
Popular vote	242,795	188,691	172,196
Percentage	40.2%	31.3%	28.5%

PM before election

Arvid Lindman
Electoral League

PM-elect

Karl Staaff
Free-minded National

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General elections were held in Sweden between 3 and 24 September 1911,^[1] the first election in Sweden with universal male suffrage.^[2] The Free-minded National Association (FL) emerged as the largest party, winning 102 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.^[3]

As a result of the election, the General Electoral League's Arvid Lindman resigned as Prime Minister and was replaced by FL leader Karl Staaff.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Free-minded National Association	242,795	40.2	102	+3
General Electoral League	188,261	31.2	64	–27
Swedish Social Democratic Party	172,196	28.5	64	+30
Other parties	292	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	3,506	–	–	–
Total	607,480	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,066,200	57.0	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Edebalk, Per Gunnar (2000). "Emergence of a Welfare State – Social Insurance in Sweden in the 1910s". Journal of Social Policy 29 (4): 537–551. doi:10.1017/S0047279400006085.
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1871

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