Swedish general election, 1936

Swedish general election, 1936
Sweden
20 September 1936

All 230 seats to the Second Chamber of the Riksdag
116 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Per Albin Hansson Gösta Bagge Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Party Social Democratic Electoral League Farmers' League
Last election 104 58 36
Seats won 112 44 36
Seat change Increase9 Decrease14 Steady0
Popular vote 1,338,120 512,781 418,840
Percentage 45.9% 17.6% 14.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gustaf Andersson Nils Flyg Sven Linderot
Party People's Socialist Communist
Last election 24[1] 6[2] 2
Seats won 27 6 5
Seat change Increase3 Steady0 Increase3
Popular vote 376,161 127,832 96,519
Percentage 12.9% 4.4% 3.3%

PM before election

Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Farmers' League

Elected PM

Per Albin Hansson
Social Democratic

Party activists handing out ballot papers for their parties outside a polling booth

General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1936.[3] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 112 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[4]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party1,338,12045.9112+8
General Electoral League512,78117.644–14
Farmers' League418,84014.4360
People's Party376,16112.927+3
Socialist Party127,8324.460
Communist Party of Sweden96,5193.35+3
National League of Sweden26,7500.90New
National Socialist Workers' Party17,4830.60New
Swedish National Socialist Party3,0250.100
Other parties2420.000
Invalid/blank votes8,023
Total2,925,7761002300
Registered voters/turnout3,924,59874.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Total seats of the Free-minded National Association and Liberal Party of Sweden.
  2. As Kilbommare Communists
  3. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
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