Swedish general election, 1936

Swedish general election, 1936

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 9 14 0 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 3 0 3 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 Party	1,338,120	45.9	112	+8
General Electoral League	512,781	17.6	44	–14
Farmers' League	418,840	14.4	36	0
People's Party	376,161	12.9	27	+3
Socialist Party	127,832	4.4	6	0
Communist Party of Sweden	96,519	3.3	5	+3
National League of Sweden	26,750	0.9	0	New
National Socialist Workers' Party	17,483	0.6	0	New
Swedish National Socialist Party	3,025	0.1	0	0
Other parties	242	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	8,023	–	–	–
Total	2,925,776	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	3,924,598	74.5	–	–
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