Swedish general election, 1958

Swedish general election, 1958

1 June 1958

All 231 seats to the Second Chamber of the Riksdag 116 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Tage Erlander Jarl Hjalmarson Bertil Ohlin Party Social Democratic Rightist People's Last election 106 42 58 Seats won 111 45 38 Seat change 5 3 20 Popular vote 1,776,667 750,332 700,019 Percentage 46.2% 19.5% 18.2%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gunnar Hedlund Hilding Hagberg Party Centre Communist Last election 19 6 Seats won 32 5 Seat change 13 1 Popular vote 486,760 129,319 Percentage 12.7% 3.4%

PM before election Tage Erlander Social Democratic Elected PM Tage Erlander Social Democratic

Early general elections were held in Sweden on 1 June 1958,^[1] after the defeat of the Social Democratic government's proposals for a new pensions system in a parliamentary vote. The Social Democrats remained the largest party, winning 111 of the 231 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag,^[2] and Tage Erlander's third government was returned to power. In accordance with the law, the new Chamber was elected only to complete the previous Chamber's term, which was due to end in 1960.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party	1,776,667	46.2	111	+5
Rightist Party	750,332	19.5	45	+3
People's Party	700,019	18.2	38	–20
Centre Party	486,760	12.7	32	+13
Communist Party of Sweden	129,319	3.4	5	–1
Other parties	1,155	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	20,711	–	–	–
Total	3,864,963	100	231	0
Registered voters/turnout	4,992,421	77.4	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1872