General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1936.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 112 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.[2][3]
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All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag 116 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1,338,120 | 45.86 | 112 | +8 | |
| General Electoral League | 512,781 | 17.57 | 44 | –14 | |
| Farmers' League | 418,840 | 14.35 | 36 | 0 | |
| People's Party | 376,161 | 12.89 | 27 | +3 | |
| Socialist Party | 127,832 | 4.38 | 6 | 0 | |
| Communist Party | 96,519 | 3.31 | 5 | +3 | |
| National League | 26,750 | 0.92 | 0 | New | |
| National Socialist Workers' Party | 17,483 | 0.60 | 0 | New | |
| Swedish National Socialist Party | 3,025 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Centre Party | 96 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other parties | 146 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,917,753 | 100.00 | 230 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,917,753 | 99.73 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,023 | 0.27 | |||
| Total votes | 2,925,776 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,924,598 | 74.55 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, SCB | |||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
- ^ Arneson, Ben A. (1937). "Workers' Parties Show Gains in Sweden and Norway". American Political Science Review. 31 (1): 97–99. doi:10.2307/1948050. ISSN 0003-0554.