Swedish general election, 1936
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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 | +/– |
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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
- ↑ Total seats of the Free-minded National Association and Liberal Party of Sweden.
- ↑ As Kilbommare Communists
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
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