1944_Swedish_general_election Knowpia

1944 Swedish general election
All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag; 116 seats needed for a majority
	Largest bloc and seats won by constituency
PM before election; Per Albin Hansson; Social Democrats	Elected PM ; Per Albin Hansson; Social Democrats

General elections were held in Sweden on 17 September 1944.^[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 115 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.^[2] Due to World War II, the four main parties continued to form a wartime coalition, only excluding the Communist Party.

Results edit



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	1,436,571	46.55	115	–19
	National Organization of the Right	488,921	15.84	39	–3
	Farmers' League	421,094	13.64	35	+7
	People's Party	398,293	12.91	26	+3
	Communist Party	318,466	10.32	15	+12
	Radical National Association	6,775	0.22	0	New
	Socialist Party	5,279	0.17	0	0
	Swedish Socialist Unity	4,204	0.14	0	New
	National League	3,819	0.12	0	New
	Left Socialist Party	1,677	0.05	0	0
	Other parties	1,205	0.04	0	0
Total		3,086,304	100.00	230	0

Valid votes		3,086,304	99.59
Invalid/blank votes		12,799	0.41
Total votes		3,099,103	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,310,241	71.90
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, SCB

References edit

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

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

[2] Nohlen & Stöver, p1872

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