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September 1914 Swedish general election 
Summary
Early general elections were held in Sweden 5 and 13 September 1914, the second that year.[1][2] Although the General Electoral League received the most votes,[3] the Swedish Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 87 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber,[4] and have managed to remain so in every subsequent Swedish election.
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Results edit
The General Electoral League and Farmers' League had a tactical arrangement that saw all the votes for the latter land as Electoral League in the constituencies.[2] Therefore, the Electoral League may correctly also be attributed 268,631 votes or 36.7%.[2]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| General Electoral League | 267,124 | 36.52 | 86 | 0 | |
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 266,133 | 36.39 | 87 | +13 | |
| Free-minded National Association | 196,493 | 26.87 | 57 | –13 | |
| Farmers' League | 1,507 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
| Other parties | 104 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 731,361 | 100.00 | 230 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 731,361 | 99.44 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,125 | 0.56 | |||
| Total votes | 735,486 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,111,767 | 66.15 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
References edit
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ a b c "Riksdagsmannavalen åren 1912-1913 samt hösten 1914 av Kungl. Statistiska centralbyrån - Valstatistik-Riksdagsmannavalen-1912-1913-hosten1914.pdf" (PDF) (in Swedish). Statistiska Centralbyrån. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1865
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1871