1936 Swedish general election

1936 Swedish general election
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All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag
116 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Per Albin Hansson Gösta Bagge Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Party Social Democrats Electoral League Farmers' League
Last election 104 58 36
Seats won 112 44 36
Seat change Increase8 Decrease14 Steady
Popular vote 1,338,120 512,781 418,840
Percentage 45.86% 17.57% 14.35%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gustaf Andersson Nils Flyg Sven Linderot
Party People's Party Socialist Communist
Last election 24 6 2
Seats won 27 6 5
Seat change Increase3 Steady Increase3
Popular vote 376,161 127,832 96,519
Percentage 12.89% 4.38% 3.31%
Largest bloc and seats won by constituency
PM before election

Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Centre

Elected PM

Per Albin Hansson
Social Democrats

Party activists for the NSAP handing out ballot papers for their parties outside a polling booth

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]

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