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1911 Swedish general election

1911 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Riksdag
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Karl Staaff Gustaf Fredrik Östberg Hjalmar Branting
Party Free-minded Electoral League Social Democrats
Seats won 102 64 64
Popular vote 242,795 188,691 172,196
Percentage 40.20% 31.24% 28.51%

PM before election

Arvid Lindman
Electoral League

PM-elect

Karl Staaff
Free-minded

General elections were held in Sweden between 3 and 24 September 1911,[1] the first election in Sweden with universal male suffrage.[2] The Free-minded National Association (FL) emerged as the largest party, winning 102 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[3]

As a result of the election, the General Electoral League's Arvid Lindman resigned as Prime Minister and was replaced by FL leader Karl Staaff.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Free-minded National Association242,79540.20102–3
General Electoral League188,69131.2464–27
Swedish Social Democratic Party172,19628.5164+30
Other parties2920.050New
Total603,974100.002300
Valid votes603,97499.42
Invalid/blank votes3,5060.58
Total votes607,480100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,066,20056.98
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Edebalk, Per Gunnar (2000). "Emergence of a Welfare State – Social Insurance in Sweden in the 1910s". Journal of Social Policy. 29 (4): 537–551. doi:10.1017/S0047279400006085.
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1871
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