1911 Swedish general election

1911 Swedish general election
10 September 1911
All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren
  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, the first election in Sweden with universal male suffrage. The Free-minded National Association (FL) emerged as the largest party, winning 102 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.

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.

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