September 1914 Swedish general election

September 1914 Swedish general election
5 September 1914
All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Axel Schotte
Party Social Democrats Electoral League Free-minded
Last election 73 86 71
Seats won 87 86 57
Seat change 13 13
Popular vote 266,133 267,124 196,493
Percentage 36.39% 36.52% 26.87%
Prime Minister before election

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

 PM-elect

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Electoral League

Early general elections were held in Sweden 5 and 13 September 1914, the second that year. Although the General Electoral League received the most votes, the Swedish Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 87 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren, and have managed to remain so in every subsequent Swedish election.

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