Swedish general election, 1948
Swedish general election, 1948
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General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 1948.[1] Despite a campaign by a large part of the Swedish press against socializing insurances, controlled foreign trade and rationing regulations still in use since the war, freshman Prime Minister and Social Democratic leader Tage Erlander managed to defeat the People's Party-led opposition under Bertil Ohlin by a higher election turnout. He maintained his government with only minor losses and the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 112 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. Erlander was later to stay on as Prime Minister until 1969, in 1951-1957 his government included the party Farmers' League.[2]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1,789,459 | 46.1 | 112 | –3 |
| People's Party | 882,437 | 22.7 | 57 | +31 |
| Farmers' League | 480,421 | 12.4 | 30 | –5 |
| National Organisation of the Right | 478,786 | 12.3 | 23 | –16 |
| Communist Party of Sweden | 244,826 | 6.3 | 8 | –7 |
| Other parties | 3,062 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 16,170 | – | – | – |
| Total | 3,895,161 | 100 | 230 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,707,783 | 82.7 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
