Results of the 1924 Swedish general election

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Sweden held a general election around 19 September 1924.[1][2] This was the second election under universal suffrage. In spite of a majority for the non-socialist parties, Social Democrat Hjalmar Branting was able to form a government, although his successor eventually saw the government fall and being replaced by a right-leaning Electoral League government.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party725,40741.09104+11
General Electoral League461,25726.1265+3
Free-minded National Association228,91312.9729–12
Farmers' League190,39610.7823+2
Liberal Party69,6273.944New
Communist Party63,6013.604–3
Communist Party (Höglund Tendency)26,3011.491New
Other parties840.0000
Total1,765,586100.002300
Valid votes1,765,58699.69
Invalid/blank votes5,4730.31
Total votes1,771,059100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,338,89253.04
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Regional results

Percentage share

Location Share Votes S AV F B LP K KP Other Left Right
Götaland 51.0 900,777 38.3 30.9 10.7 13.2 4.1 2.0 0.9 0.0 41.1 58.9
Svealand 33.8 595,985 46.6 21.9 13.7 6.9 4.5 4.5 1.9 0.0 53.0 47.0
Norrland 15.2 268,824 38.4 19.3 19.0 11.3 2.3 7.1 2.6 0.0 48.1 51.9
Total 100.0 1,765,586 41.1 26.1 13.0 10.8 3.9 3.6 1.5 0.0 46.2 53.8
Source: SCB [1]

By votes

Location Share Votes S AV F B LP K KP Other Left Right
Götaland 51.0 900,777 344,563 278,788 96,262 118,673 36,601 17,889 7,956 45 370,408 530,324
Svealand 33.8 595,985 277,649 130,539 81,565 41,352 26,844 26,621 11,393 22 315,663 280,300
Norrland 15.2 268,824 103,195 51,930 51,086 30,371 6,182 19,091 6,952 17 129,238 139,569
Total 100.0 1,765,586 725,407 461,257 228,913 190,396 69,627 63,601 26,301 84 815,309 950,193
Source: SCB [1]

Constituency results

Results by city and district

References

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