1928 Swedish general election

1928 Swedish general election

15 September 1928
All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag
First party Second party Third party   Leader Per Albin Hansson Arvid Lindman Carl Gustaf Ekman Party Social Democrats Electoral League Free-minded Last election 104 65 29 Seats won 90 73 28 Seat change 14 8 1 Popular vote 873,931 692,434 303,995 Percentage 37.05% 29.36% 12.89%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Olof Olsson Nils Flyg Eliel Löfgren Party Farmers' League Communist Liberals Last election 23 4 4 Seats won 27 8 4 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 263,501 151,567 70,820 Percentage 11.17% 6.43% 3.00%
Largest bloc and seats won by constituency
Prime Minister before election Carl Gustaf Ekman Free-minded PM-elect Arvid Lindman Electoral League

Election poster from the Conservative (or Right) Party. The text reads: "DALECARLIANS - Your forefathers have once saved Sweden from Christian the Tyrant. Redo your great work: Everyone who votes for the "Workers' Party" votes for the revolution of society, and the introduction of Bolshevism. SAVE THE FATHERLAND!"

General elections were held in Sweden between 15 and 21 September 1928.^[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 90 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.^[2] Arvid Lindman of the General Electoral League became Prime Minister, replacing the incumbent, Carl Gustaf Ekman of the Free-minded National Association. The elections have since become known as the "Cossack Election" due to the harsh tone and aggressive criticism used by both sides.

Results

Main article: Results of the 1928 Swedish general election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	873,931	37.05	90	–14
	General Electoral League	692,434	29.36	73	+8
	Free-minded National Association	303,995	12.89	28	–1
	Farmers' League	263,501	11.17	27	+4
	Communist Party	151,567	6.43	8	+4
	Liberal Party	70,820	3.00	4	0
	Other parties	2,563	0.11	0	0
Total		2,358,811	100.00	230	0
Valid votes		2,358,811	99.81
Invalid/blank votes		4,490	0.19
Total votes		2,363,301	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,505,672	67.41
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1872

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