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Swedish general election, 1917

Swedish general election, 1917
Sweden
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All 230 seats in the Riksdag
  First party Second party Third party
  Hjalmar branting stor bild.jpg Daniel Persson i Tällberg 1928.JPG Arvid Lindman.jpg
Leader Hjalmar Branting Daniel Persson Arvid Lindman
Party Social Democratic Free-minded National Electoral League
Last election 87 57 86
Seats won 86 62 59
Seat change Decrease1 Increase5 Decrease27
Popular vote 228,777 202,936 182,070
Percentage 31.1% 27.6% 24.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Zethh1953.jpg
Leader Zeth Höglund Erik Eriksson  ?
Party Social Democratic Left Farmers' League National Farmers'
Last election New 0 New
Seats won 11 9 3
Seat change Increase11 Increase9 Increase3
Popular vote 59,243 39,262 22,659
Percentage 8.0% 5.3% 3.1%

Prime Minister before election

Carl Swartz
Electoral League

PM-elect

Nils Edén
Free-minded National


Carl Swartz
Electoral League

Nils Edén
Free-minded National

General elections were held in Sweden between 1 and 16 September 1917. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 86 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. As a result the Rightist Prime Minister Carl Swartz resigned the premiership and was replaced by Liberal leader Nils Edén.


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