1905 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden in September 1905.^[1]

The General Electoral League got more votes but fewer seats than the Free-Minded party. This incongruency helped lay the base for a switch to proportional representation in 1907.[1]

Results

Only 31% of the male population aged over 21 was eligible to vote.^[1] Voter turnout was 50.4%, the first time it had ever been higher than 50%.^[1]



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	General Electoral League	98,359	45.26	108	–11
	Free-minded National Association	98,287	45.23	109	+2
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	20,677	9.51	13	+9
Total		217,323	100.00	230	0

Registered voters/turnout		432,099	–
Source: Mackie & Rose^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Leif Lewin (1989) Ideology and Strategy: A Century of Swedish Politics Cambridge University Press, p329
^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp404–406

[LL-1] Leif Lewin (1989) Ideology and Strategy: A Century of Swedish Politics Cambridge University Press, p329

[T-2] Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp404–406

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