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.
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All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Largest bloc and seats won by constituency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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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
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
External links
editMedia related to Swedish general election, 1928 at Wikimedia Commons