All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag 116 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Per Albin Hansson
Gösta Bagge
Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Party
Social Democrats
Right
Farmers' League
Last election
112
44
36
Seats won
134
42
28
Seat change
22
2
8
Popular vote
1,546,804
518,346
344,345
Percentage
53.81%
18.03%
11.98%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Gustaf Andersson
Sven Linderot
Party
People's Party
Communist
Last election
27
5
Seats won
23
3
Seat change
4
2
Popular vote
344,113
101,424
Percentage
11.97%
3.53%
Largest bloc and seats won by constituency
PM before election
Per Albin Hansson
Social Democrats
Elected PM
Per Albin Hansson
Social Democrats
General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1940.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 134 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.[2] It is one of two general elections in Swedish history where a single party received more than half of the vote (the other occasion being 1968).
The election took place amid World War II, with neighbouring Denmark and Norway occupied by the Nazis. The major parties were all represented in the government cabinet. Some of the parties called for a postponement of the elections due to the war. However, Per Albin Hansson said that democratic processes ought to be respected. An observer of the election characterized the election as a "gentleman's election" free of mudslinging.[3]
^Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
^Arneson, Ben A. (1941). "The Recent Parliamentary Elections in Sweden". American Political Science Review. 35 (1): 107–108. doi:10.2307/1947860. ISSN 0003-0554.
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