1952 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden on 21 September 1952.[1] The Social Democrats remained the largest party with 110 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag and together with the Communist Party of Sweden they got 115 seats and the other parties 115 seats.[2] Tage Erlander and his Social Democratic Party did however form his second government with the Farmers' League already in 1951 and together with that party the Social Democrats now had a majority of 136 seats in the chamber and together with the Communists 141 seats. In the other indirectly elected chamber the Social Democrats had an absolute majority.

1952 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag
116 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Jarl Hjalmarson
Party Social Democrats People's Party Right Party
Last election 112 57 23
Seats won 110 58 31
Seat change Decrease2 Increase1 Increase8
Popular vote 1,742,284 924,819 543,825
Percentage 46.05% 24.44% 14.37%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Gunnar Hedlund Hilding Hagberg
Party Farmers' League Communist
Last election 30 8
Seats won 26 5
Seat change Decrease4 Decrease3
Popular vote 406,183 164,194
Percentage 10.74% 4.34%

Largest bloc and seats won by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Tage Erlander
Social Democrats

Elected Prime Minister

Tage Erlander
Social Democrats

The Catalina affair had taken place a few months prior to the election and was highly debated during the time.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party1,742,28446.05110–2
People's Party924,81924.4458+1
Right Party543,82514.3731+8
Farmers' League406,18310.7426–4
Communist Party164,1944.345–3
Left Socialist Party2,3020.0600
Other parties1000.0000
Total3,783,707100.002300
Valid votes3,783,70799.54
Invalid/blank votes17,5770.46
Total votes3,801,284100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,805,21679.11
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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