Swedish general election, 1920
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A Swedish general election was held in 1920 to allocate the seats of the lower house
of the Swedish Riksdag. Voter turnout was 55.3%. This was the last election held in Sweden
in which women were not permitted to vote. Universal adult suffrage
was instituted the following year, in 1921.
Source: Statistics Sweden http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____32065.aspx
Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
of the Swedish Riksdag. Voter turnout was 55.3%. This was the last election held in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
in which women were not permitted to vote. Universal adult suffrage
Universal suffrage
Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and non-citizens...
was instituted the following year, in 1921.
| Party | % Votes |
+ – from 1917 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats Socialdemokraterna |
29,7% | -1,4% | |
| General Electoral Union Allmänna valmansförbundet |
27.9% | 3.2% | |
| Liberal Coalition Party Liberal Coalition Party The Liberal Coalition Party was a political party in Sweden represented in the Swedish parliament from 1900 to 1924. The party was in government from 1905 to 1906 and from 1911 to 1914 under the leadership of Karl Staaff, and from 1917 to 1920 under the leadership of Nils Edén.In 1924 the party... Liberala samlingspartiet |
21.8% | 5.8% | |
| Farmers' League Bondeförbundet |
8,0% | 2.7% | |
| Social Democratic Left Sverges socialdemokratiska vänsterparti |
6,4% | 1,7% | |
| Farmers' Union Jordbrukarnas Riksförbund |
6,2% | 3,0% | |
| Other parties | negligible | ||
Source: Statistics Sweden http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____32065.aspx