Swedish general election, 1944
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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag
held 17 September 1944.
Parliament of Sweden
The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
held 17 September 1944.
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antal | % | +− % | Antal | +− | |||
| Social Democrats | Per Albin Hansson Per Albin Hansson Per Albin Hansson , was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, governing all that period save for a short-lived crisis in the summer of 1936, which he ended by forming a coalition government with his... |
1 436 571 | 46,55 | −7,26 | 115 | −19 | |
| Rightist Party | Gösta Bagge Gösta Bagge Gösta Adolfsson Bagge was a Swedish professor of economics and conservative politician.Born on 27 May 1882 in Stockholm, Gösta Bagge was declared leader for the National Organization of the Right after the sudden retirement of Arvid Lindman in 1935, and remained its leader until 1944... |
488 921 | 15,84 | −2,19 | 39 | −3 | |
| Peasants League | Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Axel Alarik Pehrsson-Bramstorp was a Swedish politician and was Prime Minister of Sweden for a few months during 1936. As a parliamentarian he was known as "Axel Pehrsson in Bramstorp" or just "Bramstorp" for short... |
421 094 | 13,64 | +1,66 | 35 | +7 | |
| People's Party Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006... |
Gustaf Andersson Gustaf Andersson Gustaf Andersson is a former football striker, ending his career in 2007 after not getting a new contract with Swedish Premier Division side Helsingborgs IF. He signed for the club in 2002, leaving IFK Göteborg. He was known as a versatile player who runs a lot and whose headings are a fearful... |
398 293 | 12,91 | +0.94 | 26 | +3 | |
| Communist Party | Sven Linderot Sven Linderot Sven Harald Linderot was a Swedish Communist leader. He was born Sven Harald Larsson but changed his surname to Linderot in 1918... |
318 466 | 10,32 | +6.79 | 15 | +12 | |
| Others | — | 22 959 | 0,74 | — | — | — | |
| No. of valid votes | 3 086 304 | 100,00 | 230 | ||||
| Invalid votes | ? | ||||||
| Total | 3 099 103 (71,90 %) |
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