Swedish general election, 1952
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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag
held on 21 September 1952. Tage Erlander's second government (a Social Democratic-Farmers' League coalition) got 136 seats and together with the Communists 141. The other parties got 89 seats. In the other chamber the Social democrats had an absolute majority.
The Catalina affair
had taken place a few months prior to the election and was highly debated during the time.
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 on 21 September 1952. Tage Erlander's second government (a Social Democratic-Farmers' League coalition) got 136 seats and together with the Communists 141. The other parties got 89 seats. In the other chamber the Social democrats had an absolute majority.
The Catalina affair
Catalina affair
The Catalina affair was an incident on June 13, 1952, when a Swedish military Douglas DC-3A-360 Skytrain flying over the Baltic Sea carrying out signals intelligence gathering operations for the Swedish National Defence Radio Establishment , disappeared east of the isle of Gotska Sandön.Three days...
had taken place a few months prior to the election and was highly debated during the time.
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antal | % | +− % | Antal | +− | |||
| Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterna) | Tage Erlander Tage Erlander was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969... |
1 742 284 | 46,05 | −0,08 | 110 | −2 | |
| 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... (Folkpartiet) |
Bertil Ohlin Bertil Ohlin Bertil Gotthard Ohlin was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liberal party which at the time was the largest party in opposition to the governing Social... |
924 819 | 24,44 | +1,69 | 58 | +1 | |
| Rightist Party (Högerpartiet) | Jarl Hjalmarson Jarl Hjalmarson Jarl Harald Hjalmarson , was the leader of the conservative Swedish Rightist Party , today known as the Moderate Party, between 1950 and 1961.-Family:... |
543 825 | 14,37 | +2,03 | 31 | +8 | |
| Peasants League (Bondeförbundet) | Gunnar Hedlund Gunnar Hedlund Gunnar Hedlund was a Swedish politician. He was chairman of the Centre Party 1949-1971, Home Secretary 1951-1957 and member of the Riksdag 1942-1976.... |
406 183 | 10,74 | −1,64 | 26 | −4 | |
| Communist Party (Vänsterpartiet) | Hilding Hagberg Hilding Hagberg Karl Hilding Hagberg was a Swedish communist politician. He was the leader of the Communist Party of Sweden from 1951 to 1964.... |
164 194 | 4,34 | −1,97 | 5 | −3 | |
| Others | — | 2 402 | 0,06 | — | — | — | |
| No. of valid votes | 3 783 707 | 100,00 | 230 | ||||
| Invalid votes | ? | ||||||
| Total | 3 801 284 (79,1 %) |
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