1948 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 1948.[1] Despite a campaign by a large part of the Swedish press against socializing insurances, controlled foreign trade and rationing regulations still in use since the war, freshman Prime Minister and Social Democratic leader Tage Erlander managed to defeat the People's Party-led opposition under Bertil Ohlin by a higher election turnout. He maintained his government with only minor losses and the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 112 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. Erlander was later to stay on as Prime Minister until 1969, in 1951-1957 his government included the party Farmers' League.[2]

1948 Swedish general election
19 September 1948
All 230 seats to the second chamber of the Riksdag
116 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Party Social Democratic People's Farmers' League
Last election 115 26 35
Seats won 112 57 30
Seat change 3 31 5
Popular vote 1,789,459 882,437 480,421
Percentage 46.1% 22.7% 12.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Fritiof Domö Sven Linderot
Party Right Communist
Last election 39 15
Seats won 23 8
Seat change 16 7
Popular vote 478,786 244,826
Percentage 12.3% 6.3%
PM before election

Tage Erlander
Social Democratic

 Elected PM

Tage Erlander
Social Democratic

Results
Main article: Results of the 1948 Swedish general election
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party1,789,45946.1112–3
People's Party882,43722.757+31
Farmers' League480,42112.430–5
National Organisation of the Right478,78612.323–16
Communist Party244,8266.38–7
Other parties3,0620.100
Invalid/blank votes16,170–––
Total3,895,1611002300
Registered voters/turnout4,707,78382.7––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
S
 
 46.13%
FP
 
 22.75%
B
 
 12.38%
H
 
 12.34%
SKP
 
 6.31%
Others
 
 0.08%
Parliament seats
S
 
 48.70%
FP
 
 24.78%
B
 
 13.04%
H
 
 10.00%
SKP
 
 3.48%
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References
  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
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