Sweden 1917 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 86 of 217 seats with 31.1% of the vote; 65.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Sweden
- Held
Result
- Swedish Social Democratic Party86
- Liberals62
- Moderate Party57
- Centre Party9
- National Agrarian Union3
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 86 | 31.1 | 228,777 |
| Liberals | 62 | 27.6 | 202,936 |
| Moderate Party | 57 | 24.7 | 182,070 |
| Centre Party | 9 | 5.3 | 39,262 |
| National Agrarian Union | 3 | 3.1 | 22,659 |
Votes by party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party 228,777
- Liberals 202,936
- Moderate Party 182,070
- Centre Party 39,262
- National Agrarian Union 22,659
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.
Share of the vote
Turnout
65.8% of the 1,123,969 registered voters cast a ballot (739,053 ballots). 735,984 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Swedish Social Democratic Party31.1% of votes39.6% of seats
- Liberals27.6% of votes28.6% of seats
- Moderate Party24.7% of votes26.3% of seats
- Centre Party5.3% of votes4.1% of seats
- National Agrarian Union3.1% of votes1.4% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Liberals by 3.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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