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Sweden 1921 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 93 of 230 seats with 36.2% of the vote; 54.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Swedish Social Democratic Party9336.2630,855
Moderate Party6225.8449,302
Liberals4118.7325,608
Centre Party2111.0192,269
Left Party74.680,355
Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden63.256,241
Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 630,855
  • Moderate Party 449,302
  • Liberals 325,608
  • Centre Party 192,269
  • Left Party 80,355
  • Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden 56,241

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

54.2% of the 3,222,917 registered voters cast a ballot (1,747,553 ballots). 1,741,952 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party36.2% of votes40.4% of seats
  • Moderate Party25.8% of votes27.0% of seats
  • Liberals18.7% of votes17.8% of seats
  • Centre Party11.0% of votes9.1% of seats
  • Left Party4.6% of votes3.0% of seats
  • Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden3.2% of votes2.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.0 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 10.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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