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Sweden 1928 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 90 of 230 seats with 37.0% of the vote; 67.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Swedish Social Democratic Party9037.0873,931
Moderate Party7329.4692,434
Liberals2812.9303,995
Centre Party2711.2263,501
Left Party86.4151,567
Liberal Party of Sweden43.070,820
Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 873,931
  • Moderate Party 692,434
  • Liberals 303,995
  • Centre Party 263,501
  • Left Party 151,567
  • Liberal Party of Sweden 70,820

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

67.4% of the 3,505,672 registered voters cast a ballot (2,363,301 ballots). 2,358,811 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party37.0% of votes39.1% of seats
  • Moderate Party29.4% of votes31.7% of seats
  • Liberals12.9% of votes12.2% of seats
  • Centre Party11.2% of votes11.7% of seats
  • Left Party6.4% of votes3.5% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Sweden3.0% of votes1.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 7.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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