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Sweden 1932 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 104 of 230 seats with 41.7% of the vote; 67.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Swedish Social Democratic Party10441.71,040,689
Moderate Party5823.5585,248
Centre Party3614.1351,215
Liberals209.8244,577
Socialist Party65.3132,564
Left Party23.074,245
Liberal Party of Sweden42.048,722
Largest party without seats00.615,170
Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,040,689
  • Moderate Party 585,248
  • Centre Party 351,215
  • Liberals 244,577
  • Socialist Party 132,564
  • Left Party 74,245
  • Liberal Party of Sweden 48,722
  • Largest party without seats 15,170

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

67.6% of the 3,698,935 registered voters cast a ballot (2,501,166 ballots). 2,495,106 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party41.7% of votes45.2% of seats
  • Moderate Party23.5% of votes25.2% of seats
  • Centre Party14.1% of votes15.7% of seats
  • Liberals9.8% of votes8.7% of seats
  • Socialist Party5.3% of votes2.6% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Sweden2.0% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Left Party3.0% of votes0.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.3 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 18.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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