Sweden 1940 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 134 of 230 seats with 53.8% of the vote; 70.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Sweden
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 134 | 53.8 | 1,546,804 |
| Moderate Party | 42 | 18.0 | 518,346 |
| Centre Party | 28 | 12.0 | 344,345 |
| Liberals | 23 | 12.0 | 344,113 |
| Left Party | 3 | 3.5 | 101,424 |
| Socialist Party | 0 | 0.6 | 18,430 |
Votes by party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,546,804
- Moderate Party 518,346
- Centre Party 344,345
- Liberals 344,113
- Left Party 101,424
- Socialist Party 18,430
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
70.3% of the 4,110,720 registered voters cast a ballot (2,889,137 ballots). 2,874,417 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Swedish Social Democratic Party53.8% of votes58.3% of seats
- Moderate Party18.0% of votes18.3% of seats
- Centre Party12.0% of votes12.2% of seats
- Liberals12.0% of votes10.0% of seats
- Left Party3.5% of votes1.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 35.8 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.