Sweden 1944 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 115 of 230 seats with 46.5% of the vote; 71.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Sweden
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 115 | 46.5 | 1,436,571 |
| Moderate Party | 39 | 15.8 | 488,921 |
| Centre Party | 35 | 13.6 | 421,094 |
| Liberals | 26 | 12.9 | 398,293 |
| Left Party | 15 | 10.3 | 318,466 |
| Socialist Party | 0 | 0.2 | 5,279 |
Votes by party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,436,571
- Moderate Party 488,921
- Centre Party 421,094
- Liberals 398,293
- Left Party 318,466
- Socialist Party 5,279
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
71.9% of the 4,310,241 registered voters cast a ballot (3,099,103 ballots). 3,086,304 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Swedish Social Democratic Party46.5% of votes50.0% of seats
- Moderate Party15.8% of votes17.0% of seats
- Centre Party13.6% of votes15.2% of seats
- Liberals12.9% of votes11.3% of seats
- Left Party10.3% of votes6.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.5 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 30.7 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.