Sweden 1948 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 112 of 230 seats with 46.1% of the vote; 82.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Sweden
- Held
Result
116 for a majority
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 112 | 46.1 | 1,789,459 |
| Liberals | 57 | 22.7 | 882,437 |
| Centre Party | 30 | 12.4 | 480,421 |
| Moderate Party | 23 | 12.3 | 478,786 |
| Left Party | 8 | 6.3 | 244,826 |
| Left Socialist Party | 0 | 0.1 | 2,943 |
Votes by party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,789,459
- Liberals 882,437
- Centre Party 480,421
- Moderate Party 478,786
- Left Party 244,826
- Left Socialist Party 2,943
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
82.7% of the 4,707,783 registered voters cast a ballot (3,895,161 ballots). 3,878,991 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Swedish Social Democratic Party46.1% of votes48.7% of seats
- Liberals22.7% of votes24.8% of seats
- Centre Party12.4% of votes13.0% of seats
- Moderate Party12.3% of votes10.0% of seats
- Left Party6.3% of votes3.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Liberals by 23.4 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
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