Sweden 1952 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 110 of 230 seats with 46.0% of the vote; 79.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.6 points on 1948.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 110 | −2 | 46.0 | −0.1 | 1,742,284 |
| Liberals | 58 | +1 | 24.4 | +1.7 | 924,819 |
| Moderate Party | 31 | +8 | 14.4 | +2.1 | 543,825 |
| Centre Party | 26 | −4 | 10.7 | −1.7 | 406,183 |
| Left Party | 5 | −3 | 4.3 | −2.0 | 164,194 |
| Left Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2,302 |
± is the change against the Sweden 1948 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,742,284
- Liberals 924,819
- Moderate Party 543,825
- Centre Party 406,183
- Left Party 164,194
- Left Socialist Party 2,302
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
79.1% of the 4,805,216 registered voters cast a ballot (3,801,284 ballots), down 3.6 points on 1948. 3,783,707 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Swedish Social Democratic Party46.0% of votes47.8% of seats
- Liberals24.4% of votes25.2% of seats
- Moderate Party14.4% of votes13.5% of seats
- Centre Party10.7% of votes11.3% of seats
- Left Party4.3% of votes2.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.2 (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 21.6 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.