1920 Swedish general election

4 September 1920
All 230 seats in the Riksdag
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Raoul Hamilton Party Social Democrats Electoral League Free-minded Last election 86 59 62 Seats won 75 71 47 Seat change 11 12 15 Popular vote 195,121 183,019 143,355 Percentage 29.65% 27.81% 21.78%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Johan Andersson Zeth Höglund Party Farmers' League National Farmers' SSV Last election 9 3 11 Seats won 20 10 7 Seat change 9 5 4 Popular vote 52,318 40,623 42,056 Percentage 7.95% 6.17% 6.39%
Prime Minister before election Hjalmar Branting Social Democrats PM-elect Louis de Geer Independent

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General elections were held in Sweden between 4 and 17 September 1920,^[1] the last before universal suffrage was introduced the following year.^[2] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 75 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.^[3] Later in October 1920 Hjalmar Branting was succeeded as prime minister by Baron Louis De Geer.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	195,121	29.65	75	–11
	General Electoral League	183,019	27.81	71	+14
	Free-minded National Association	143,355	21.78	47	–15
	Farmers' League	52,318	7.95	20	+9
	Social Democratic Left Party	42,056	6.39	7	–4
	National Farmers' Association	40,623	6.17	10	+5
	Other parties	1,691	0.26	0	0
Total		658,183	100.00	230	0
Valid votes		658,183	99.70
Invalid/blank votes		2,011	0.30
Total votes		660,194	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,192,922	55.34
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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