Swedish general election, 1936
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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag
held September 20, 1936.
Parliament of Sweden
The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
held September 20, 1936.
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antal | % | +− % | Antal | +− | |||
| Social Democrats | Per Albin Hansson Per Albin Hansson Per Albin Hansson , was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, governing all that period save for a short-lived crisis in the summer of 1936, which he ended by forming a coalition government with his... |
1,338,120 | 45.79 | +4.2 | 112 | +10 | |
| Rightist Party | Gösta Bagge Gösta Bagge Gösta Adolfsson Bagge was a Swedish professor of economics and conservative politician.Born on 27 May 1882 in Stockholm, Gösta Bagge was declared leader for the National Organization of the Right after the sudden retirement of Arvid Lindman in 1935, and remained its leader until 1944... |
512,781 | 17.55 | -5.5 | 44 | −9 | |
| Peasants League | Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Axel Alarik Pehrsson-Bramstorp was a Swedish politician and was Prime Minister of Sweden for a few months during 1936. As a parliamentarian he was known as "Axel Pehrsson in Bramstorp" or just "Bramstorp" for short... |
418,840 | 14.33 | +0.2 | 36 | −1 | |
| People's Party Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006... |
Gustaf Andersson Gustaf Andersson Gustaf Andersson is a former football striker, ending his career in 2007 after not getting a new contract with Swedish Premier Division side Helsingborgs IF. He signed for the club in 2002, leaving IFK Göteborg. He was known as a versatile player who runs a lot and whose headings are a fearful... |
376,161 | 12.87 | +0.8 | 27 | +2 | |
| Socialist Party Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929) The Socialist Party , initially known as the Communist Party of Sweden , was a political party in Sweden active from 1929 to 1948. The party was founded in 1929 by the major faction of the Communist Party of Sweden, led by Karl Kilbom and Nils Flyg, as the party split into two parties with the same... |
Nils Flyg Nils Flyg Nils Svante Flyg was a Swedish Communist politician who turned pro-Nazi during World War II.Nils Flyg was born and raised in Södermalm, a working-class area of Stockholm. Early on he joined the Swedish Social Democratic Party's youth organization, the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League... |
127,832 | 4.37 | -0.9 | 6 | −2 | |
| Communist Party of Sweden | Sven Linderot Sven Linderot Sven Harald Linderot was a Swedish Communist leader. He was born Sven Harald Larsson but changed his surname to Linderot in 1918... |
96,519 | 3.30 | +0.3 | 5 | +3 | |
| National League of Sweden National League of Sweden The National Youth League of Sweden was the first youth organisation of the General Electoral Union of Sweden. It was dislodged from its mother party in 1934 due to its pro-Nazi stance. It was then reconstructed as a separate political party, the National League of Sweden... |
Elmo Lindholm | 31,015 | 1.06 | +0.9 | 0 | −3 | |
| National Socialist Workers Party National Socialist Workers Party (Sweden) Nationalsocialistiska Arbetarpartiet was a Swedish political party which initially espoused Nazism before adopting a more indigenous form of Fascism.... |
Sven-Olov Lindholm | 17,843 | 0.61 | +0.6 | — | — | |
| SNSP/NSB National Socialist Bloc National Socialist Bloc was a Swedish national socialist political party formed in the end of 1933 by the merger of Nationalsocialistiska Samlingspartiet, Nationalsocialistiska Förbundet and local National Socialist units connected to the advocate Sven Hallström in Umeå... |
Birger Furugård Birger Furugård Birger Furugård was a Swedish politician and veterinarian. He hailed from Deje in Värmland. During the 1920s Furgård became inspired by the advance of National Socialism in Germany. He made several trips to Germany, and met with Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler... |
3,025 | 0.10 | -0.5 | — | — | |
| Centre party | N/A | 96 | 0.0 | -0.1 | — | — | |
| No. of valid votes | 2,922,136 | 100.00 | 230 | ||||
| Invalid votes | ? | ||||||
| Total | 2,925,255 (74.5 %) |
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