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Swedish general election, 1944

Swedish general election, 1944
Sweden
← 1940 17 September 1944 1948 →

All 230 seats to the second chamber of the Riksdag
116 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Per Albin Hansson - Sveriges styresmän.jpg Gösta Bagge.jpg Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp.jpg
Leader Per Albin Hansson Gösta Bagge Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Party Social Democratic Right Farmers' League
Last election 134 42 28
Seats won 115 39 35
Seat change Decrease19 Decrease3 Increase7
Popular vote 1,436,571 488,921 421,094
Percentage 46.6% 15.8% 13.6%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Gustaf Andersson i Rasjön.jpg Sven Linderot.jpg
Leader Gustaf Andersson Sven Linderot
Party People's Communist
Last election 23 3
Seats won 26 15
Seat change Increase3 Increase12
Popular vote 398,293 318,466
Percentage 12.9% 10.3%

PM before election

Per Albin Hansson
Social Democratic

Elected PM

Per Albin Hansson
Social Democratic


Per Albin Hansson
Social Democratic

Per Albin Hansson
Social Democratic

General elections were held in Sweden on 17 September 1944. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 115 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.


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