Swedish general election, 1932

Swedish general election, 1932

17 September 1932
All 230 seats in the Riksdag
First party Second party Third party   Leader Per Albin Hansson Arvid Lindman Olof Olsson Party Social Democratic Electoral League Farmers' League Last election 90 73 27 Seats won 104 58 36 Seat change 14 15 9 Popular vote 1,040,689 585,248 351,215 Percentage 41.7% 23.5% 14.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   150x150px 150x150px Leader Carl Gustaf Ekman Nils Flyg Eliel Löfgren Party Free-minded National Kilbommare Communist Liberal Last election 28 new 4 Seats won 20 6 4 Seat change 8 6 0 Popular vote 244,577 132,564 48,722 Percentage 9.8% 5.3% 2.0%   Seventh party   Leader Sven Linderot Party Communist Last election 8 Seats won 2 Seat change 6 Popular vote 74,245 Percentage 3.0%
Prime Minister before election Felix Hamrin Free-minded National PM-elect Per Albin Hansson Social Democratic

General elections were held in Sweden on 17 and 18 September 1932. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 104 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. The party returned to government after six years in opposition, marking the beginning of 44 years of near-uninterrupted rule (the only exception was three months in 1936).

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party	1,040,689	41.7	104	+14
General Electoral League	585,248	23.5	58	15
Farmers' League	351,215	14.1	36	+9
Free-minded National Association	244,577	9.8	20	–8
Communist Party of Sweden (Kilbommare)	132,564	5.3	6	New
Communist Party of Sweden (Sillénare)	74,245	3.0	2	–6
Liberal Party of Sweden	48,722	2.0	4	0
Swedish National Socialist Party	15,170	0.6	0	New
Other parties	2,676	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	6,060	–	–	–
Total	2,501,166	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	3,698,935	67.6	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver