Swedish general election, 1944

Swedish general election, 1944

17 September 1944
All 230 seats to the second chamber of the Riksdag 116 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Per Albin Hansson Gösta Bagge Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Party Social Democratic National Organization Farmers' League Last election 134 42 28 Seats won 115 39 35 Seat change 19 3 7 Popular vote 1,436,571 488,921 421,094 Percentage 46.6% 15.8% 13.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gustaf Andersson Sven Linderot Party People's Communist Last election 23 3 Seats won 26 15 Seat change 3 12 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

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.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party	1,436,571	46.6	115	–19
National Organization of the Right	488,921	15.8	39	–3
Farmers' League	421,094	13.6	35	+7
People's Party	398,293	12.9	26	+3
Communist Party of Sweden	318,466	10.3	15	+12
Socialist Party of Sweden	5,279	0.2	0	0
Swedish Socialist Unity	4,204	0.1	0	New
National League of Sweden	3,819	0.1	0	New
Other parties	9,657	0.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	12,799	–	–	–
Total	3,099,103	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	4,310,241	71.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver