1911 Swedish general election

1911 Swedish general election

10 September 1911
All 230 seats in the Riksdag
First party Second party Third party   Leader Karl Staaff Gustaf Fredrik Östberg Hjalmar Branting Party Free-minded Electoral League Social Democrats Seats won 102 64 64 Popular vote 242,795 188,691 172,196 Percentage 40.20% 31.24% 28.51%
PM before election Arvid Lindman Electoral League PM-elect Karl Staaff Free-minded

General elections were held in Sweden between 3 and 24 September 1911, the first election in Sweden with universal male suffrage. The Free-minded National Association (FL) emerged as the largest party, winning 102 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.

As a result of the election, the General Electoral League's Arvid Lindman resigned as Prime Minister and was replaced by FL leader Karl Staaff.

Results

Main article: Results of the 1911 Swedish general election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Free-minded National Association	242,795	40.20	102	–3
	General Electoral League	188,691	31.24	64	–27
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	172,196	28.51	64	+30
	Other parties	292	0.05	0	New
Total		603,974	100.00	230	0
Valid votes		603,974	99.42
Invalid/blank votes		3,506	0.58
Total votes		607,480	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,066,200	56.98
Source: Nohlen & Stöver