Sweden Andra kammaren election 1944
Sweden elections · 1944-09-17 · held
230 seats returned to Andra kammaren.
Results: final · partial coverage · Published national party or electoral-list votes; historical affiliations as classified by the source
Turnout: 71.9%
| Party / candidate | Votes | Vote share | Seats | Previous seats | Gain / loss | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1436571 | 46.55% | 115 | 134 | -19 | — |
| National Organization of the Right | 488921 | 15.84% | 39 | 42 | -3 | — |
| Farmers' League | 421094 | 13.64% | 35 | 28 | +7 | — |
| People's Party | 398293 | 12.91% | 26 | 23 | +3 | — |
| Communist Party | 318466 | 10.32% | 15 | 3 | +12 | — |
| Radical National Association | 6775 | 0.22% | 0 | — | — | — |
| Socialist Party | 5279 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Swedish Socialist Unity | 4204 | 0.14% | 0 | — | — | — |
| National League | 3819 | 0.12% | 0 | — | — | — |
| Left Socialist Party | 1677 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other parties | 1205 | 0.04% | 0 | — | — | — |
The franchise, electoral system and party organisations changed over time. Historical votes are not comparable to universal-suffrage elections. Unknown figures remain unreported. Colours are a display palette. The detailed historical table reports a 46.55% Social Democratic share; SCB’s long-run summary gives 46.7%. The detailed figure is retained.
Sources & further reading
Historical election result table
Statistics Sweden: national historical turnout and party-share series