1908 Swedish general election

none General elections were held in Sweden in September 1908.Leif Lewin (1989) Ideology and Strategy: A Century of Swedish Politics Cambridge University Press, p329 They were the first general elections in Sweden held using proportional representation.Kreuzer Marcus Neely Runa Sweden’s Peculiar Adoption of Proportional Representation: The Overlooked Effects of Time and History Perspectives on Politics Cambridge University Press 13 May 2024 10.1017/S153759272400063X free Although it lost four seats, the Free-minded National Association remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 105 of the 230 seats. Right-winger Arvid Lindman stayed on as prime minister. Sweden parliamentary 1905 Swedish general election 1905 1911 Swedish general election 1911 All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren September 1908 x160px Karl_Staaff.jpg Karl Staaff Free-minded National Association 105 144,426 46.83% Arvid Lindman.jpg Arvid Lindman Electoral League 91 118,808 38.53 Hjalmar Branting by Goodwin.jpg Hjalmar Branting Swedish Social Democratic Party 34 45,155 14.64% PM PM-elect Arvid Lindman General Electoral League Arvid Lindman General Electoral League Results Only 35% of the male population aged over 21 was eligible to vote. Voter turnout was 61%, the highest since Riksdag elections began in 1866. File:Sweden Riksdag 1908.svg Free-minded National Association 144426 105 –4 General Electoral League 118808 91 –17 Swedish Social Democratic Party 45155 34 +21 0 503128 Mackie & RoseThomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp404–406 References Sweden General Category:General elections in Sweden Sweden