1956 Swedish general election

none Sweden parliamentary 1952 Swedish general election 1952 1958 Swedish general election 1958 All 231 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag 116 16 September 1956 130x130px Tage Erlander 1952.jpg Tage Erlander Swedish Social Democratic Party 110 106 4 1,729,463 44.58% Bertil Ohlin.jpg Bertil Ohlin People's Party 58 58 923,564 23.81% Hjalmarson (2).JPG Jarl Hjalmarson Right 31 42 11 663 693 17.11% Gunnar Hedlund 1951.jpg Gunnar Hedlund Farmers' League 26 19 7 366,612 9.45% Hilding Hagberg-2.jpg Hilding Hagberg Communist 5 6 1 194,016 5.00% Prime Minister Tage Erlander Swedish Social Democratic Party Tage Erlander Swedish Social Democratic Party Riksdagsvalet 1956.svg Largest bloc and seats won by constituency General elections were held in Sweden on 16 September 1956.http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FRiksdagsmannavalen%20(SOS)%201909-1968%2FValstatistik-Riksdagsmannavalen-1953-1954-1955-1956.pdf Riksdagsmannavalen åren 1953-1956 - Valstatistik-Riksdagsmannavalen-1953-1954-1955-1956.pdf sv Statistiska Centralbyrån 9 March 2020Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 106 of the 231 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag, losing a small number of seats for the third consecutive election.Nohlen & Stöver, p1872 A Social Democratic-Farmers' League coalition government was formed by Prime Minister Tage Erlander after the election with 125 of the total of 231 seats. Although the non-socialist parties held a majority in the Second Chamber, the Social Democrats held a majority in the First Chamber, so a non-socialist government could not be formed. The election was dominated by economic issues. The right-wing opposition focused issues such as taxes on income and companies, as well as regulation in the construction sector. The Erlander government mainly put front social policy and its policy of full employment. Through the use of radio and television the election was now more centralized than ever, with increased focus on the party leaders. A new generation of younger and more fiery party leaders had been elected between 1944 and 1950, which effected the climate of the debate.Grenholm, Gunvor, p77 The tendencies of the previous election continued, with both governing parties losing seats, the Farmers league more so than the Social Democrats. The election triggered a discussion within the farmers league about parting from the governing coalition, as the governing parties had a difference of opinion on several issues since the past election. In the end however the farmers league decided to stay in government with the Social Democrats, with the coalition breaking up over the question of pension reform in 1957, leading to the formation of Tage Erlander's third government and a snap election in 1958.Grenholm, Gunvor, p77 Results Results of the 1956 Swedish general election File:Sweden_Riksdag_1956.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 1729463 106 –4 People's Party 923564 58 0 Right Party 663693 42 +11 Farmers' League 366612 19 –7 Communist Party 194016 6 +1 Left Socialist Party 1252 0 0 Samlingspartiet 635 0 New Other parties 95 0 0 22784 +1 4887325 Nohlen & Stöver, SCB References Category:General elections in Sweden Sweden General Sweden Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results