1924 Swedish general election

none Sweden parliamentary 1921 Swedish general election 1921 1928 Swedish general election 1928 All 230 seats in the Riksdag 19–21 September 1924 x160px Hjalmar Branting by Goodwin.jpg Hjalmar Branting Swedish Social Democratic Party 93 104 11 725,407 41.09% Arvid Lindman.jpg Arvid Lindman Electoral League 62 65 3 461,257 26.12% Carl Gustaf Ekman.jpg Carl Gustaf Ekman Free-minded National Association 41 29 12 228,913 12.97% Johannes Andersson SPA (cropped).jpg Johan Andersson Farmers' League 21 23 2 190,396 10.78% Eliel Löfgren 1929.JPG Eliel Löfgren Liberal Party of Sweden – 4 New 69,627 3.94% Nils Flyg.jpg Nils Flyg Communist 7 4 3 63,301 3.60% Zethh1953.jpg Zeth Höglund Communist Party of Sweden (1924) – 1 New 26,301 1.49% Prime Minister PM-elect Ernst Trygger General Electoral League Hjalmar Branting Swedish Social Democratic Party Riksdagsvalet 1924.svg Largest bloc and seats won by constituencythumb|right|Caricature in a communist newspaper, on the new government formed by Hjalmar Branting after the elections General elections were held in Sweden between 19 and 21 September 1924.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 104 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.Nohlen & Stöver, p1872 Results Results of the 1924 Swedish general election File:Sweden_Riksdag_1924.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 725407 104 +11 General Electoral League 461257 65 +3 Free-minded National Association 228913 29 –12 Farmers' League 190396 23 +2 Liberal Party 69627 4 New Communist Party 63601 4 –3 Communist Party (Höglund Tendency) 26301 1 New Other parties 84 0 0 5473 0 3338892 Nohlen & Stöver Aftermath After the election the Cabinet of Ernst Trygger resigned and Gustav V asked Hjalmar Branting to form a new Cabinet which the Social Democratic leader accepted. References Category:General elections in Sweden General Sweden Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results