1958 Swedish general election

none Sweden parliamentary 1956 Swedish general election 1956 1960 Swedish general election 1960 All 231 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag 116 1 June 1958 130x130px Tage Erlander 1952.jpg Tage Erlander Swedish Social Democratic Party 106 111 5 1,776,667 46.22% Hjalmarson (2).JPG Jarl Hjalmarson Right 42 45 3 750,332 19.52% Bertil Ohlin.jpg Bertil Ohlin People's Party 58 38 20 700,019 18.21% Gunnar Hedlund 1951.jpg Gunnar Hedlund Centre Party (Sweden) 19 32 13 486,760 12.66% Hilding Hagberg-2.jpg Hilding Hagberg Communist 6 5 1 129,319 3.36% Prime Minister Tage Erlander Swedish Social Democratic Party Tage Erlander Swedish Social Democratic Party Riksdagsvalet 1958.svg Largest bloc and seats won by constituency Early general elections were held in Sweden on 1 June 1958,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 978-3-8329-5609-7 after the defeat of the Social Democratic government's proposals for a new pensions system in a parliamentary vote. The Social Democrats remained the largest party, winning 111 of the 231 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag,Nohlen & Stöver, p1872 and Tage Erlander's third government was returned to power. In accordance with the law, the new Chamber was elected only to complete the previous Chamber's term, which was due to end in 1960. Results Results of the 1958 Swedish general election File:Sweden_Riksdag_1958.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 1776667 111 +5 Rightist Party 750332 45 +3 People's Party 700019 38 –20 Centre Party 486760 32 +13 Communist Party 129319 5 –1 Left Socialist Party 1008 0 0 Other parties 147 0 0 20711 0 4992421 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:General elections in Sweden Sweden General election Sweden Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results