Swedish general election, 1948

Swedish general election, 1948

19 September 1948
All 230 seats to the second chamber of the Riksdag 116 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Party Social Democratic People's Farmers' League Last election 115 26 35 Seats won 112 57 30 Seat change 3 31 5 Popular vote 1,789,459 882,437 480,421 Percentage 46.1% 22.7% 12.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   150x150px Leader Fritiof Domö Sven Linderot Party National Organization Communist Last election 39 15 Seats won 23 8 Seat change 16 7 Popular vote 478,786 244,826 Percentage 12.3% 6.3%
PM before election Tage Erlander Social Democratic Elected PM Tage Erlander Social Democratic

General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 1948. Despite a campaign by a large part of the Swedish press against socializing insurances, controlled foreign trade and rationing regulations still in use since the war, freshman Prime Minister and Social Democratic leader Tage Erlander managed to defeat the People's Party-led opposition under Bertil Ohlin by a higher election turnout. He maintained his government with only minor losses and the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 112 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. Erlander was later to stay on as Prime Minister until 1969, in 1951-1957 his government included the party Farmers' League.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party	1,789,459	46.1	112	–3
People's Party	882,437	22.7	57	+31
Farmers' League	480,421	12.4	30	–5
National Organisation of the Right	478,786	12.3	23	–16
Communist Party of Sweden	244,826	6.3	8	–7
Other parties	3,062	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	16,170	–	–	–
Total	3,895,161	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	4,707,783	82.7	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver