1952 Swedish general election

1952 Swedish general election

21 September 1952
All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag 116 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Jarl Hjalmarson Party Social Democrats People's Party Right Party Last election 112 57 23 Seats won 110 58 31 Seat change 2 1 8 Popular vote 1,742,284 924,819 543,825 Percentage 46.05% 24.44% 14.37%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gunnar Hedlund Hilding Hagberg Party Farmers' League Communist Last election 30 8 Seats won 26 5 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 406,183 164,194 Percentage 10.74% 4.34%
Largest bloc and seats won by constituency
Prime Minister before election Tage Erlander Social Democrats Elected Prime Minister Tage Erlander Social Democrats

General elections were held in Sweden on 21 September 1952. The Social Democrats remained the largest party with 110 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag and together with the Communist Party of Sweden they got 115 seats and the other parties 115 seats. Tage Erlander and his Social Democratic Party did however form his second government with the Farmers' League already in 1951 and together with that party the Social Democrats now had a majority of 136 seats in the chamber and together with the Communists 141 seats. In the other indirectly elected chamber the Social Democrats had an absolute majority.

The Catalina affair had taken place a few months prior to the election and was highly debated during the time.

Results

Main article: Results of the 1952 Swedish general election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	1,742,284	46.05	110	–2
	People's Party	924,819	24.44	58	+1
	Right Party	543,825	14.37	31	+8
	Farmers' League	406,183	10.74	26	–4
	Communist Party	164,194	4.34	5	–3
	Left Socialist Party	2,302	0.06	0	0
	Other parties	100	0.00	0	0
Total		3,783,707	100.00	230	0
Valid votes		3,783,707	99.54
Invalid/blank votes		17,577	0.46
Total votes		3,801,284	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,805,216	79.11
Source: Nohlen & Stöver