1958 Swedish general election

1958 Swedish general election

1 June 1958
All 231 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag 116 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tage Erlander Jarl Hjalmarson Bertil Ohlin Party Social Democrats Right People's Party Last election 106 42 58 Seats won 111 45 38 Seat change 5 3 20 Popular vote 1,776,667 750,332 700,019 Percentage 46.22% 19.52% 18.21%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gunnar Hedlund Hilding Hagberg Party Centre Communist Last election 19 6 Seats won 32 5 Seat change 13 1 Popular vote 486,760 129,319 Percentage 12.66% 3.36%
Largest bloc and seats won by constituency
Prime Minister before election Tage Erlander Social Democrats Elected Prime Minister Tage Erlander Social Democrats

Early general elections were held in Sweden on 1 June 1958, 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, 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

Main article: Results of the 1958 Swedish general election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	1,776,667	46.22	111	+5
	Rightist Party	750,332	19.52	45	+3
	People's Party	700,019	18.21	38	–20
	Centre Party	486,760	12.66	32	+13
	Communist Party	129,319	3.36	5	–1
	Left Socialist Party	1,008	0.03	0	0
	Other parties	147	0.00	0	0
Total		3,844,252	100.00	231	0
Valid votes		3,844,252	99.46
Invalid/blank votes		20,711	0.54
Total votes		3,864,963	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,992,421	77.42
Source: Nohlen & Stöver