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1944 Swedish general election

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Field	Value
country	Sweden
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1940 Swedish general election
previous_year	1940
next_election	1948 Swedish general election
next_year	1948
seats_for_election	All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag
majority_seats	116
election_date	17 September 1944
image_size	130x130px
image1	Per Albin Hansson, statsminister, porträttbild 1935.jpg
leader1	Per Albin Hansson
party1	Swedish Social Democratic Party
last_election1	134
seats1	115
seat_change1	19
popular_vote1	1,436,571
percentage1	46.55%
image2	Gösta Bagge.jpg
leader2	Gösta Bagge
party2	Right
last_election2	42
seats2	39
seat_change2	3
popular_vote2	488,921
percentage2	15.84%
image3	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp portrait.webp
leader3	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
party3	Farmers' League
last_election3	28
seats3	35
seat_change3	7
popular_vote3	421,094
percentage3	13.64%
image4	Gustaf Andersson i Rasjön.jpg
leader4	Gustaf Andersson
party4	People's Party
last_election4	23
seats4	26
seat_change4	3
popular_vote4	398,293
percentage4	12.91%
image5	Sven Linderot.jpg
leader5	Sven Linderot
party5	Communist
last_election5	3
seats5	15
seat_change5	12
popular_vote5	318,466
percentage5	10.32%
title	PM
before_election	Per Albin Hansson
before_party	Swedish Social Democratic Party
after_election	Per Albin Hansson
after_party	Swedish Social Democratic Party
map_image	Riksdagsvalet 1944.svg
map_caption	Largest bloc and seats won by constituency

General elections were held in Sweden on 17 September 1944. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 115 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag. Due to World War II, the four main parties continued to form a wartime coalition, only excluding the Communist Party.

Results

Main article: Results of the 1944 Swedish general election

References

[[Dieter Nohlen. Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1872

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