1911 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren
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Leader  | Karl Staaff | Gustaf Fredrik Östberg | Hjalmar Branting
Party  | Free-minded | Electoral League | Social Democrats
Seats won  | 102 | 64  | 64
Popular vote  | 242,795 | 188,691  | 172,196
Percentage  | 40.20% | 31.24%  | 28.51%

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| PM before election

Arvid Lindman
Electoral League

| PM-elect

Karl Staaff
Free-minded

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General elections were held in Sweden between 3 and 24 September 1911,[1] the first election in Sweden with universal male suffrage.[2] The Free-minded National Association (FL) emerged as the largest party, winning 102 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.[3]

As a result of the election, the General Electoral League's Arvid Lindman resigned as Prime Minister and was replaced by FL leader Karl Staaff.

## Results

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Main article: Results of the 1911 Swedish general election

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Free-minded National Association| 242,795| 40.20| 102| –3
| General Electoral League| 188,691| 31.24| 64| –27
| Swedish Social Democratic Party| 172,196| 28.51| 64| +30
| Other parties| 292| 0.05| 0| New
Total| 603,974| 100.00| 230| 0
Valid votes| 603,974| 99.42|
Invalid/blank votes| 3,506| 0.58|
Total votes| 607,480| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 1,066,200| 56.98|
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

## References

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1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. ^ Edebalk, Per Gunnar (2000). "Emergence of a Welfare State – Social Insurance in Sweden in the 1910s". Journal of Social Policy. 29 (4): 537–551\. doi:10.1017/S0047279400006085.
3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1871

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