1921 Swedish general election

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1921 Swedish general election
← 1920 10 September 1921 1924 →
All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Raoul Hamilton
Party Social Democrats Electoral League Free-minded
Last election 75 71 47
Seats won 93 62 41
Seat change Increase 18 Decrease 9 Decrease 6
Popular vote 630,855 449,302 325,608
Percentage 36.22% 25.79% 18.69%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Johan Andersson Karl Kilbom Ivar Vennerström
Party Farmers' League Communist SSV
Last election 30[a] 7 –
Seats won 21 7 6
Seat change Decrease 9 Steady New
Popular vote 192,269 80,355 56,241
Percentage 11.04% 4.61% 3.23%
Largest bloc and seats won by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Oscar von Sydow

Independent

 PM-elect

Hjalmar Branting
Social Democrats

Early general elections were held in Sweden between 10 and 26 September 1921,[1] the first in Sweden under universal suffrage. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 93 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag. Party leader Hjalmar Branting formed his second government.

Background

Before the elections in 1921 the

Lenin's April Theses and was renamed the Communist Party of Sweden, whilst a breakaway faction of some 6,000 socialists who had been excluded by the communists as "non-revolutionary elements" kept the previous name
.

Electoral system

Ballot papers used for election

In 1921 universal suffrage was introduced for men and women,[2] aged 23 and over. However, a significant number of people were still unable to vote, including those who had been declared incapable of managing their own affairs by a court of law. This limitation of the franchise disappeared only in 1989 when the Riksdag abolished incapacitation.[3] In the 1921 elections incapacitation meant that only 55% of the population could vote.[3]

Results

Main article: Results of the 1921 Swedish general election

The five first women MPs were elected, with Kerstin Hesselgren in the Första kammaren and Nelly Thüring (Social Democrat), Agda Östlund (Social Democrat) Elisabeth Tamm (liberal) and Bertha Wellin (Conservative) in the Andra kammaren.[4]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party630,85536.2293+18
General Electoral League449,30225.7962–9
Free-minded National Association325,60818.6941–6
Farmers' League192,26911.0421–9
Communist Party80,3554.6170
Social Democratic Left Party56,2413.236New
Other parties7,3220.4200
Total1,741,952100.002300
Valid votes1,741,95299.68
Invalid/blank votes5,6010.32
Total votes1,747,553100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,222,91754.22
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Aftermath

As a result of the election Prime Minister

Foreign Minister of Sweden. Although the non-socialist parties held a majority in the second chamber, Branting was able to hold office through being the largest party and reaching cross-ideological consensus in the chamber. The centre-right majority took over the governing in 1923 under Ernst Trygger
following a parliamentary loss for the Social Democrats over unemployment protection.

Alongside the universal franchise reform, a

parliamentary system of government developed and gained acceptance, implying that the government requires the Riksdag's confidence and support for all major decisions. From 1921 all major treaties with foreign states had to be approved by the Riksdag, and the two chambers of the Riksdag now elected their own Speakers
along with two deputy speakers each.

Notes

  1. Farmers' Association

References

  1. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ "How Swedish women got the right to vote". Sharing Sweden. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  3. ^ a b "The development of democracy | Informationsverige.se". www.informationsverige.se. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  4. ^ Hofverberg, Elin (2021-06-04). "100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Sweden". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  • Nordisk familjebok, (Owl edition), 2nd ed., Stockholm : Nordisk familjeboks förlags aktiebolag, 1904-1926 (in Swedish)
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