1920 Swedish general election

1920 Swedish general election

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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 86 59 62 Seats won 75 71 47 Seat change 11 12 15 Popular vote 195,121 183,019 143,355 Percentage 29.65% 27.81% 21.78%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Johan Andersson Zeth Höglund Party Farmers' League National Farmers' SSV Last election 9 3 11 Seats won 20 10 7 Seat change 9 5 4 Popular vote 52,318 40,623 42,056 Percentage 7.95% 6.17% 6.39%
Prime Minister before election Hjalmar Branting Social Democrats PM-elect Louis de Geer Independent

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General elections were held in Sweden between 4 and 17 September 1920,^[1] the last before universal suffrage was introduced the following year.^[2] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 75 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.^[3] Later in October 1920 Hjalmar Branting was succeeded as prime minister by Baron Louis De Geer.