Country: | Sweden |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1932 Swedish general election |
Previous Year: | 1932 |
Next Election: | 1940 Swedish general election |
Next Year: | 1940 |
Seats For Election: | All 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag |
Majority Seats: | 116 |
Election Date: | 20 September 1936 |
Image1: | Per Albin Hansson, statsminister, porträttbild 1935.jpg |
Leader1: | Per Albin Hansson |
Party1: | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
Last Election1: | 104 |
Seats1: | 112 |
Seat Change1: | 8 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,338,120 |
Percentage1: | 45.86% |
Leader2: | Gösta Bagge |
Party2: | Electoral League |
Last Election2: | 58 |
Seats2: | 44 |
Seat Change2: | 14 |
Popular Vote2: | 512,781 |
Percentage2: | 17.57% |
Image3: | Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp.jpg |
Leader3: | Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp |
Party3: | Farmers' League |
Last Election3: | 36 |
Seats3: | 36 |
Popular Vote3: | 418,840 |
Percentage3: | 14.35% |
Image4: | Gustaf Andersson i Rasjön.jpg |
Leader4: | Gustaf Andersson |
Party4: | People's Party |
Last Election4: | 24 |
Seats4: | 27 |
Seat Change4: | 3 |
Popular Vote4: | 376,161 |
Percentage4: | 12.89% |
Image5: | Nils Flyg.jpg |
Leader5: | Nils Flyg |
Party5: | Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929) |
Last Election5: | 6 |
Seats5: | 6 |
Popular Vote5: | 127,832 |
Percentage5: | 4.38% |
Image6: | Sven Linderot.jpg |
Leader6: | Sven Linderot |
Party6: | Communist |
Last Election6: | 2 |
Seats6: | 5 |
Seat Change6: | 3 |
Popular Vote6: | 96,519 |
Percentage6: | 3.31% |
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Before Election: | Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp |
Before Party: | Farmers' League (Sweden) |
After Election: | Per Albin Hansson |
After Party: | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1936.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 112 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.[2] [3]
See main article: Results of the 1936 Swedish general election.