Country: | Sweden |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1956 Swedish general election |
Previous Year: | 1956 |
Next Election: | 1960 Swedish general election |
Next Year: | 1960 |
Seats For Election: | All 231 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag |
Majority Seats: | 116 |
Election Date: | 1 June 1958 |
Image1: | Tage Erlander 1952.jpg |
Leader1: | Tage Erlander |
Party1: | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
Last Election1: | 106 |
Seats1: | 111 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,776,667 |
Percentage1: | 46.22% |
Leader2: | Jarl Hjalmarson |
Party2: | Right |
Last Election2: | 42 |
Seats2: | 45 |
Seat Change2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 750,332 |
Percentage2: | 19.52% |
Image3: | Bertil Ohlin.jpg |
Leader3: | Bertil Ohlin |
Party3: | People's Party |
Last Election3: | 58 |
Seats3: | 38 |
Seat Change3: | 20 |
Popular Vote3: | 700,019 |
Percentage3: | 18.21% |
Image4: | Gunnar Hedlund 1951.jpg |
Leader4: | Gunnar Hedlund |
Party4: | Centre Party (Sweden) |
Last Election4: | 19 |
Seats4: | 32 |
Seat Change4: | 13 |
Popular Vote4: | 486,760 |
Percentage4: | 12.66% |
Image5: | Hilding Hagberg-2.jpg |
Leader5: | Hilding Hagberg |
Party5: | Communist |
Last Election5: | 6 |
Seats5: | 5 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 129,319 |
Percentage5: | 3.36% |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Tage Erlander |
Before Party: | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
After Election: | Tage Erlander |
After Party: | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
Early general elections were held in Sweden on 1 June 1958,[1] after the defeat of the Social Democratic government's proposals for a new pensions system in a parliamentary vote. The Social Democrats remained the largest party, winning 111 of the 231 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag,[2] and Tage Erlander's third government was returned to power. In accordance with the law, the new Chamber was elected only to complete the previous Chamber's term, which was due to end in 1960.
See main article: Results of the 1958 Swedish general election.