Country: | Sweden |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1911 Swedish general election |
Previous Year: | 1911 |
Next Election: | September 1914 Swedish general election |
Next Year: | September 1914 |
Seats For Election: | All 230 seats in the Riksdag |
Election Date: | 27 March 1914 |
Image1: | Arvid Lindman.jpg |
Leader1: | Arvid Lindman |
Party1: | Electoral League |
Last Election1: | 64 |
Seats1: | 86 |
Seat Change1: | 22 |
Popular Vote1: | 286,250 |
Percentage1: | 37.65% |
Leader2: | Hjalmar Branting |
Party2: | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
Last Election2: | 64 |
Seats2: | 73 |
Seat Change2: | 9 |
Popular Vote2: | 228,712 |
Percentage2: | 30.09% |
Image3: | Axel Schotte 1928.JPG |
Leader3: | Axel Schotte |
Party3: | Free-minded National Association |
Last Election3: | 102 |
Seats3: | 71 |
Seat Change3: | 31 |
Popular Vote3: | 245,107 |
Percentage3: | 32.24% |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | PM-elect |
Before Election: | Karl Staaff |
Before Party: | Free-minded National Association |
After Election: | Hjalmar Hammarskjöld |
After Party: | General Electoral League |
Early general elections were held in Sweden between 27 March and 7 April 1914,[1] [2] after the Riksdag had been prematurely dissolved by the Cabinet of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld.[3] The General Electoral League emerged as the largest party, winning 86 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber.[4] As of 2022, this is the last time a Swedish election has not seen the Social Democrats win a plurality of seats.
See main article: Results of the March 1914 Swedish general election.