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Sweden 1940 general election

What was the result of the 1940 general election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 134 of 230 seats with 53.8% of the vote. 70.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 134 of 230 seats with 53.8% of the vote; 70.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 134 53.8%
  • Moderate Party 42 18.0%
  • Centre Party 28 12.0%
  • Liberals 23 12.0%
  • Left Party 3 3.5%
  • Socialist Party 0 0.6%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
116 of 230 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 53.8%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    Swedish Social Democratic Party won 134 of 230 seats. A majority needs 116.

  2. 70.3%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Swedish Social Democratic Party13453.81,546,804
Moderate Party4218.0518,346
Centre Party2812.0344,345
Liberals2312.0344,113
Left Party33.5101,424
Socialist Party00.618,430
Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,546,804
  • Moderate Party 518,346
  • Centre Party 344,345
  • Liberals 344,113
  • Left Party 101,424
  • Socialist Party 18,430

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

70.3% of the 4,110,720 registered voters cast a ballot (2,889,137 ballots). 2,874,417 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party53.8% of votes58.3% of seats
  • Moderate Party18.0% of votes18.3% of seats
  • Centre Party12.0% of votes12.2% of seats
  • Liberals12.0% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Left Party3.5% of votes1.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 35.8 points of the vote.

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