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Sweden 1952 general election

What was the result of the 1952 general election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 110 of 230 seats with 46.0% of the vote. 79.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 110 of 230 seats with 46.0% of the vote; 79.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.6 points on 1948.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 110 −2 seats 46.0% −0.1 points
  • Liberals 58 +1 seat 24.4% +1.7 points
  • Moderate Party 31 +8 seats 14.4% +2.1 points
  • Centre Party 26 −4 seats 10.7% −1.7 points
  • Left Party 5 −3 seats 4.3% −2.0 points
  • Left Socialist Party 0 0 seats 0.1% 0.0 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Sweden 1948 general election, party by party.

116 of 230 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 46.0%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    Swedish Social Democratic Party won 110 of 230 seats. A majority needs 116.

  2. +8 seats

    Seats gained by Moderate Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1948. Centre Party lost 4 seats.

  3. 79.1%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.6 points on 1948.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swedish Social Democratic Party110−246.0−0.11,742,284
Liberals58+124.4+1.7924,819
Moderate Party31+814.4+2.1543,825
Centre Party26−410.7−1.7406,183
Left Party5−34.3−2.0164,194
Left Socialist Party000.10.02,302

± is the change against the Sweden 1948 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,742,284
  • Liberals 924,819
  • Moderate Party 543,825
  • Centre Party 406,183
  • Left Party 164,194
  • Left Socialist Party 2,302

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.

How many people voted?

79.1% of the 4,805,216 registered voters cast a ballot (3,801,284 ballots), down 3.6 points on 1948. 3,783,707 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party46.0% of votes47.8% of seats
  • Liberals24.4% of votes25.2% of seats
  • Moderate Party14.4% of votes13.5% of seats
  • Centre Party10.7% of votes11.3% of seats
  • Left Party4.3% of votes2.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Liberals by 21.6 points of the vote.

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