1921 Swedish general election

Early general elections were held in Sweden between 10 and 26 September 1921. In the first elections held under universal suffrage, the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 93 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. Party leader Hjalmar Branting formed his second government.

1921 Swedish general election
10 September 1921
All 230 seats in the Riksdag
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Raoul Hamilton
Party Social Democrats Electoral League Free-minded
Last election 75 71 47
Seats won 93 62 41
Seat change 18 9 6
Popular vote 630,855 449,302 325,608
Percentage 36.22% 25.79% 18.69%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Johan Andersson Karl Kilbom Ivar Vennerström
Party Farmers' League Communist SSV
Last election 30 7 –
Seats won 21 7 6
Seat change 9 0 New
Popular vote 192,269 80,355 56,241
Percentage 11.04% 4.61% 3.23%
Largest bloc and seats won by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Oscar von Sydow
Independent

 PM-elect

Hjalmar Branting
Social Democrats

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