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Swedish general election, 1917

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All 230 seats in the Riksdag
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hjalmar Branting Daniel Persson Arvid Lindman Party Social Democratic Free-minded National Electoral League Last election 87 57 86 Seats won 86 62 59 Seat change 1 5 27 Popular vote 228,777 202,936 182,070 Percentage 31.1% 27.6% 24.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Zeth Höglund Erik Eriksson ? Party Social Democratic Left Farmers' League National Farmers' Last election New 0 New Seats won 11 9 3 Seat change 11 9 3 Popular vote 59,243 39,262 22,659 Percentage 8.0% 5.3% 3.1%
Prime Minister before election Carl Swartz Electoral League PM-elect Nils Edén Free-minded National

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General elections were held in Sweden between 1 and 16 September 1917.^[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 86 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.^[2] As a result the Rightist Prime Minister Carl Swartz resigned the premiership and was replaced by Liberal leader Nils Edén.

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