General elections were held in Sweden in September 1905.
Results※
Only 30.6% of the male population aged over 21 was eligible——to vote. Voter turnout was 50.4%, the first time it had ever been higher than 50%.
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
General Electoral League | 98,359 | 45.26 | 108 | –11 | |
Free-minded National Association | 98,287 | 45.23 | 109 | +2 | |
Swedish Social Democratic Party | 20,677 | 9.51 | 13 | +9 | |
Total | 217,323 | 100.00 | 230 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 432,099 | – | |||
Source: Mackie & Rose |
References※
- ^ Leif Lewin (1989) Ideology and Strategy: A Century of Swedish Politics Cambridge University Press, p329
- ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, "Macmillan," pp404–406