1905 Swedish general election explained

General elections were held in Sweden in September 1905.[1]

The General Electoral League got more votes but fewer seats than the Free-Minded party. This incongruency helped lay the base for a switch to proportional representation in 1907.https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/swedens-peculiar-adoption-of-proportional-representation-the-overlooked-effects

Results

Only 31% of the male population aged over 21 was eligible to vote.[1] Voter turnout was 50.4%, the first time it had ever been higher than 50%.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Leif Lewin (1989) Ideology and Strategy: A Century of Swedish Politics Cambridge University Press, p329