All Sweden elections

August 1887 Swedish General Election

August and September 1887 · The Second Chamber · 221 seats

Free traders finished first with 136 of 221 seats on 53.1% of the vote.

The franchise was tied to income and property, so roughly one adult man in five could vote and far fewer did.

Prime Minister before

Prime Minister (continued)

Largest force

Free traders

136 of 221 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the Riksdag
Free traders136+34
50 95953.1%
Protectionists85-27
44 91546.9%