All Sweden elections

March 1887 Swedish General Election

March and April 1887 · The Second Chamber · 214 seats

Protectionists finished first with 112 of 214 seats on 41.4% 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

Protectionists

112 of 214 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the Riksdag
Free traders102
76 02558.6%
Protectionists112
53 69241.4%