All Sweden elections

1896 Swedish General Election

September 1896 · The Second Chamber · 230 seats

Lantmanna Party finished first with 98 of 230 seats on 38.6% 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

Lantmanna Party

98 of 230 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the Riksdag
Lantmanna Party98+12
54 28238.6%
Liberals73-3
53 38838.0%
Swedish Social Democratic Party1+1
Moderate Free Traders58-8
32 91823.4%