1956 Swedish General Election
16 September 1956 · Folkhemmet · 231 seats, 116 for a majority
Swedish Social Democratic Party finished first with 106 of 231 seats on 44.6% of the vote. Turnout 79.8%. Tage Erlander stayed in office.
Prime Minister before
Tage Erlander
Social Democrats
Prime Minister (continued)
Tage Erlander
Social Democrats
Largest force
Swedish Social Democratic Party
106 of 231 seats
Turnout
79.8%
The result
| Share of the Riksdag | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | — | 106 | -4 | 1 729 463 | 44.6% | — | |
| People's Party | — | 58 | 0 | 923 564 | 23.8% | — | |
| Right Party | — | 42 | +11 | 663 693 | 17.1% | — | |
| Farmers' League | — | 19 | -7 | 366 612 | 9.4% | — | |
| Communist Party | — | 6 | +1 | 194 016 | 5.0% | — | |
| Left Socialist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 1 252 | 0.0% | — | |
| Samlingspartiet | — | 0 | — | 635 | 0.0% | — | |
| Other parties | — | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0.0% | — |