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General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 1948.^[1] Despite a campaign by a large part of the Swedish press against socializing insurances, controlled foreign trade and rationing regulations still in use since the war, freshman Prime Minister and Social Democratic leader Tage Erlander managed to defeat the People's Party-led opposition under Bertil Ohlin by a higher election turnout. He maintained his government with only minor losses and the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 112 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.^[2] Erlander was to stay on as Prime Minister until 1969.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	1,789,459	46.13	112	–3
	People's Party	882,437	22.75	57	+31
	Farmers' League	480,421	12.39	30	–5
	National Organisation of the Right	478,786	12.34	23	–16
	Communist Party	244,826	6.31	8	–7
	Left Socialist Party	2,943	0.08	0	0
	Other parties	119	0.00	0	0
Total		3,878,991	100.00	230	0
Valid votes		3,878,991	99.58
Invalid/blank votes		16,170	0.42
Total votes		3,895,161	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,707,783	82.74
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, SCB

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