Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag

Parliament of Sweden

The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...

 held 19 September 1948. Freshman Prime Minister and Social Democratic leader Tage Erlander

Tage Erlander

was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969...

 managed to debauch the Liberal-led opposition under Bertil Ohlin

Bertil Ohlin

Bertil Gotthard Ohlin was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liberal party which at the time was the largest party in opposition to the governing Social...

, despite a furious campaign fuelled by the majority of the Swedish press, and could withhold his government with only minor losses. The victory as well confirmed Erlander's reign on a permanent basis, sustaining his government until 1969.

Party		Leader	Votes			Seats
			Number	%	+− %	Number	+−
	Social Democrats	Tage Erlander Tage Erlander was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969...	1 789 440	46,13	−0,42	112	−3
	People's Party Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006...	Bertil Ohlin Bertil Ohlin Bertil Gotthard Ohlin was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liberal party which at the time was the largest party in opposition to the governing Social...	882 414	22,75	+9,84	57	+31
	Peasants League	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Axel Alarik Pehrsson-Bramstorp was a Swedish politician and was Prime Minister of Sweden for a few months during 1936. As a parliamentarian he was known as "Axel Pehrsson in Bramstorp" or just "Bramstorp" for short...	480 361	12,38	−1,26	30	−5
	Rightist Party	Fritiof Domö	478 779	12,34	−3,5	23	−16
	Communist Party	Sven Linderot Sven Linderot Sven Harald Linderot was a Swedish Communist leader. He was born Sven Harald Larsson but changed his surname to Linderot in 1918...	244 812	6,31	−4,01	8	−7
	Others	—	3 293	0,08	—	—	—
No. of valid votes			3 879 099	100,00		230
Invalid votes			?
Total			3 895 161 (82,7 %)