Swedish general election, 1928

Election poster from the Conservative (or Right) Party. The text reads: "DALECARLIANS - Your forefathers have once saved Sweden from Christian the Tyrant. Redo your great work: Everyone who votes for the "Workers' Party" votes for the revolution of society, and the introduction of Bolshevism. SAVE THE FATHERLAND!"

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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag were held 15 September–21 September 1928. This election is often called the "Cossack Election" (Swedish: Kosackvalet) due to the harsh tone and aggressive criticism on both sides.

Party		Leader	Votes			Seats
			Number	%	± %	Number	±
	Social Democrats	Per Albin Hansson	874,267	37.0	-4,1	90	−15
	General Electoral League	Arvid Lindman	692,350	29.4	+3,2	73	+8
	Free-minded People's Party	Carl Gustaf Ekman	305,632	12,9	+2,1	28	−1
	Peasants League	Olof Olsson	262,756	11.2	+0,3	27	+4
	Communist Party of Sweden	Nils Flyg	151,729	6.4	+2,8	8	+4
	Liberal Party of Sweden	Eliel Löfgren	70,861	3,0	+1,0	4	0
No. of valid votes			?	100.0		230
Invalid votes			?
Total			2,363,168 (67,4 %)