Swedish general election, 1979
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Elections to the Swedish Riksdag held September 16, 1979.
Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antal | % | +− % | Antal | +− | |||
Social Democrats | Olof Palme | 2 356 234 | 43,24 | +0,49 | 154 | +2 | |
Moderates | Gösta Bohman | 1 108 406 | 20,34 | +4,75 | 73 | +18 | |
Centre Party | Thorbjörn Fälldin | 984 589 | 18,07 | −6,01 | 64 | −22 | |
People's Party | Ola Ullsten | 577 063 | 10,59 | −0,47 | 38 | −1 | |
Left Party - Communists | Lars Werner | 305 420 | 5,61 | +0,86 | 20 | +3 | |
Christian Democratic Unity | Alf Svensson | 75 993 | 1,39 | +0,03 | — | — | |
Others | — | 40 933 | 0,75 | — | — | — | |
No. of valid votes | 5 448 638 | 100,00 | 349 | ||||
Invalid votes | 31 488 | ||||||
Total | 5 480 126 (90,72 %) |
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