Swedish general election, 1998

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Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held on the third Sunday of September 1998.

Riksdag election, 1998
Party Votes % Seats Eq¹ Party leader/Comment
Social Democrats 1,914,426 36.4% 131 1 Göran Persson
Moderate Party 1,204,926 22.9% 82 5 Carl Bildt
Left Party 631,011 12.0% 43 - Gudrun Schyman
Christian Democrats 619,046 11.8% 42 4 Alf Svensson
Centre Party 269,762 5.1% 18 8 Lennart Daléus
Liberal People's Party 248,076 4.7% 17 10 Lars Leijonborg
Green Party 236,699 4.5% 16 11  
Others 137,176 2.6% - -  
Total 5,261,122 100% 349   Number of valid ballots
Participation 5,374,588 81,4%   Number of ballots cast

¹ Number of equalization seats to ensure proportional representation.
There are 310 fixed seats and 39 equalization seats, making a grand total of 349 seats.

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