Swedish general election, 1964

Swedish general election, 1964

1960 ←
September 20, 1964
→ 1968

All 233 seats to the second chamber of the Riksdag
117 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin
Party Social Democrats Liberal People's Party
Last election 114 seats 40 seats
Seats won 113 seats 43 seats
Seat change -1 +3
Popular vote 2,006,923 778,810
Percentage 47.30% 17,10%

PM before election

Tage Erlander
Social Democrats

Elected PM

Tage Erlander
Social Democrats

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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag held September 20, 1964. Tage Erlander's Social Democratic government was returned to power.

Party Leader Votes Seats
Antal +− % Antal +−
  Social Democrats Tage Erlander 2 006 923 47,3 -0,5 113 -1
  People's Party Bertil Ohlin 723 986 17,1 -0,4 43 +3
  Rightist Party Gunnar Heckscher 582 609 13,7 −2,9 33 −6
  Centre Party Gunnar Hedlund 570 017 13,4 -0,2 36 +2
  Communist Party C.-H. Hermansson 221 746 5,2 +0,7 8 +3
  Christian Democratic Unity Birger Ekstedt 75 389 1,8 +1,8
  Civic Unity C.G. Regnell 64 782 1,5 +1,5
  Övriga partier ? ?
No. of valid votes ? 100,00   233 +1
Invalid votes 67 331  
Total (postal votes: 177 682) 4 273 595
(83,3 %)

Note: Civic Unity (Medborgerlig Samling) was a joint list of the three right-wing parties in Malmö. It won three seats. In the list they have been included in their respective parties.