Swedish general election, 1988

Swedish general election, 1988

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18 September 1988
→ 1991

All 349 seats to the Riksdag
175 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ingvar Carlsson Carl Bildt
Party Social Democrats Moderate Party
Last election 159 seats 76 seats
Seats won 156 seats 66
Seat change -3 -10
Popular vote 2,321,826 983,226
Percentage 43.21% 18.30%

PM before election

Ingvar Carlsson
Social Democrats

Elected PM

Ingvar Carlsson
Social Democrats

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Elections to the Swedish Riksdag held 18 September 1988. The elections saw the Green Party elected to parliament for the first time.

Party Leader Votes Seats
Amount +− % Amount +−
  Social Democrats Ingvar Carlsson 2 321 826 43,21 −1,47 156 −3
  Moderate Party Carl Bildt 983 226 18,30 −3,03 66 −10
  People's Party Bengt Westerberg 655 720 12,20 −2,03 44 −7
  Centre Party Olof Johansson 607 240 11,30 −1,12 42 −2
  Left Party - Communists Lars Werner 314 031 5,84 +0,48 21 +2
  Green Party Eva Goës and Birger Schlaug 296 935 5,53 +4,03 20 +20
  Christian Democratic Unity Alf Svensson 158 182 2,94 +2,94
  Others 36 559 0,68
No. of valid votes 5 373 719 100,00   349  
Invalid votes 67 331  
Total 5 441 050
(85,96 %)