Swedish general election, 1964
Swedish general election, 1964
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All 233 seats to the Second Chamber of the Riksdag 117 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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![](../I/m/Tage_Erlander_1952.jpg) |
![](../I/m/Bertil_Ohlin.jpg) |
![](../I/m/Gunnar_Hedlund_1966.jpg) |
Leader |
Tage Erlander |
Bertil Ohlin |
Gunnar Hedlund |
Party |
Social Democratic |
People's |
Centre |
Last election |
114 |
40 |
34 |
Seats won |
113 |
43 |
35 |
Seat change |
1 |
3 |
1 |
Popular vote |
2,006,923 |
720,733 |
559,632 |
Percentage |
47.30% |
17.0% |
13.2% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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Leader |
Gunnar Heckscher |
C.-H. Hermansson |
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Party |
Rightist |
Communist |
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Last election |
39 |
5 |
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Seats won |
33 |
8 |
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Seat change |
6 |
3 |
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Popular vote |
582,609 |
221,746 |
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Percentage |
13.7% |
5.2% |
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General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1964.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 113 of the 233 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[2] Tage Erlander's Social Democratic government was returned to power.
Results
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2,006,723 | 47.3 | 113 | –1 |
People's Party | 720,733 | 17.0 | 43 | +3 |
Rightist Party | 582,609 | 13.7 | 33 | –6 |
Centre Party | 559,632 | 13.2 | 35 | +1 |
Communist Party of Sweden | 221,746 | 5.2 | 8 | +3 |
Christian Democratic Unity | 75,389 | 1.8 | 0 | New |
Civic Unity[a] | 64,807 | 1.5 | 1 | New |
Middle Parties[b] | 13,557 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
Other parties | 384 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 27,815 | – | – | – |
Total | 4,273,595 | 100 | 233 | +1 |
Registered voters/turnout | 5,095,850 | 83.9 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
a Civic Unity was a joint list of the three right-wing parties in Malmö. One of its elected candidates was a member of the Centre Party, but sat as an independent.[2]
b The Middle Parties was a joint list of the Centre Party and People's Party that contested some constituencies.[3]
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1861