Swedish general election, 1970
Swedish general election, 1970
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All 350 seats to the Riksdag
176 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Olof Palme |
Gunnar Hedlund |
Gunnar Helén |
| Party |
Social Democratic |
Centre |
People's |
| Last election |
125 |
39 |
34 |
| Seats won |
163 |
71 |
58 |
| Seat change |
 38 |
32 |
24 |
| Popular vote |
2,256,369 |
991,208 |
806,667 |
| Percentage |
45.3% |
19.9% |
16.2% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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| Leader |
Yngve Holmberg |
C.-H. Hermansson |
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| Party |
Moderate |
Left-Communist |
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| Last election |
32 |
3 |
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| Seats won |
41 |
17 |
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| Seat change |
9 |
14 |
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| Popular vote |
573,812 |
236,659 |
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| Percentage |
11.5% |
4.8% |
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General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1970,[1] two years ahead of schedule because of the opening of the newly unicameral Riksdag. The Social Democratic remained the largest party, winning 163 of the 350 seats and gathered enough support to remain in power under its in 1969 elected leader, Prime Minister Olof Palme.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
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| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2,256,369 | 45.3 | 163 | +38 |
| Centre Party | 991,208 | 19.9 | 71 | +32 |
| People's Party | 806,667 | 16.2 | 58 | +24 |
| Moderate Party | 573,812 | 11.5 | 41 | +9 |
| Left Party Communists | 236,659 | 4.8 | 17 | +14 |
| Christian Democratic Unity | 88,770 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist League Marxist-Leninist | 21,238 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| Other parties | 1,473 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,011 | – | – | – |
| Total | 4,984,207 | 100 | 350 | +117 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,645,804 | 88.3 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7