Swedish general election, 1988
Swedish general election, 1988
|
|
|
|
All 349 seats to the Riksdag
175 seats were needed for a majority |
| |
First party |
Second party |
Third party |
| |
 |
 |
 |
| Leader |
Ingvar Carlsson |
Carl Bildt |
Bengt Westerberg |
| Party |
Social Democratic |
Moderate |
People's |
| Last election |
159 |
76 |
51 |
| Seats won |
156 |
66 |
44 |
| Seat change |
 3 |
10 |
7 |
| Popular vote |
2,321,826 |
983,226 |
655,720 |
| Percentage |
43.2% |
18.3% |
12.2% |
|
| |
Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
| |
 |
 |
|
| Leader |
Olof Johansson |
Lars Werner |
Eva Goës
Birger Schlaug |
| Party |
Centre |
Left-Communist |
Green |
| Last election |
42 |
19 |
0 |
| Seats won |
44 |
21 |
20 |
| Seat change |
 0 |
 2 |
20 |
| Popular vote |
607,240 |
314,031 |
296,935 |
| Percentage |
11.3% |
5.8% |
5.5% |
|
|
General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1988.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 156 of the 349 seats.[2]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2,321,826 | 43.2 | 156 | –3 |
| Moderate Party | 983,226 | 18.3 | 66 | –10 |
| People's Party | 655,720 | 12.2 | 44 | –7 |
| Centre Party | 607,240 | 11.3 | 42 | (–1) |
| Left Party Communists | 314,031 | 5.8 | 21 | +2 |
| Green Party | 296,935 | 5.5 | 20 | +20 |
| Christian Democratic Society Party | 158,182 | 2.9 | 0 | (–1) |
| Other parties | 36,559 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 67,331 | – | – | – |
| Total | 5,441,050 | 100 | 349 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,330,023 | 86.0 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
By municipality
-
Votes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes within the coalition that won relative majority.
-
Cartogram of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast.
-
Map showing the voting shifts from the 1985 to the 1988 election. Darker blue indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that formed the centre-right bloc. Darker red indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form the left-wing bloc.
-
Votes by municipality as a scale from red/Left-wing bloc to blue/Centre-right bloc.
-
Cartogram of vote with each municipality rescaled in proportion to number of valid votes cast. Deeper blue represents a relative majority for the centre-right coalition, brighter red represents a relative majority for the left-wing coalition.
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1873
