1970 Swedish general election

1970 Swedish general election

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All 350 seats in the Riksdag
176 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Olof Palme Gunnar Hedlund Gunnar Helén
Party Social Democrats Centre Liberals
Last election 125 seats 39 seats 34 seats
Seats won 163 71 58
Seat change Increase38 Increase32 Increase24
Popular vote 2,256,369 991,208 806,667
Percentage 45.34% 19.92% 16.21%
Swing Decrease4.78pp Increase4.24pp Increase1.95pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Yngve Holmberg C.-H. Hermansson
Party Moderate Left Communists
Last election 32 seats 3 seats
Seats won 41 17
Seat change Increase9 Increase14
Popular vote 573,812 236,659
Percentage 11.53% 4.76%
Swing Decrease1.33pp Increase1.75pp

Map of the election, showing the distribution of constituency and levelling seats, as well as the largest political bloc within each constituency.

PM before election

Olof Palme
Social Democrats

Elected PM

Olof Palme
Social Democrats

Examples of ballot papers used for 1970 Swedish general (yellow) and regional (blue) elections

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 1969 elected leader, Prime Minister Olof Palme.

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7