1988 Swedish general election

1988 Swedish general election
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All 349 seats in the Riksdag
175 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ingvar Carlsson Carl Bildt Bengt Westerberg
Party Social Democrats Moderate People's Party
Last election 159 76 51
Seats won 156 66 44
Seat change Decrease3 Decrease10 Decrease7
Popular vote 2,321,826 983,226 655,720
Percentage 43.21% 18.30% 12.20%
Swing Decrease1.67pp Decrease3.33pp Decrease2.23pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Olof Johansson Lars Werner Eva Goës
Birger Schlaug
Party Centre Left Communists Green
Last election 43 19 0
Seats won 42 21 20
Seat change Decrease1 Increase2 Increase20
Popular vote 607,240 314,031 296,935
Percentage 11.30% 5.84% 5.53%
Swing Increase2.48pp Increase0.48pp Increase4.03pp
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

Ingvar Carlsson
Social Democrats

Elected PM

Ingvar Carlsson
Social Democrats

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]

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1873