1964 Swedish general election

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1964 Swedish general election
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  1960 20 September 1964 1968  

All 233 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag
117 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Gunnar Hedlund
Party Social Democrats People's Party Centre
Last election1144034
Seats won1134335
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg1
Popular vote2,006,923720,733559,632
Percentage47.27%16.98%13.18%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
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Leader Gunnar Heckscher C.-H. Hermansson
Party Right Communist
Last election395
Seats won338
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6Increase2.svg3
Popular vote582,609221,746
Percentage13.72%5.22%

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Largest bloc and seats won by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Tage Erlander
Social Democrats

Elected Prime Minister

Tage Erlander
Social Democrats

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 Andra kammaren of the Riksdag. [2] Tage Erlander's Social Democratic government was returned to power.

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Results

Sweden Riksdag 1964.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,006,92347.27113–1
People's Party 720,73316.9843+3
Right Party 582,60913.7233–6
Centre Party 559,63213.1835+1
Communist Party 221,7465.228+3
Christian Democratic Unity 75,3891.780New
Civic Unity [a] 64,8071.531New
Middle Parties [b] 13,5570.320New
Other parties3840.0100
Total4,245,780100.00233+1
Valid votes4,245,78099.35
Invalid/blank votes27,8150.65
Total votes4,273,595100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,095,85083.86
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

  1. 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]
  2. Joint list of the Centre Party and People's Party that contested some constituencies. [3]

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1861