1964 Swedish general election

1964 Swedish general election

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All 233 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag 117 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Gunnar Hedlund Party Social Democrats People's Party Centre Last election 114 40 34 Seats won 113 43 35 Seat change 1 3 1 Popular vote 2,006,923 720,733 559,632 Percentage 47.27% 16.98% 13.18% Swing 0.52 pp 0.51 pp 0.43 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gunnar Heckscher C.-H. Hermansson Party Right Communist Last election 39 5 Seats won 33 8 Seat change 6 3 Popular vote 582,609 221,746 Percentage 13.72% 5.22% Swing 3.38 pp 0.74 pp
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.

Results

Main article: Results of the 1964 Swedish general election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	2,006,923	47.27	113	–1
	People's Party	720,733	16.98	43	+3
	Right Party	582,609	13.72	33	–6
	Centre Party	559,632	13.18	35	+1
	Communist Party	221,746	5.22	8	+3
	Christian Democratic Unity	75,389	1.78	0	New
	Civic Unity  [ sv ] [a]	64,807	1.53	1	New
	Middle Parties  [ sv ] [b]	13,557	0.32	0	New
	Other parties	384	0.01	0	0
Total		4,245,780	100.00	233	+1
Valid votes		4,245,780	99.35
Invalid/blank votes		27,815	0.65
Total votes		4,273,595	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,095,850	83.86
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]

References

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