1988 Swedish general election

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1988 Swedish general election
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  1985 18 September 1988 1991  

All 349 seats in the Riksdag
175 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Ingvar Carlsson.jpg Carl Bildt 2001-05-15.jpg Bengt Westerberg2.jpg
Leader Ingvar Carlsson Carl Bildt Bengt Westerberg
Party Social Democrats Moderate People's Party
Last election1597651
Seats won1566644
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg10Decrease2.svg7
Popular vote2,321,826983,226655,720
Percentage43.21%18.30%12.20%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.67ppDecrease2.svg3.33ppDecrease2.svg2.23pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Olof Johansson2.jpg Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0701-023, Berlin, Erich Honecker, Lars Werner cropped.jpg Eva Goes 110730 (edit).jpg
Birger Schlaug.jpg
Leader Olof Johansson Lars Werner Eva Goës
Birger Schlaug
Party Centre Left Communists Green
Last election43190
Seats won422120
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg2Increase2.svg20
Popular vote607,240314,031296,935
Percentage11.30%5.84%5.53%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.48ppIncrease2.svg0.48ppIncrease2.svg4.03pp

Riksdagsvalet 1988.svg
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]

Contents

Results

Sweden Riksdag 1988.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,321,82643.21156–3
Moderate Party 983,22618.3066–10
People's Party 655,72012.2044–7
Centre Party 607,24011.3042–1
Left Party Communists 314,0315.8421+2
Green Party 296,9355.5320+20
Christian Democratic Society Party 158,1822.940–1
Other parties36,5590.6800
Total5,373,719100.003490
Valid votes5,373,71998.76
Invalid/blank votes67,3311.24
Total votes5,441,050100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,330,02385.96
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
By partyBy coalition
S M F C V MP LeftRightOthers
Älvsborg North 1142221461
Älvsborg South 6311133
Blekinge 641142
Bohus 12522111651
Fyrstadskretsen 209521121082
Gävleborg 12611211741
Gothenburg 19743122982
Gotland 21111
Halland 1142221461
Jämtland 531132
Jönköping 11522256
Kalmar 10521255
Kopparberg 12611211741
Kristianstad1253121561
Kronoberg 6311133
Malmöhus1363121661
Norrbotten 106111173
Örebro 116121174
Östergötland 17832211971
Skaraborg 1152121551
Södermanland 9521154
Stockholm County 371310623316183
Stockholm Municipality 30108514214142
Uppsala 12522111651
Värmland 126212175
Västerbotten 105112164
Västernorrland 12611211741
Västmanland 105211164
Total349156664442212017715220
Source: Statistics Sweden

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References

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