Election to the Swedish Parliament in 1970

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Election to the Swedish Parliament in 1970
(in %)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
45.34
19.91
16.21
11.53
4.75
1.80
0.46
FP
VPK
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1968
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-4.78
+3.78
+1.20
-2.35
+1.74
+0.30
+0.10
FP
VPK
Otherwise.
17th
163
71
34
41
17th 163 71 34 41 
A total of 326 seats
  • VPK : 17
  • S : 163
  • C : 71
  • FP : 34
  • M : 41

The election to the Swedish Parliament in 1970 took place on September 20, 1970.

It was the first choice after the introduction of the unicameral system. In addition, from this election the planned length of a legislative period was shortened from four to three years.

Election result

The Social Democrats took office under the leadership of Prime Minister Olof Palme , who had taken over the office in 1969 from Tage Erlander (since 1946). After four elections with gains, the Social Democrats lost votes for the first time. On the one hand, the Center Party was able to benefit from the losses . a. has been traced back to the beginning nuclear power debate. The center made a name for itself with statements critical of nuclear energy. The Liberals also made gains and were able to assert themselves as the third largest party. Under the new name Moderata samlingspartiet , the conservatives achieved their historically worst result with 11.5 percent. The communists won and returned massively strengthened to parliament. The Christian Democrats , on the other hand, were again unable to win any seats.

The Social Democrats lost their absolute majority in parliament and formed a minority government .

Result of the election to the Swedish parliament in 1970
Political party Chairman be right Seats
number % +/-
Swedish Social Democratic Labor Party (S) Olof Palme 2,256,369 45.34 −4.78 163
Center Party (C) Gunnar Hedlund 991.208 19.91 +3.78 71
People's Party (FP) Gunnar Helén 806.667 16.21 +1.20 58
Moderate gathering party (M) Yngve Holmberg 573.812 11.53 −2.35 41
Left Party Communists (V) Carl-Henrik Hermansson 258,432 4.75 +1.74 17th
Christian Democratic Collection Movement (KD) Birger Ekstedt 73,844 1.80 +0.30 -
Others 21,972 0.46 - -
total 4,977,336 100.00 350
Eligible voters 5,645,804
voter turnout 88.30%
Votes cast 4,984,207
Invalid votes 6,871
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See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Official result of the election for the Swedish Diet 1970 Statistiska centralbyrån , PDF document (Swedish, English)