Election to the Swedish Parliament in 1979

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Election to the Swedish Parliament in 1979
(in %)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
43.24
20.34
18.07
10.59
5.61
1.39
0.75
FP
VPK
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1976
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
+0.49
+4.75
-6.01
-0.47
+0.86
+0.03
+0.34
FP
VPK
Otherwise.
20th
154
64
38
73
20th 154 64 38 73 
A total of 349 seats
  • VPK : 20
  • S : 154
  • C : 64
  • FP : 38
  • M : 73

The election to the Swedish Parliament in 1979 took place on September 16, 1979.

Election result

Result of the election to the Swedish parliament in 1979
Political party Chairman be right Seats
number % +/- number +/-
Swedish Social Democratic Labor Party (S) Olof Palme 2,356,234 43.24 +0.49 154 +2
Moderate gathering party (M) Gosta Bohman 1,108,406 20.34 +4.75 73 +18
Center Party (C) Thorbjörn Fälldin 984.589 18.07 −6.01 64 −22
People's Party (FP) Ola Ullsten 577.063 10.59 −0.47 38 −1
Left Party Communists (V) Lars Werner 305.420 5.61 +0.86 20th +3
Christian Democratic Collection Movement (KD) Alf Svensson 75.993 1.39 +0.03 - -
Workers' Party - The Communists (APK) Rolf Hagel 10,725 0.20 - - -
Others 30.208 0.55 - - -
total 5,448,638 100.00 349
Eligible voters 6,040,461
voter turnout 90.72%
Votes cast 5,480,126
Invalid votes 31,488
Source:

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See also

Individual evidence

  1. a b Official result of the election to the Swedish Parliament in 1979 Statistiska centralbyrån , PDF document (Swedish, English)