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Sweden 1956 general election

What was the result of the 1956 general election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 106 of 231 seats with 44.6% of the vote. 79.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Sweden
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 106 of 231 seats with 44.6% of the vote; 79.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.5 points on 1952.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 106 −4 seats 44.6% −1.4 points
  • Liberals 58 0 seats 23.8% −0.6 points
  • Moderate Party 42 +11 seats 17.1% +2.7 points
  • Centre Party 19 −7 seats 9.5% −1.2 points
  • Left Party 6 +1 seat 5.0% +0.7 points
  • Left Socialist Party 0 0 seats 0.0% −0.1 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Sweden 1952 general election, party by party.

116 of 231 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 44.6%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    Swedish Social Democratic Party won 106 of 231 seats. A majority needs 116.

  2. +11 seats

    Seats gained by Moderate Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1952. Centre Party lost 7 seats.

  3. 79.6%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.5 points on 1952.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swedish Social Democratic Party106−444.6−1.41,729,463
Liberals58023.8−0.6923,564
Moderate Party42+1117.1+2.7663,693
Centre Party19−79.5−1.2366,612
Left Party6+15.0+0.7194,016
Left Socialist Party000.0−0.11,252

± is the change against the Sweden 1952 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,729,463
  • Liberals 923,564
  • Moderate Party 663,693
  • Centre Party 366,612
  • Left Party 194,016
  • Left Socialist Party 1,252

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

79.6% of the 4,902,114 registered voters cast a ballot (3,902,114 ballots), up 0.5 points on 1952. 3,879,330 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party44.6% of votes45.9% of seats
  • Liberals23.8% of votes25.1% of seats
  • Moderate Party17.1% of votes18.2% of seats
  • Centre Party9.5% of votes8.2% of seats
  • Left Party5.0% of votes2.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Liberals by 20.8 points of the vote.

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