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Sweden 1958 general election

What was the result of the 1958 general election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 111 of 231 seats with 46.2% of the vote. 77.4% 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 111 of 231 seats with 46.2% of the vote; 77.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.2 points on 1956.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 111 +5 seats 46.2% +1.6 points
  • Moderate Party 45 +3 seats 19.5% +2.4 points
  • Liberals 38 −20 seats 18.2% −5.6 points
  • Centre Party 32 +13 seats 12.7% +3.2 points
  • Left Party 5 −1 seat 3.4% −1.6 points
  • Left Socialist Party 0 0 seats 0.0% 0.0 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 1956 general election, party by party.

116 of 231 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 46.2%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    Swedish Social Democratic Party won 111 of 231 seats. A majority needs 116.

  2. +13 seats

    Seats gained by Centre Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1956. Liberals lost 20 seats.

  3. 77.4%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.2 points on 1956.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swedish Social Democratic Party111+546.2+1.61,776,667
Moderate Party45+319.5+2.4750,332
Liberals38−2018.2−5.6700,019
Centre Party32+1312.7+3.2486,760
Left Party5−13.4−1.6129,319
Left Socialist Party000.00.01,008

± is the change against the Sweden 1956 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,776,667
  • Moderate Party 750,332
  • Liberals 700,019
  • Centre Party 486,760
  • Left Party 129,319
  • Left Socialist Party 1,008

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?

77.4% of the 4,992,421 registered voters cast a ballot (3,864,963 ballots), down 2.2 points on 1956. 3,844,252 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1948.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party46.2% of votes48.1% of seats
  • Moderate Party19.5% of votes19.5% of seats
  • Liberals18.2% of votes16.5% of seats
  • Centre Party12.7% of votes13.9% of seats
  • Left Party3.4% of votes2.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 26.7 points of the vote.

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