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Sweden 1960 general election

What was the result of the 1960 general election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 114 of 232 seats with 47.8% of the vote. 85.9% 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 114 of 232 seats with 47.8% of the vote; 85.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 8.5 points on 1958.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 114 +3 seats 47.8% +1.6 points
  • Liberals 40 +2 seats 17.5% −0.7 points
  • Moderate Party 39 −6 seats 16.6% −2.9 points
  • Centre Party 34 +2 seats 13.6% +0.9 points
  • Left Party 5 0 seats 4.5% +1.1 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 1958 general election, party by party.

117 of 232 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.8%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    Swedish Social Democratic Party won 114 of 232 seats. A majority needs 117.

  2. +3 seats

    Seats gained by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1958. Moderate Party lost 6 seats.

  3. 85.9%

    Voter turnout

    Up 8.5 points on 1958.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swedish Social Democratic Party114+347.8+1.62,033,016
Liberals40+217.5−0.7744,142
Moderate Party39−616.6−2.9704,365
Centre Party34+213.6+0.9579,007
Left Party504.5+1.1190,560
Largest party without seats00.01,375

± is the change against the Sweden 1958 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,033,016
  • Liberals 744,142
  • Moderate Party 704,365
  • Centre Party 579,007
  • Left Party 190,560
  • Largest party without seats 1,375

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?

85.9% of the 4,972,177 registered voters cast a ballot (4,271,610 ballots), up 8.5 points on 1958. 4,254,114 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1948.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party47.8% of votes49.1% of seats
  • Liberals17.5% of votes17.2% of seats
  • Moderate Party16.6% of votes16.8% of seats
  • Centre Party13.6% of votes14.7% of seats
  • Left Party4.5% of votes2.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Liberals by 30.3 points of the vote.

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