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Sweden 1964 general election

What was the result of the 1964 general election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 113 of 233 seats with 47.3% of the vote. 83.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 113 of 233 seats with 47.3% of the vote; 83.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.0 points on 1960.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 113 −1 seat 47.3% −0.5 points
  • Liberals 42 +2 seats 17.0% −0.5 points
  • Moderate Party 32 −7 seats 13.7% −2.9 points
  • Centre Party 33 −1 seat 13.2% −0.4 points
  • Left Party 8 +3 seats 5.2% +0.7 points
  • Christian Democrats 0 1.8%
  • Citizens' Coalition 3 1.5%
  • Middle Parties 2 0.3%
  • 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 1960 general election, party by party.

117 of 233 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.3%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    Swedish Social Democratic Party won 113 of 233 seats. A majority needs 117.

  2. +3 seats

    Seats gained by Left Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1960. Moderate Party lost 7 seats.

  3. 83.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.0 points on 1960.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swedish Social Democratic Party113−147.3−0.52,006,923
Liberals42+217.0−0.5720,733
Moderate Party32−713.7−2.9582,609
Centre Party33−113.2−0.4559,632
Left Party8+35.2+0.7221,746
Christian Democrats01.875,389
Citizens' Coalition31.564,807
Middle Parties20.313,557

± is the change against the Sweden 1960 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,006,923
  • Liberals 720,733
  • Moderate Party 582,609
  • Centre Party 559,632
  • Left Party 221,746
  • Christian Democrats 75,389
  • Citizens' Coalition 64,807
  • Middle Parties 13,557

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?

83.9% of the 5,095,850 registered voters cast a ballot (4,273,595 ballots), down 2.0 points on 1960. 4,245,780 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party47.3% of votes48.5% of seats
  • Liberals17.0% of votes18.0% of seats
  • Centre Party13.2% of votes14.2% of seats
  • Moderate Party13.7% of votes13.7% of seats
  • Left Party5.2% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Citizens' Coalition1.5% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Middle Parties0.3% of votes0.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.3 (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 30.3 points of the vote.

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