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Sweden 1970 general election

What was the result of the 1970 general election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 163 of 350 seats with 45.3% of the vote. 88.3% 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 163 of 350 seats with 45.3% of the vote; 88.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.0 points on 1968.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 163 +38 seats 45.3% −4.8 points
  • Centre Party 71 +34 seats 19.9% +4.2 points
  • Liberals 58 +26 seats 16.2% +1.9 points
  • Moderate Party 41 +12 seats 11.5% −1.4 points
  • Left Party 17 +14 seats 4.8% +1.8 points
  • Christian Democrats 0 0 seats 1.8% +0.3 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 1968 general election, party by party.

176 of 350 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 45.3%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    Swedish Social Democratic Party won 163 of 350 seats. A majority needs 176.

  2. +38 seats

    Seats gained by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1968.

  3. 88.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.0 points on 1968.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swedish Social Democratic Party163+3845.3−4.82,256,369
Centre Party71+3419.9+4.2991,208
Liberals58+2616.2+1.9806,667
Moderate Party41+1211.5−1.4573,812
Left Party17+144.8+1.8236,659
Christian Democrats001.8+0.388,770

± is the change against the Sweden 1968 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,256,369
  • Centre Party 991,208
  • Liberals 806,667
  • Moderate Party 573,812
  • Left Party 236,659
  • Christian Democrats 88,770

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?

88.3% of the 5,645,804 registered voters cast a ballot (4,984,207 ballots), down 1.0 points on 1968. 4,976,196 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party45.3% of votes46.6% of seats
  • Centre Party19.9% of votes20.3% of seats
  • Liberals16.2% of votes16.6% of seats
  • Moderate Party11.5% of votes11.7% of seats
  • Left Party4.8% of votes4.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.5 by votes and 3.3 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Centre Party by 25.4 points of the vote.

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