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Sweden 1973 general election

What was the result of the 1973 general election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 156 of 350 seats with 43.6% of the vote. 90.8% 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 156 of 350 seats with 43.6% of the vote; 90.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.6 points on 1970.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 156 −7 seats 43.6% −1.7 points
  • Centre Party 90 +19 seats 25.1% +5.2 points
  • Moderate Party 51 +10 seats 14.3% +2.8 points
  • Liberals 34 −24 seats 9.4% −6.8 points
  • Left Party 19 +2 seats 5.3% +0.5 points
  • Christian Democrats 0 0 seats 1.8% 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 1970 general election, party by party.

176 of 350 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 43.6%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    Swedish Social Democratic Party won 156 of 350 seats. A majority needs 176.

  2. +19 seats

    Seats gained by Centre Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1970. Liberals lost 24 seats.

  3. 90.8%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.6 points on 1970.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swedish Social Democratic Party156−743.6−1.72,247,727
Centre Party90+1925.1+5.21,295,246
Moderate Party51+1014.3+2.8737,584
Liberals34−249.4−6.8486,028
Left Party19+25.3+0.5274,929
Christian Democrats001.80.090,388

± is the change against the Sweden 1970 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,247,727
  • Centre Party 1,295,246
  • Moderate Party 737,584
  • Liberals 486,028
  • Left Party 274,929
  • Christian Democrats 90,388

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?

90.8% of the 5,690,333 registered voters cast a ballot (5,168,996 ballots), up 2.6 points on 1970. 5,160,146 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 Party43.6% of votes44.6% of seats
  • Centre Party25.1% of votes25.7% of seats
  • Moderate Party14.3% of votes14.6% of seats
  • Liberals9.4% of votes9.7% of seats
  • Left Party5.3% of votes5.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.5 by votes and 3.4 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Centre Party by 18.5 points of the vote.

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