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Sweden 1976 general election

What was the result of the 1976 general election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 152 of 349 seats with 42.7% of the vote. 91.8% 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 152 of 349 seats with 42.7% of the vote; 91.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.9 points on 1973.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 152 −4 seats 42.7% −0.9 points
  • Centre Party 86 −4 seats 24.1% −1.0 points
  • Moderate Party 55 +4 seats 15.6% +1.3 points
  • Liberals 39 +5 seats 11.1% +1.7 points
  • Left Party 17 −2 seats 4.7% −0.6 points
  • Christian Democrats 0 0 seats 1.4% −0.4 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 1973 general election, party by party.

175 of 349 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 42.7%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    Swedish Social Democratic Party won 152 of 349 seats. A majority needs 175.

  2. +5 seats

    Seats gained by Liberals

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1973. Centre Party lost 4 seats.

  3. 91.8%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.9 points on 1973.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swedish Social Democratic Party152−442.7−0.92,324,603
Centre Party86−424.1−1.01,309,669
Moderate Party55+415.6+1.3847,672
Liberals39+511.1+1.7601,556
Left Party17−24.7−0.6258,432
Christian Democrats001.4−0.473,844

± is the change against the Sweden 1973 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,324,603
  • Centre Party 1,309,669
  • Moderate Party 847,672
  • Liberals 601,556
  • Left Party 258,432
  • Christian Democrats 73,844

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?

91.8% of the 5,947,077 registered voters cast a ballot (5,457,043 ballots), up 0.9 points on 1973. 5,437,748 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 Party42.7% of votes43.6% of seats
  • Centre Party24.1% of votes24.6% of seats
  • Moderate Party15.6% of votes15.8% of seats
  • Liberals11.1% of votes11.2% of seats
  • Left Party4.7% of votes4.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.4 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Centre Party by 18.6 points of the vote.

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