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Sweden 1982 general election

What was the result of the 1982 general election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 166 of 349 seats with 45.6% of the vote. 91.4% 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 166 of 349 seats with 45.6% of the vote; 91.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.7 points on 1979.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 166 +12 seats 45.6% +2.4 points
  • Moderate Party 86 +13 seats 23.6% +3.3 points
  • Centre Party 56 −8 seats 15.5% −2.6 points
  • Liberals 21 −17 seats 5.9% −4.7 points
  • Left Party 20 0 seats 5.5% −0.1 points
  • Christian Democrats 0 0 seats 1.8% +0.4 points
  • Green Party 0 1.7%
  • 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 1979 general election, party by party.

175 of 349 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 45.6%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    Swedish Social Democratic Party won 166 of 349 seats. A majority needs 175.

  2. +13 seats

    Seats gained by Moderate Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1979. Liberals lost 17 seats.

  3. 91.4%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.7 points on 1979.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swedish Social Democratic Party166+1245.6+2.42,533,250
Moderate Party86+1323.6+3.31,313,337
Centre Party56−815.5−2.6859,618
Liberals21−175.9−4.7327,770
Left Party2005.5−0.1308,899
Christian Democrats001.8+0.4103,820
Green Party01.791,787

± is the change against the Sweden 1979 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,533,250
  • Moderate Party 1,313,337
  • Centre Party 859,618
  • Liberals 327,770
  • Left Party 308,899
  • Christian Democrats 103,820
  • Green Party 91,787

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?

91.4% of the 6,130,993 registered voters cast a ballot (5,606,603 ballots), up 0.7 points on 1979. 5,554,394 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party45.6% of votes47.6% of seats
  • Moderate Party23.6% of votes24.6% of seats
  • Centre Party15.5% of votes16.0% of seats
  • Liberals5.9% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Left Party5.5% of votes5.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 22.0 points of the vote.

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