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Sweden 2002 general election

What was the result of the 2002 general election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 144 of 349 seats with 39.9% of the vote. 80.1% 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 144 of 349 seats with 39.9% of the vote; 80.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.3 points on 1998.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 144 +13 seats 39.9% +3.5 points
  • Moderate Party 55 −27 seats 15.3% −7.6 points
  • Liberals 48 +31 seats 13.4% +8.7 points
  • Christian Democrats 33 −9 seats 9.1% −2.7 points
  • Left Party 30 −13 seats 8.4% −3.6 points
  • Centre Party 22 +4 seats 6.2% +1.1 points
  • Green Party 17 +1 seat 4.6% +0.1 points
  • Sweden Democrats 0 1.4%
  • 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 1998 general election, party by party.

175 of 349 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 39.9%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    Swedish Social Democratic Party won 144 of 349 seats. A majority needs 175.

  2. +31 seats

    Seats gained by Liberals

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1998. Moderate Party lost 27 seats.

  3. 80.1%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.3 points on 1998.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swedish Social Democratic Party144+1339.9+3.52,113,560
Moderate Party55−2715.3−7.6809,041
Liberals48+3113.4+8.7710,312
Christian Democrats33−99.1−2.7485,235
Left Party30−138.4−3.6444,854
Centre Party22+46.2+1.1328,428
Green Party17+14.6+0.1246,392
Sweden Democrats01.476,300

± is the change against the Sweden 1998 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,113,560
  • Moderate Party 809,041
  • Liberals 710,312
  • Christian Democrats 485,235
  • Left Party 444,854
  • Centre Party 328,428
  • Green Party 246,392
  • Sweden Democrats 76,300

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?

80.1% of the 6,722,163 registered voters cast a ballot (5,385,430 ballots), down 1.3 points on 1998. 5,303,212 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1958 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party39.9% of votes41.3% of seats
  • Moderate Party15.3% of votes15.8% of seats
  • Liberals13.4% of votes13.8% of seats
  • Christian Democrats9.1% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Left Party8.4% of votes8.6% of seats
  • Centre Party6.2% of votes6.3% of seats
  • Green Party4.6% of votes4.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 4.2 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 24.6 points of the vote.

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