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{{Infobox Election |
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{{Infobox election |
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| election_name = Swedish general election, 1976 |
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| country = Sweden |
| country = Sweden |
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| type = parliamentary |
| type = parliamentary |
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| previous_election = 1973 Swedish general election |
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| previous_election = Swedish general election, 1973 |
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| previous_year = 1973 |
| previous_year = 1973 |
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| next_election = Swedish general election |
| next_election = 1979 Swedish general election |
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| next_year = 1979 |
| next_year = 1979 |
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| seats_for_election = All 349 seats |
| seats_for_election = All 349 seats in the [[Riksdag]] |
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| majority_seats = 175 |
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| election_date = 19 September 1976 |
| election_date = 19 September 1976 |
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| image_size = 130x130px |
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| image1 = [[File:Olof Palme.png|150x150px]] |
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| image1 = Olof Palme 1974 (cropped).jpg |
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| leader1 = [[Olof Palme]] |
| leader1 = [[Olof Palme]] |
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| party1 = Swedish Social Democratic Party |
| party1 = Swedish Social Democratic Party |
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| leaders_seat1 = |
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| last_election1 = 156 |
| last_election1 = 156 |
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| seats1 = 152 |
| seats1 = 152 |
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| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}4 |
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}4 |
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| popular_vote1 = 2,324,603 |
| popular_vote1 = 2,324,603 |
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| percentage1 = 42. |
| percentage1 = 42.75% |
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| swing1 = {{decrease}}0.81pp |
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| image2 = [[File:Falldin.JPG|150x150px]] |
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| image2 = Falldin.JPG |
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| leader2 = [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] |
| leader2 = [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] |
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| party2 = Centre Party (Sweden) |
| party2 = Centre Party (Sweden) |
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| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}4 |
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}4 |
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| popular_vote2 = 1,309,669 |
| popular_vote2 = 1,309,669 |
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| percentage2 = 24. |
| percentage2 = 24.08% |
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| swing2 = {{decrease}}1.02pp |
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| image3 = [[File:Blank.png|100x100px]] |
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| image3 = Gösta Bohman (1967).jpg |
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| leader3 = [[Gösta Bohman]] |
| leader3 = [[Gösta Bohman]] |
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| party3 = Moderate Party |
| party3 = Moderate Party |
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| seat_change3 = {{increase}}4 |
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}4 |
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| popular_vote3 = 847,672 |
| popular_vote3 = 847,672 |
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| percentage3 = 15. |
| percentage3 = 15.59% |
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| swing3 = {{increase}}1.30pp |
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| image4 = |
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| image4 = Per Ahlmark, 2005.jpg |
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| leader4 = [[Per Ahlmark]] |
| leader4 = [[Per Ahlmark]] |
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| party4 = People's Party |
| party4 = [[Liberals (Sweden)|People's Party]] |
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| leaders_seat4 = |
| leaders_seat4 = |
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| last_election4 = 34 |
| last_election4 = 34 |
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| seat_change4 = {{increase}}5 |
| seat_change4 = {{increase}}5 |
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| popular_vote4 = 601,556 |
| popular_vote4 = 601,556 |
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| percentage4 = 11. |
| percentage4 = 11.06% |
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| swing4 = {{increase}}1.64pp |
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| image5 = [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0701-023, Berlin, Erich Honecker, Lars Werner cropped.jpg|150x150px]] |
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| image5 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0701-023, Berlin, Erich Honecker, Lars Werner cropped.jpg |
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| leader5 = [[Lars Werner]] |
| leader5 = [[Lars Werner]] |
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| party5 = Left Party |
| party5 = [[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Communists]] |
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| last_election5 = 19 |
| last_election5 = 19 |
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| seats5 = 17 |
| seats5 = 17 |
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| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}2 |
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}2 |
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| popular_vote5 = 258,432 |
| popular_vote5 = 258,432 |
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| percentage5 = 4. |
| percentage5 = 4.75% |
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| swing5 = {{decrease}}0.58pp |
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| title = PM |
| title = PM |
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| before_election = [[Olof Palme]] |
| before_election = [[Olof Palme]] |
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| after_election = [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] |
| after_election = [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] |
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| after_party = Centre Party (Sweden) |
| after_party = Centre Party (Sweden) |
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| map_image = Riksdagsvalet 1976.svg |
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| map_caption = Map of the election, showing the distribution of constituency and levelling seats, as well as the largest political bloc within each constituency. |
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'''General elections''' were held in [[Sweden]] on 19 September 1976.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7</ref> Although the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] remained the largest party, winning 152 of the 349 seats in the [[Parliament of Sweden|Riksdag]],<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p1873</ref> a [[coalition government]] was formed with the [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]], the [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|People's Party]] and the [[conservative]] [[Moderate Party]], which formed Sweden's first non-socialist government since 1936. Centre Party leader [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]], who had widely been expected to take over the government in the previous election of 1973 (which eventually turned out an 175-175 draw), was appointed Prime Minister, the first not from the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] since [[Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp]]'s brief interregnum 40 years earlier. |
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General elections were held in [[Sweden]] on 19 September 1976.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> Although the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] remained the largest party, winning 152 of the 349 seats in the [[Riksdag]],<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p1873</ref> a [[coalition government]] was formed with the [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]], the [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|People's Party]] and the [[conservative]] [[Moderate Party]] (who won a combined 180 seats), which formed Sweden's first non-socialist government since 1936. Centre Party leader [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]], who had widely been expected to take over the government in [[1973 Swedish general election|the previous election of 1973]] (which turned out to bring a 175-175 draw between the left and right blocs), was appointed prime minister, the first not from the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] since [[Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp]]'s brief interregnum 40 years earlier. |
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==Debates== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; line-height:15px; text-align:center;" |
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! colspan="10" | 1976 Swedish general election debates |
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! rowspan="3" | Date |
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! rowspan="3" | Time |
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! rowspan="3" | Organisers |
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! rowspan="3" | Moderators |
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! colspan="6" | {{Colors|black|#90FF90| P }} Present {{Colors|black|#CCFFCC| I }} Invitee {{Colors|black|#FFD0D0| N }} Non-invitee |
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! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |[[Swedish Social Democratic Party|S]] |
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! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |[[Centre Party (Sweden)|C]] |
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! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |[[Moderate Party|M]] |
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! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |[[Liberals (Sweden)|L]] |
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! scope="col" style="width:5em;" |[[Left Party (Sweden)|V]] |
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! rowspan="2" |Refs |
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|- |
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! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}}" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Liberals (Sweden)}}" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Left Party (Sweden)}}" | |
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| style="background:#90FF90" |'''P'''<br />[[Olof Palme]] |
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| style="background:#90FF90" |'''P'''<br />[[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] |
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| style="background:#FFD0D0" |'''N'''<br />[[Gösta Bohman]] |
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| style="background:#FFD0D0" |'''N'''<br />[[Per Ahlmark]] |
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| style="background:#FFD0D0" |'''N'''<br />[[Lars Werner]] |
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|<ref>{{Citation |title=Valet 1976 - Duellen - Olof Palme (S) och Thorbjörn Fälldin (C) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hawe122eFY |access-date=2024-02-01 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| [[Sveriges Television]] |
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|[[Lars Orup]] [[:sv:Lars_Orup|[sv]]] |
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| style="background:#90FF90" |'''P'''<br />[[Olof Palme]],[[Gunnar Sträng]] |
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| style="background:#90FF90" |'''P'''<br />[[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] |
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| style="background:#90FF90" |'''P'''<br />[[Gösta Bohman]] |
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| style="background:#90FF90" |'''P'''<br />[[Per Ahlmark]] |
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| style="background:#90FF90" |'''P'''<br />[[Lars Werner]] |
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|<ref>{{Citation |last=Sweden |first=Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm |title=Slutdebatter – Partiledardebatt |url=https://www.svtplay.se/video/eYPEA98/slutdebatter/partiledardebatt |access-date=2024-01-29 |language=sv}}</ref> |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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{{main|Results of the 1976 Swedish general election}} |
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{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |
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!Party |
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{{Election results |
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!Votes |
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|image=[[File:Sweden_Riksdag_1976.svg]] |
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!% |
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|party1=[[Swedish Social Democratic Party]]|votes1=2324603|seats1=152|sc1=–4 |
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!Seats |
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|party2=[[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]|votes2=1309669|seats2=86|sc2=–4 |
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!+/– |
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|party3=[[Moderate Party]]|votes3=847672|seats3=55|sc3=+4 |
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|party4=[[Liberals (Sweden)|People's Party]]|votes4=601556|seats4=39|sc4=+5 |
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|party5=[[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party Communists]]|votes5=258432|seats5=17|sc5=–2 |
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|party6=[[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democratic Unity]]|votes6=73844|seats6=0|sc6=0 |
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|party7=[[Communist Party of Sweden (1967)|Communist Party]]|votes7=17309|seats7=0|sc7=0 |
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|party8=Other parties|votes8=4663|seats8=0|sc8=0 |
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|invalid=19295 |
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|total_sc=–1 |
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|electorate=5947077 |
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|source=Nohlen & Stöver |
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}} |
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=== Seat distribution === |
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;" |
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! rowspan="4" |Constituency |
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! rowspan="4" |Total<br>seats |
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! colspan="8" |Seats won |
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! colspan="5" |By party |
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! rowspan="32" | |
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! colspan="2" |By coalition |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |[[Swedish Social Democratic Party|S]] |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |[[Centre Party (Sweden)|C]] |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |[[Moderate Party|M]] |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |[[Liberals (Sweden)|F]] |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |[[Left Party (Sweden)|V]] |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |{{Abbr|Right|C, M, F}} |
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! class="unsortable" style="width:50px;" |{{Abbr|Left|S, V}} |
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|- |
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! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}};" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Liberals (Sweden)}};" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Left Party (Sweden)}};;" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}};" | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};" | |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Älvsborg County North (Riksdag constituency)|Älvsborg North]] |
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!9 |
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|4 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Älvsborg County South (Riksdag constituency)|Älvsborg South]] |
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!8 |
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|3 |
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|2 |
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|2 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Blekinge County (Riksdag constituency)|Blekinge]] |
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!7 |
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|3 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|4 |
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|3 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Gothenburg and Bohus County (Riksdag constituency)|Bohus]] |
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!11 |
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|4 |
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|3 |
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|4 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Fyrstadskretsen (Riksdag constituency)|Fyrstadskretsen]] |
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!19 |
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|9 |
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|3 |
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|4 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|9 |
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|10 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Gävleborg County (Riksdag constituency)|Gävleborg]] |
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!13 |
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|6 |
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|3 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|2 |
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|5 |
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|8 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Gothenburg Municipality (Riksdag constituency)|Gothenburg]] |
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!19 |
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|7 |
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|3 |
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|3 |
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|4 |
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|10 |
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|9 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Gotland County (Riksdag constituency)|Gotland]] |
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!2 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Halland County (Riksdag constituency)|Halland]] |
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!9 |
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|3 |
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|3 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|6 |
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|3 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Jämtland County (Riksdag constituency)|Jämtland]] |
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!5 |
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|3 |
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|2 |
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|3 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Jönköping County (Riksdag constituency)|Jönköping]] |
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!13 |
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|5 |
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|4 |
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|2 |
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|2 |
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|8 |
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|5 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Kalmar County (Riksdag constituency)|Kalmar]] |
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!11 |
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|5 |
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|3 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|6 |
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|5 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Kopparberg County (Riksdag constituency)|Kopparberg]] |
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!13 |
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|6 |
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|4 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|6 |
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|7 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |Kristianstad |
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!12 |
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|5 |
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|4 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|7 |
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|5 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Kronoberg County (Riksdag constituency)|Kronoberg]] |
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!7 |
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|3 |
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|3 |
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|1 |
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|4 |
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|3 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |Malmöhus |
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!11 |
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|5 |
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|3 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|6 |
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|5 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Norrbotten County (Riksdag constituency)|Norrbotten]] |
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!12 |
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|6 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|2 |
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|4 |
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|8 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Örebro County (Riksdag constituency)|Örebro]] |
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!11 |
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|6 |
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|3 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|5 |
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|6 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Östergötland County (Riksdag constituency)|Östergötland]] |
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|align=left|[[Swedish Social Democratic Party]]||2,324,603||42.7||152||–4 |
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!18 |
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|8 |
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|4 |
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|3 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|9 |
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|9 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Skaraborg County (Riksdag constituency)|Skaraborg]] |
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|align=left|[[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]||1,309,669||24.1||86||–4 |
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!11 |
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|4 |
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|4 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|7 |
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|4 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Södermanland County (Riksdag constituency)|Södermanland]] |
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|align=left|[[Moderate Party]]||847,672||15.6||55||+4 |
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!9 |
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|5 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|4 |
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|5 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Stockholm County (Riksdag constituency)|Stockholm County]] |
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|align=left|[[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|People's Party]]||601,556||11.1||39||+5 |
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!33 |
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|12 |
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|6 |
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|7 |
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|5 |
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|3 |
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|18 |
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|15 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Stockholm Municipality (Riksdag constituency)|Stockholm Municipality]] |
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|align=left|[[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party Communists]]||258,432||4.8||17||–2 |
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!32 |
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|12 |
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|4 |
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|8 |
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|4 |
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|4 |
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|16 |
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|16 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Uppsala County (Riksdag constituency)|Uppsala]] |
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|align=left|[[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democratic Unity]]||73,844||1.4||0||0 |
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!10 |
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|4 |
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|3 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|5 |
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|5 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Värmland County (constituency)|Värmland]] |
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|align=left|[[Communist Party of Sweden (1967)|Communist Party of Sweden]]||17,309||0.3||0||0 |
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!12 |
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|6 |
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|3 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|6 |
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|6 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Västerbotten County (Riksdag constituency)|Västerbotten]] |
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|align=left|Other parties||4,663||0.1||0||0 |
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!10 |
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|5 |
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|3 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|5 |
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|5 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Västernorrland County (Riksdag constituency)|Västernorrland]] |
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|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||19,295||–||–||– |
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!13 |
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|7 |
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|4 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|6 |
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|7 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |[[Västmanland County (Riksdag constituency)|Västmanland]] |
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|align=left|'''Total'''||'''5,457,043'''||'''100'''||'''349'''||'''–1''' |
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!9 |
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|5 |
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|2 |
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|1 |
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|1 |
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|4 |
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! style="text-align: left;" |Total |
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|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||5,947,077||91.0||–||– |
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!349 |
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!152 |
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!86 |
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!55 |
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!39 |
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!17 |
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!180 |
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Image:Sweden.1976.coalition.largest.map.svg|Votes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes ''within'' the coalition that won relative majority. |
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Image:Sweden.1976.coalition.largest.cart.svg|[[Cartogram]] of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast. |
Image:Sweden.1976.coalition.largest.cart.svg|[[Cartogram]] of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast. |
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Image:Sweden.1973.to.1976.coalition.voting.shift.map.svg|Map showing the voting shifts from the 1973 to the 1976 election. Darker blue indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that formed the centre-right bloc. Darker red indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form the left-wing bloc. |
Image:Sweden.1973.to.1976.coalition.voting.shift.map.svg|Map showing the voting shifts from the 1973 to the 1976 election. Darker blue indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that formed the centre-right bloc. Darker red indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form the left-wing bloc. |
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General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 1976.[1] Although the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 152 of the 349 seats in the Riksdag,[2] a coalition government was formed with the Centre Party, the People's Party and the conservative Moderate Party (who won a combined 180 seats), which formed Sweden's first non-socialist government since 1936. Centre Party leader Thorbjörn Fälldin, who had widely been expected to take over the government in the previous election of 1973 (which turned out to bring a 175-175 draw between the left and right blocs), was appointed prime minister, the first not from the Swedish Social Democratic Party since Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp's brief interregnum 40 years earlier.
Debates
1976 Swedish general election debates | |||||||||
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Date | Time | Organisers | Moderators | P Present I Invitee N Non-invitee | |||||
S | C | M | L | V | Refs | ||||
1 September 1976 | P Olof Palme |
P Thorbjörn Fälldin |
N Gösta Bohman |
N Per Ahlmark |
N Lars Werner |
[3] | |||
Sveriges Television | Lars Orup [sv] | P Olof Palme,Gunnar Sträng |
P Thorbjörn Fälldin |
P Gösta Bohman |
P Per Ahlmark |
P Lars Werner |
[4] |
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2,324,603 | 42.75 | 152 | –4 | |
Centre Party | 1,309,669 | 24.08 | 86 | –4 | |
Moderate Party | 847,672 | 15.59 | 55 | +4 | |
People's Party | 601,556 | 11.06 | 39 | +5 | |
Left Party Communists | 258,432 | 4.75 | 17 | –2 | |
Christian Democratic Unity | 73,844 | 1.36 | 0 | 0 | |
Communist Party | 17,309 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | |
Other parties | 4,663 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 5,437,748 | 100.00 | 349 | –1 | |
Valid votes | 5,437,748 | 99.65 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 19,295 | 0.35 | |||
Total votes | 5,457,043 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,947,077 | 91.76 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Seat distribution
Constituency | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||||
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By party | By coalition | ||||||||
S | C | M | F | V | Right | Left | |||
Älvsborg North | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
Älvsborg South | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
Blekinge | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
Bohus | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
Fyrstadskretsen | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
Gävleborg | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
Gothenburg | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |
Gotland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Halland | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
Jämtland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Jönköping | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | ||
Kalmar | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
Kopparberg | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
Kristianstad | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||
Kronoberg | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
Malmöhus | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
Norrbotten | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
Örebro | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
Östergötland | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |
Skaraborg | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
Södermanland | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
Stockholm County | 33 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |
Stockholm Municipality | 32 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |
Uppsala | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
Värmland | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||
Västerbotten | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
Västernorrland | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
Västmanland | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
Total | 349 | 152 | 86 | 55 | 39 | 17 | 180 | 169 | |
Source: Statistics Sweden |
By municipality
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Votes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes within the coalition that won relative majority. Some municipalities have been split since 1976, so may be different to apparent results.
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Cartogram of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast.
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Map showing the voting shifts from the 1973 to the 1976 election. Darker blue indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that formed the centre-right bloc. Darker red indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form the left-wing bloc.
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Votes by municipality as a scale from red/Left-wing bloc to blue/Centre-right bloc.
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Cartogram of vote with each municipality rescaled in proportion to number of valid votes cast. Deeper blue represents a relative majority for the centre-right coalition, brighter red represents a relative majority for the left-wing coalition.
References
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1873
- ^ Valet 1976 - Duellen - Olof Palme (S) och Thorbjörn Fälldin (C), retrieved 2024-02-01
- ^ Sweden, Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm, Slutdebatter – Partiledardebatt (in Swedish), retrieved 2024-01-29
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