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1970 Swedish general election

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All 350 seats in the Riksdag 176 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Olof Palme Gunnar Hedlund Gunnar Helén Party Social Democrats Centre Liberals Last election 125 seats 39 seats 34 seats Seats won 163 71 58 Seat change 38 32 24 Popular vote 2,256,369 991,208 806,667 Percentage 45.34% 19.92% 16.21% Swing 4.78 pp 4.24 pp 1.95 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Yngve Holmberg C.-H. Hermansson Party Moderate Left Communists Last election 32 seats 3 seats Seats won 41 17 Seat change 9 14 Popular vote 573,812 236,659 Percentage 11.53% 4.76% Swing 1.33 pp 1.75 pp
Map of the election, showing the distribution of constituency and levelling seats, as well as the largest political bloc within each constituency.
PM before election Olof Palme Social Democrats Elected PM Olof Palme Social Democrats

General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1970, two years ahead of schedule because of the opening of the newly unicameral Riksdag. The Social Democratic remained the largest party, winning 163 of the 350 seats and gathered enough support to remain in power under its 1969 elected leader, Prime Minister Olof Palme.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	2,256,369	45.34	163	+38
	Centre Party	991,208	19.92	71	+32
	People's Party	806,667	16.21	58	+24
	Moderate Party	573,812	11.53	41	+9
	Left Party Communists	236,659	4.76	17	+14
	Christian Democratic Unity	88,770	1.78	0	0
	Communist League Marxist–Leninist	21,238	0.43	0	New
	Other parties	1,473	0.03	0	0
Total		4,976,196	100.00	350	+117
Valid votes		4,976,196	99.84
Invalid/blank votes		8,011	0.16
Total votes		4,984,207	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,645,804	88.28
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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