General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1970,[1] 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.
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All 350 seats in the Riksdag 176 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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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Results
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| 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
edit| Constituency | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||||
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| By party | By coalition | ||||||||
| S | C | F | M | V | Left | Right | |||
| Älvsborg North | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Älvsborg South | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Blekinge | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Fyrstadskretsen | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | |
| Gävleborg | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
| Gothenburg and Bohus | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Gothenburg Municipality | 20 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |
| Gotland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Halland | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Jämtland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Jönköping | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Kalmar | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Kopparberg | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
| Kristianstad | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Kronoberg | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Malmöhus | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Norrbotten | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |
| Örebro | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
| Östergötland | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |
| Skaraborg | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Södermanland | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Stockholm County | 28 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |
| Stockholm Municipality | 36 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | |
| Uppsala | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Värmland | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
| Västerbotten | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Västernorrland | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
| Västmanland | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Total | 350 | 163 | 71 | 58 | 41 | 17 | 180 | 170 | |
| Source: Statistics Sweden | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7