1988 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1988.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 156 of the 349 seats.[2]

1988 Swedish general election

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All 349 seats in the Riksdag
175 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ingvar Carlsson Carl Bildt Bengt Westerberg
Party Social Democrats Moderate People's Party
Last election 159 76 51
Seats won 156 66 44
Seat change Decrease3 Decrease10 Decrease7
Popular vote 2,321,826 983,226 655,720
Percentage 43.21% 18.30% 12.20%
Swing Decrease1.67pp Decrease3.33pp Decrease2.23pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Olof Johansson Lars Werner Eva Goës
Birger Schlaug
Party Centre Left Communists Green
Last election 43 19 0
Seats won 42 21 20
Seat change Decrease1 Increase2 Increase20
Popular vote 607,240 314,031 296,935
Percentage 11.30% 5.84% 5.53%
Swing Increase2.48pp Increase0.48pp Increase4.03pp

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

Ingvar Carlsson
Social Democrats

Elected PM

Ingvar Carlsson
Social Democrats

Debates

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1988 Swedish general election debates
Date Time Organizers Moderators  P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee 
S M L C V Refs
Sveriges Television Gösta Spjuth [sv]

Maud Zachrisson

P
Ingvar Carlsson,Kjell-Olof Feldt
P
Carl Bildt
P
Bengt Westerber
P
Olof Johansson
P
Lars Werner
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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party2,321,82643.21156–3
Moderate Party983,22618.3066–10
People's Party655,72012.2044–7
Centre Party607,24011.3042–1
Left Party Communists314,0315.8421+2
Green Party296,9355.5320+20
Christian Democratic Society Party158,1822.940–1
Other parties36,5590.6800
Total5,373,719100.003490
Valid votes5,373,71998.76
Invalid/blank votes67,3311.24
Total votes5,441,050100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,330,02385.96
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

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Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
By party By coalition
S M F C V MP Left Right Others
Älvsborg North 11 4 2 2 2 1 4 6 1
Älvsborg South 6 3 1 1 1 3 3
Blekinge 6 4 1 1 4 2
Bohus 12 5 2 2 1 1 1 6 5 1
Fyrstadskretsen 20 9 5 2 1 1 2 10 8 2
Gävleborg 12 6 1 1 2 1 1 7 4 1
Gothenburg 19 7 4 3 1 2 2 9 8 2
Gotland 2 1 1 1 1
Halland 11 4 2 2 2 1 4 6 1
Jämtland 5 3 1 1 3 2
Jönköping 11 5 2 2 2 5 6
Kalmar 10 5 2 1 2 5 5
Kopparberg 12 6 1 1 2 1 1 7 4 1
Kristianstad 12 5 3 1 2 1 5 6 1
Kronoberg 6 3 1 1 1 3 3
Malmöhus 13 6 3 1 2 1 6 6 1
Norrbotten 10 6 1 1 1 1 7 3
Örebro 11 6 1 2 1 1 7 4
Östergötland 17 8 3 2 2 1 1 9 7 1
Skaraborg 11 5 2 1 2 1 5 5 1
Södermanland 9 5 2 1 1 5 4
Stockholm County 37 13 10 6 2 3 3 16 18 3
Stockholm Municipality 30 10 8 5 1 4 2 14 14 2
Uppsala 12 5 2 2 1 1 1 6 5 1
Värmland 12 6 2 1 2 1 7 5
Västerbotten 10 5 1 1 2 1 6 4
Västernorrland 12 6 1 1 2 1 1 7 4 1
Västmanland 10 5 2 1 1 1 6 4
Total 349 156 66 44 42 21 20 177 152 20
Source: Statistics Sweden

By municipality

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References

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  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1873
  3. ^ Slutdebatter – Val-88: Riksdagspartiernas slutdebatt (in Swedish), Sweden Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm, retrieved 2024-02-01