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Historical statistics of elections 1910–2022

Year   Type
of
election1)		 Participation
in %		 The percentage distribution of valid ballot papers by party2)
M C L M+C+FP C+FP KD MP NYD S V SD6) ÖVR7)
1910 . L 50.8 40.1 . 42.5 . . . . . 16.8 . . 0.6
1911 . R 57.0 31.2 . 40.2 . . . . . 28.5 . . 0.1
1912 . L3) 46.9 42.4 . 35.7 . . . . . 21.8 . . 0.1
1914 . L3) 63.8 39.8 . 33.7 . . . . . 26.4 . . 0.1
1914 spring R 69.9 37.7 . 32.2 . . . . . 30.1 . . 0.0
1914 autumn R 66.2 36.5 0.2 26.9 . . . . . 36.4 . . 0.0
1916 . L3) 56.0 40.1 0.4 29.3 . . . . . 30.2 . . 0.0
1917 . R 65.8 24.7 8.5 27.6 . . . . . 31.1 . . 8.1
1918 . L3) 54.5 30.4 10.0 27.3 . . . . . 25.0 . . 7.2
1919 . L 63.3 24.9 13.2 25.4 . . . . . 30.5 . . 6.0
1920 . R 55.3 27.9 14.2 21.8 . . . . . 29.6 . . 6.4
1921 . R 54.2 25.8 11.1 19.1 . . . . . 36.2 4.6 . 3.2
19224) . L 38.2 31.8 11.9 17.1 . . . . . 34.7 4.5 . 0.0
1924 . R 53.0 26.1 10.8 16.9 . . . . . 41.1 5.1 . 0.0
19264) . L 49.8 28.9 11.7 16.1 . . . . . 39.0 4.1 . 0.2
1928 . R 67.4 29.4 11.2 15.9 . . . . . 37.0 6.4 . 0.1
19304) . L 58.2 28.4 12.5 13.5 . . . . . 41.4 4.0 . 0.2
1932 . R 67.6 23.5 14.1 11.7 . . . . . 41.7 8.3 . 0.7
19344) . L 63.6 24.2 13.3 12.5 . . . . . 42.1 6.8 . 1.1
1936 . R 74.5 17.6 14.3 12.9 . . . . . 45.9 7.7 . 1.6
1938 . L 65.3 17.8 12.6 12.2 . . . . . 50.4 5.7 . 1.3
1940 . R 70.3 18.0 12.0 12.0 . . . . . 53.8 4.2 . 0.0
1942 . L 66.0 17.6 13.2 12.4 . . . . . 50.3 5.9 . 0.6
1944 . R 71.9 15.9 13.6 12.9 . . . . . 46.7 10.3 . 0.7
1946 . L 72.0 14.9 13.6 15.6 . . . . . 44.4 11.2 . 0.3
1948 . R 82.7 12.3 12.4 22.8 . . . . . 46.1 6.3 . 0.1
1950 . L 80.5 12.3 12.3 21.7 . . . . . 48.6 4.9 . 0.2
1952 . R 79.1 14.4 10.7 24.4 . . . . . 46.1 4.3 . 0.1
1954 . L 79.1 15.7 10.3 21.7 . . . . . 47.4 4.8 . 0.1
1956 . R 79.8 17.1 9.4 23.8 . . . . . 44.6 5.0 . 0.1
1958 1/6 R 77.4 19.5 12.7 18.2 . . . . . 46.2 3.4 . 0.0
1958 21/9 L 79.2 20.4 13.1 15.6 . . . . . 46.8 4.0 . 0.1
1960 . R 85.9 16.5 13.6 17.5 . . . . . 47.8 4.5 . 0.1
1962 . L 81.0 15.5 13.1 17.1 . . . . . 50.5 3.8 . 0.0
1964 . R 83.9 13.7 13.2 17.0 1.5 0.3 1.8 . . 47.3 5.2 . 0.0
1966 . L 82.8 14.7 13.7 16.7 2.6 1.7 1.8 . . 42.2 6.4 . 0.1
1968 . R 89.3 12.9 15.7 14.3 1.7 0.9 1.5 . . 50.1 3.0 . 0.0
1970 . R 88.3 11.5 19.9 16.2 . . 1.8 . . 45.3 4.8 . 0.4
1970 . L 88.2 11.6 20.6 15.3 . . 1.9 . . 45.8 4.3 . 0.5
1970 . K 88.1 11.8 18.8 16.1 . . 1.8 . . 45.3 4.4 . 1.7
1973 . R 90.8 14.3 25.1 9.4 . . 1.8 . . 43.6 5.3 . 0.6
1973 . L 90.7 13.8 25.2 9.5 . . 2.1 . . 43.8 5.0 . 0.6
1973 . K 90.5 13.9 23.7 10.4 . . 2.1 . . 43.2 5.1 . 1.7
1976 . R 91.8 15.6 24.1 11.1 . . 1.4 . . 42.7 4.8 . 0.4
1976 . L 90.5 14.9 23.2 10.9 . . 1.9 . . 43.7 4.7 . 0.6
1976 . K 90.4 15.1 22.1 11.3 . . 2.0 . . 43.0 4.9 . 1.5
1979 . R 90.7 20.3 18.1 10.6 . . 1.4 . . 43.2 5.6 . 0.8
1979 . L 89.2 18.6 18.6 10.4 . . 2.0 . . 43.9 5.5 . 1.0
1979 . K 89.0 18.6 17.7 10.5 . . 2.1 . . 43.0 5.8 . 2.4
1982 . R 91.4 23.6 15.5 5.9 . . 1.9 1.7 . 45.6 5.6 . 0.2
1982 .. L 89.8 21.9 16.0 5.7 . . 2.4 1.9 . 46.6 5.1 . 0.4
1982 . K 89.6 21.7 15.3 6.0 . . 2.4 1.6 . 45.5 5.4 . 2.1
1985 . R 89.9 21.3 12.45) 14.2 . . .5) 1.5 . 44.7 5.4 . 0.5
1985 . L 88.0 20.7 12.0 13.2 . . 2.0 2.0 . 44.4 5.1 . 0.5
1985 . K 87.8 20.6 11.9 12.4 . . 2.0 2.5 . 42.6 5.3 . 2.6
1988 . R 86.0 18.3 11.3 12.2 . . 2.9 5.5 . 43.2 5.8 . 0.7
1988 . L 84.2 17.9 12.4 12.3 . . 3.1 4.8 . 43.7 5.3 . 0.6
1988 . K 84.0 18.1 12.5 11.3 . . 2.8 5.6 . 41.6 5.5 . 2.6
1991 . R 86.7 21.9 8.5 9.1 . . 7.1 3.4 6.7 37.7 4.5 . 1.0
1991 . L 84.0 23.2 11.0 10.8 . . 7.0 3.1 0.7 38.3 4.8 . 1.0
1991 . K 84.3 22.2 11.2 9.6 . . 5.8 3.6 3.4 36.6 4.8 . 2.9
1994 . R 86.8 22.4 7.7 7.2 . . 4.1 5.0 . 45.3 6.2 . 2.3
1994 . L 84.3 20.2 9.4 7.4 . . 3.7 4.6 . 45.5 6.0 . 3.0
1994 . K 84.4 20.2 10.1 6.9 . . 3.2 5.3 . 43.4 6.0 . 4.9
1998 . R 81.4 22.9 5.1 4.7 . . 11.7 4.5 . 36.4 12.0 0.4 2.2
1998 . L 78.1 22.2 6.7 6.1 . . 10.0 4.4 . 35.8 10.8 . 4.1
1998 . K 78.6 22.3 8.2 6.0 . . 8.0 4.8 . 35.1 10.2 . 5.4
2002 . R 80.1 15.3 6.2 13.4 .      .    9.1 4.6 .   39.9 8.4 1.4 1.7
2002 . L 77.5 16.6 7.0 12.0 . . 8.2 3.9 . 38.5 8.4 0.6 4.8
2002 . K 77.9 17.6 8.6 11.5 .      .    7.1 4.3 .   37.3 8.2 0.9 4.5
2006 . R 82.0 26.2 7.9 7.5 .      .    6.6 5.2 .   35.0 5.8 2.9 2.7
2006 . L 78.8 24.6 7.9 8.1 .      .    6.7 4.7 .   34.9 6.1 2.8 4.2
2006 . K 79.4 24.3 9.1 8.1 .      .    5.8 4.9 .   34.6 6.0 2.9 4.4
2010 . R 84.6 30.1 6.6 7.1 . . 5.6 7.3 . 30.7 5.6 5.7 1.4
2010 . L 81 27.3 6.2 7.5 . . 5.1 6.9 . 33 5.8 4.6 3.8
2010 . K 81.6 26.2 7.6 7.9 . . 4.4 7.1 . 32.4 5.6 4.9 4.0
2014 . R 85.8 23.3 6.1 5.4 . . 4.6 6.9 . 31 5.7 12.9 4.1
2014 . L 82.4 21.5 6.3 6.3 . . 5.2 7.2 . 32.9 7.1 9.1 4.4
2014 . K 82.8 21.6 7.9 6.6 . . 4 7.8 . 31.2 6.4 9.3 5.3
2018 . R 87.2 19.8 8.6 5.5 . . 6.3 4.4 . 28.3 8 17.5 1.5
2018 . L 83.7 19.3 8.4 6.3 . . 7.1 4.1 . 28.7 8.6 12.9 4.6
2018 . K 84.1 20 9.7 6.8 . . 5.2 4.6 . 27.6 7.7 12.7 5.6
2022   RD 84.2 19.1 6.7 4.6 . . 5.3 5.1 . 30.3 6.7 20.5 1.5
2022   RF 80.2 19.1 6.3 4.6     7.3 3.2   31.7 8.9 14.9 4
2022   KF 80.5 20.5 7.7 5.2     5.4 3.8   29.3 8.2 14.5 5.3

 

R/RD = Election to the Riksdag
L/RF = Elections to the County Councils/Regional Councils
K/KF = Elections to the Municipal Councils

2) Party names
M = The Moderate Party
C = The Centre Party
L = The Liberal Party
KD = The Christian Democratic Party
MP = The Green Party
NyD = New Democracy
S = The Social Democratic Party
V = The Left Party
ÖVR = Other Parties

3) Election took place only in one of the two constituency groups.

4) Election took place in Stockholm the year after.

5) Co-operation between the Centre Party and the Christian Democratic Party.

6) In the general elections 1988 to 1994 votes for the Sweden Democrats (SD) are grouped together with votes for other parties. In 1998 County Council elections and Municipal Council elections votes for the Sweden Democrats is presented toghether with votes for other parties.

7) I this table votes for the Left Socialists are grouped together with votes for other parties.

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Source
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Last updated
2022-11-21

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