1960 Swedish General Election
18 September 1960 · Folkhemmet · 232 seats, 117 for a majority
Swedish Social Democratic Party finished first with 114 of 232 seats on 47.8% of the vote. Turnout 85.9%. Tage Erlander stayed in office.
Prime Minister before
Tage Erlander
Social Democrats
Prime Minister (continued)
Tage Erlander
Social Democrats
Largest force
Swedish Social Democratic Party
114 of 232 seats
Turnout
85.9%
The result
| Share of the Riksdag | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | — | 114 | +3 | 2 033 016 | 47.8% | — | |
| People's Party | — | 40 | +2 | 744 142 | 17.5% | — | |
| Rightist Party | — | 39 | -6 | 704 365 | 16.6% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 34 | +2 | 579 007 | 13.6% | — | |
| Communist Party | — | 5 | 0 | 190 560 | 4.5% | — | |
| Progress Union | — | 0 | — | 1 375 | 0.0% | — | |
| Corporate Party | — | 0 | — | 614 | 0.0% | — | |
| Left Socialist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 176 | 0.0% | — | |
| Other parties | — | 0 | 0 | 859 | 0.0% | — |