1970 Swedish General Election
20 September 1970 · One chamber · 350 seats, 176 for a majority
Swedish Social Democratic Party finished first with 163 of 350 seats on 45.3% of the vote. Turnout 88.3%.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Swedish Social Democratic Party
163 of 350 seats
Turnout
88.3%
The result
| Share of the Riksdag | |||||||
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| Swedish Social Democratic Party | — | 163 | +38 | 2 256 369 | 45.3% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 71 | +32 | 991 208 | 19.9% | — | |
| People's Party | — | 58 | +24 | 806 667 | 16.2% | — | |
| Moderate Party | — | 41 | +9 | 573 812 | 11.5% | — | |
| Left Party Communists | — | 17 | +14 | 236 659 | 4.8% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Unity | — | 0 | 0 | 88 770 | 1.8% | — | |
| Communist League Marxist–Leninist | — | 0 | — | 21 238 | 0.4% | — | |
| Other parties | — | 0 | 0 | 1 473 | 0.0% | — |