1973 Swedish General Election
16 September 1973 · One chamber · 350 seats, 176 for a majority
Swedish Social Democratic Party finished first with 156 of 350 seats on 43.6% of the vote. Turnout 90.8%.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Swedish Social Democratic Party
156 of 350 seats
Turnout
90.8%
The result
| Share of the Riksdag | |||||||
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| Swedish Social Democratic Party | — | 156 | -7 | 2 247 727 | 43.6% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 90 | +19 | 1 295 246 | 25.1% | — | |
| Moderate Party | — | 51 | +10 | 737 584 | 14.3% | — | |
| People's Party | — | 34 | -24 | 486 028 | 9.4% | — | |
| Left Party Communists | — | 19 | +2 | 274 929 | 5.3% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Unity | — | 0 | 0 | 90 388 | 1.8% | — | |
| Communist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 18 923 | 0.4% | — | |
| Communist League Marxist-Leninist (Revolutionaries) | — | 0 | — | 8 014 | 0.2% | — | |
| Other parties | — | 0 | 0 | 1 307 | 0.0% | — |