1979 Swedish General Election
16 September 1979 · One chamber · 349 seats, 175 for a majority
Swedish Social Democratic Party finished first with 154 of 349 seats on 43.2% of the vote. Turnout 90.7%.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Swedish Social Democratic Party
154 of 349 seats
Turnout
90.7%
The result
Swedish Social Democratic Party
43.2% of votes · +2 seats
154
seats
Moderate Party
20.3% of votes · +18 seats
73
seats
Centre Party
18.1% of votes · -22 seats
64
seats
People's Party
10.6% of votes · -1 seats
38
seats
Left Party Communists
5.6% of votes · +3 seats
20
seats
Christian Democratic Unity
1.4% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Communist Party
0.2% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Workers Party Communists
0.2% of votes
0
seats
Other parties
0.4% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats