1998 Swedish General Election
20 September 1998 · The bloc years · 349 seats, 175 for a majority
Swedish Social Democratic Party finished first with 131 of 349 seats on 36.4% of the vote. Turnout 81.4%.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Swedish Social Democratic Party
131 of 349 seats
Turnout
81.4%
The result
| Share of the Riksdag | |||||||
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| Swedish Social Democratic Party | — | 131 | -30 | 1 914 426 | 36.4% | — | |
| Moderate Party | — | 82 | +2 | 1 204 926 | 22.9% | — | |
| Left Party | — | 43 | +21 | 631 011 | 12.0% | — | |
| Christian Democrats | — | 42 | +27 | 618 033 | 11.8% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 18 | -9 | 269 762 | 5.1% | — | |
| Liberal People's Party | — | 17 | -9 | 248 076 | 4.7% | — | |
| Green Party | — | 16 | -2 | 236 699 | 4.5% | — | |
| Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party | — | 0 | 0 | 52 869 | 1.0% | — | |
| The New Party | — | 0 | 0 | 25 276 | 0.5% | — | |
| Sweden Democrats | — | 0 | 0 | 19 624 | 0.4% | — | |
| New Future | — | 0 | 0 | 9 171 | 0.2% | — | |
| New Democracy | — | 0 | 0 | 8 297 | 0.2% | — | |
| Senior Citizen Party | — | 0 | 0 | 6 865 | 0.1% | — | |
| Socialist Justice Party | — | 0 | 0 | 3 044 | 0.1% | — | |
| Communist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 1 868 | 0.0% | — | |
| Unity | — | 0 | 0 | 1 725 | 0.0% | — | |
| Socialist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 1 466 | 0.0% | — | |
| Other parties | — | 0 | 0 | 6 971 | 0.1% | — |