Swedish general election, 1964

Swedish general election, 1964

September 20, 1964

All 233 seats to the Second Chamber of the Riksdag 117 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Gunnar Hedlund Party Social Democratic People's Centre Last election 114 40 34 Seats won 113 43 35 Seat change 1 3 1 Popular vote 2,006,923 720,733 559,632 Percentage 47.30% 17.0% 13.2%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gunnar Heckscher C.-H. Hermansson Party Rightist Communist Last election 39 5 Seats won 33 8 Seat change 6 3 Popular vote 582,609 221,746 Percentage 13.7% 5.2%

PM before election Tage Erlander Social Democratic Elected PM Tage Erlander Social Democratic

General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1964.^[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 113 of the 233 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.^[2] Tage Erlander's Social Democratic government was returned to power.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party	2,006,723	47.3	113	–1
People's Party	720,733	17.0	43	+3
Rightist Party	582,609	13.7	33	–6
Centre Party	559,632	13.2	35	+1
Communist Party of Sweden	221,746	5.2	8	+3
Christian Democratic Unity	75,389	1.8	0	New
Civic Unity^[a]	64,807	1.5	1	New
Middle Parties^[b]	13,557	0.3	0	New
Other parties	384	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	27,815	–	–	–
Total	4,273,595	100	233	+1
Registered voters/turnout	5,095,850	83.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a Civic Unity was a joint list of the three right-wing parties in Malmö. One of its elected candidates was a member of the Centre Party, but sat as an independent.^[2]

^b The Middle Parties was a joint list of the Centre Party and People's Party that contested some constituencies.^[3]

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1861