Swedish general election, 1988
      
 Swedish general election, 1988
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General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1988.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 156 of the 349 seats.[2]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | 
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| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2,321,826 | 43.2 | 156 | –3 | 
| Moderate Party | 983,226 | 18.3 | 66 | –10 | 
| People's Party | 655,720 | 12.2 | 44 | –7 | 
| Centre Party | 607,240 | 11.3 | 42 | (–1) | 
| Left Party Communists | 314,031 | 5.8 | 21 | +2 | 
| Green Party | 296,935 | 5.5 | 20 | +20 | 
| Christian Democratic Society Party | 158,182 | 2.9 | 0 | (–1) | 
| Other parties | 36,559 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 
| Invalid/blank votes | 67,331 | – | – | – | 
| Total | 5,441,050 | 100 | 349 | 0 | 
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,330,023 | 86.0 | – | – | 
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | 
By municipality
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Votes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes within the coalition that won relative majority. 
 
 
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Cartogram of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast. 
 
 
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Map showing the voting shifts from the 1985 to the 1988 election. Darker blue indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that formed the centre-right bloc. Darker red indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form the left-wing bloc. 
 
 
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Votes by municipality as a scale from red/Left-wing bloc to blue/Centre-right bloc. 
 
 
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Cartogram of vote with each municipality rescaled in proportion to number of valid votes cast. Deeper blue represents a relative majority for the centre-right coalition, brighter red represents a relative majority for the left-wing coalition. 
 
 
References
- ↑  Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑  Nohlen & Stöver, p1873