1964 Swedish general election

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 Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.[2] Tage Erlander's Social Democratic government was returned to power.

1964 Swedish general election
20 September 1964
All 233 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag
117 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Gunnar Hedlund
Party Social Democrats People's Party Centre
Last election 114 40 34
Seats won 113 43 35
Seat change Decrease1 Increase3 Increase1
Popular vote 2,006,923 720,733 559,632
Percentage 47.27% 16.98% 13.18%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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Leader Gunnar Heckscher C.-H. Hermansson
Party Right Communist
Last election 39 5
Seats won 33 8
Seat change Decrease6 Increase3
Popular vote 582,609 221,746
Percentage 13.72% 5.22%
Largest bloc and seats won by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Tage Erlander
Social Democrats

 Elected Prime Minister

Tage Erlander
Social Democrats

Results
Main article: Results of the 1964 Swedish general election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party2,006,92347.27113–1
People's Party720,73316.9843+3
Right Party582,60913.7233–6
Centre Party559,63213.1835+1
Communist Party221,7465.228+3
Christian Democratic Unity75,3891.780New
Civic Unity[lower-alpha 1]64,8071.531New
Middle Parties[lower-alpha 2]13,5570.320New
Other parties3840.0100
Total4,245,780100.00233+1
Valid votes4,245,78099.35
Invalid/blank votes27,8150.65
Total votes4,273,595100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,095,85083.86
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes
  1. 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]
  2. Joint list of the Centre Party and People's Party that contested some constituencies.[3]

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