Sweden 1968 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 125 of 233 seats with 50.1% of the vote; 89.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 5.4 points on 1964.
- Sweden
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 125 | +12 | 50.1 | +2.8 | 2,420,277 |
| Centre Party | 37 | +4 | 15.7 | +2.5 | 757,215 |
| Liberals | 32 | −10 | 14.3 | −2.7 | 688,456 |
| Moderate Party | 29 | −3 | 12.9 | −0.8 | 621,031 |
| Left Party | 3 | −5 | 3.0 | −2.2 | 145,172 |
| Citizens' Coalition | 4 | +1 | 1.7 | +0.2 | 82,082 |
| Christian Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | −0.3 | 72,377 |
| Middle Parties | 3 | +1 | 0.9 | +0.6 | 41,307 |
± is the change against the Sweden 1964 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,420,277
- Centre Party 757,215
- Liberals 688,456
- Moderate Party 621,031
- Left Party 145,172
- Citizens' Coalition 82,082
- Christian Democrats 72,377
- Middle Parties 41,307
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
89.3% of the 5,445,333 registered voters cast a ballot (4,861,901 ballots), up 5.4 points on 1964. 4,829,379 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1948. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Swedish Social Democratic Party50.1% of votes53.6% of seats
- Centre Party15.7% of votes15.9% of seats
- Liberals14.3% of votes13.7% of seats
- Moderate Party12.9% of votes12.4% of seats
- Citizens' Coalition1.7% of votes1.7% of seats
- Left Party3.0% of votes1.3% of seats
- Middle Parties0.9% of votes1.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Swedish Social Democratic Party led Centre Party by 34.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.