Sweden 1970 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 163 of 350 seats with 45.3% of the vote; 88.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.0 points on 1968.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 163 | +38 | 45.3 | −4.8 | 2,256,369 |
| Centre Party | 71 | +34 | 19.9 | +4.2 | 991,208 |
| Liberals | 58 | +26 | 16.2 | +1.9 | 806,667 |
| Moderate Party | 41 | +12 | 11.5 | −1.4 | 573,812 |
| Left Party | 17 | +14 | 4.8 | +1.8 | 236,659 |
| Christian Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | +0.3 | 88,770 |
± is the change against the Sweden 1968 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,256,369
- Centre Party 991,208
- Liberals 806,667
- Moderate Party 573,812
- Left Party 236,659
- Christian Democrats 88,770
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
88.3% of the 5,645,804 registered voters cast a ballot (4,984,207 ballots), down 1.0 points on 1968. 4,976,196 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Swedish Social Democratic Party45.3% of votes46.6% of seats
- Centre Party19.9% of votes20.3% of seats
- Liberals16.2% of votes16.6% of seats
- Moderate Party11.5% of votes11.7% of seats
- Left Party4.8% of votes4.9% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.5 by votes and 3.3 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Centre Party by 25.4 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.