Sweden 1985 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 159 of 349 seats with 44.7% of the vote; 89.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.6 points on 1982.
- Sweden
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 159 | −7 | 44.7 | −0.9 | 2,487,551 |
| Moderate Party | 76 | −10 | 21.3 | −2.3 | 1,187,335 |
| Liberals | 51 | +30 | 14.2 | +8.3 | 792,268 |
| Centre Party | 43 | −13 | 12.4 | −3.1 | 691,258 |
| Left Party | 19 | −1 | 5.4 | −0.1 | 298,419 |
| Green Party | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | −0.2 | 83,645 |
| Christian Democrats | 1 | +1 | 0.0 | −1.8 | 0 |
± is the change against the Sweden 1982 general election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.
Votes by party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,487,551
- Moderate Party 1,187,335
- Liberals 792,268
- Centre Party 691,258
- Left Party 298,419
- Green Party 83,645
- Christian Democrats 0
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.
The source publishes votes only: shares are votes over the valid (expressed) votes, computed by us. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
89.9% of the 6,249,445 registered voters cast a ballot (5,615,242 ballots), down 1.6 points on 1982. 5,567,022 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1970 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Swedish Social Democratic Party44.7% of votes45.6% of seats
- Moderate Party21.3% of votes21.8% of seats
- Liberals14.2% of votes14.6% of seats
- Centre Party12.4% of votes12.3% of seats
- Left Party5.4% of votes5.4% of seats
- Christian Democrats0.0% of votes0.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.5 by votes and 3.4 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 23.4 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.