Elections to the Swedish Parliament, 1911‑2002 (in percent)

Year

Turn-
out

ND

Con

Cen

ChrD

Lib

EP

SD

 OS

CP/
VpK

O

1911

57.0

31.2

40.2

0.1

1914a

69.9

37.7

32.2

0.0

1914b

66.2

36.5

0.2

26.9

0.0

1917

65.8

24.7

8.5

27.6

8.1

0.0

1920

55.3

27.9

14.2

21.8

6.4

0.0

1921

54.2

25.8

11.1

19.1

3.2

4.6

0.0

1924

53.0

26.1

10.8

16.9

5.1

0.0

1928

67.4

29.4

11.2

15.9

6.4

0.1

1932

68.6

23.5

14.1

11.7

5.3

3.0

0.7

1936

74.5

17.6

14.3

12.9

4.4

3.3

1.6

1940

70.3

18.0

12.0

12.0

0.7

3.5

0.0

1944

71.9

15.9

13.6

12.9

0.2

10.3

0.4

1948

82.7

12.3

12.4

22.8

6.3

0.1

1952

79.1

14.4

10.7

24.4

4.3

0.1

1956

79.8

17.1

9.4

23.8

5.0

0.1

1958

77.4

19.5

12.7

18.2

3.4

0.0

1960

85.9

16.5

13.6

17.5

4.5

0.1

1964

83.9

13.7

13.2

1.8

17.0

5.2

1.8*

1968

89.3

12.9

15.7

1.5

14.3

3.0

2.6#

1970

88.3

11.5

19.9

1.8

16.2

4.8

0.4

1973

90.8

14.3

25.1

1.8

9.4

5.3

0.6

1976

91.8

15.6

24.1

1.4

11.1

4.8

0.4

1979

90.7

20.3

18.1

1.4

10.6

5.6

0.8

1982

91.4

23.6

15.5

1.9

5.9

1.7

45.6

5.6

1985

89.9

21.3

12.4+

14.2

1.5

44.7

5.4

1988

86.0

18.3

11.3

2.9

12.2

5.5

43.2

5.8

0.7

1991

86.7

6.7

21.9

8.5

7.1

9.1

3.4

37.7

4.5

1.0

1994

86.8

1.2

22.4

7.7

4.1

7.2

5.0

45.2

1.0

1998

81.4

22.9

5.1

11.8

4.7

4.5

36.4

2.6

2002

80.1

15.1

6.2

9.1

13.3

4.5

39.9

2.9

Notes:  ND--New Democrats (Ny Demokrati), Con‑‑Conservatives  (Högern), renamed Moderata Samlingspartiet (Moderate Unity party) in 1969;   Cen‑‑agrarian Center party (Centerpartiet), called Bondeförbundet (Farmer's party) prior to 1957; ChrD‑‑Christian  Democrats (Kristdemokratiska Samhällspartiet); Lib‑‑Liberal People's party (Folkpartiet; Liberalerna); EP‑‑Environmental party, the  Greens (Miljöpartiet de gröna); SD‑‑Social  Democrats (Socialdemokraterna); OS‑‑Other socialist parties‑‑includes  Left Socialists (Vänstersocialisterna) in the 1917‑21 elections and Socialists (Socialisterna) in the 1932‑44 elections; CP‑‑Swedish Communist party (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti), renamed Left party‑‑Communists (Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna) in 1967 and Left Party (Vänsterpartiet)in 1990; O‑‑Other parties.

* Common Conservative, Liberal and Center slate 1.5%; Common Liberal and Center slate 0.3%.

# Common Conservative, Liberal, and Center slate 1.7%; Common Liberal and Center slate 0.9%.

+ Joint Center and Christian Democratic slate.

Source:  Sweden, Statistiska Centralbyrån 1980, Table 1; Sweden, Från Riksdag & Departement, 1988: 30, p. 3; Sweden, Statistiska Centralbyrån, Statistisk Årsbok 1992, pp. 387-388; Nordic Statistical Yearbook 2000, pp. 120,130; Sweden, Riksdag: (16 September 2002).

Party Distribution of Seats in the Swedish Riksdag, 1918‑2002

Year

Total

ND

Con

Cen

ChrD

Lib

EP

SD

VpK

Others

1918

380

145

14

107

102

12*

0

1921

380

108

49

87

126

10*

0

1922

380

103

39

79

143

16*

0

1925

380

109

41

68

156

6

0

1929

380

122

44

63

142

9

0

1933

380

108

54

47

162

9#

0

1937

380

89

58

43

178

12#

0

1941

380

77

52

38

209

4

0

1945

380

69

56

40

198

17

0

1949

380

47

51

75

196

11

0

1953

380

51

51

80

189

9

0

1957

381

55

44

88

185

9

0

1959

382

61

54

70

190

7

0

1961

383

58

54

73

191

7

0

1965

384

59

54

0

69

191

10

1

1969

384

57

59

0

60

204

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