1970 Swedish general election

none Sweden parliamentary 1968 Swedish general election 1968 1973 Swedish general election 1973 All 350 seats in the Riksdag 176 20 September 1970 130x130px Olof Palme.png Olof Palme Swedish Social Democratic Party 125 seats 163 38 2,256,369 45.34% 4.78 pp Gunnar Hedlund 1966.jpg Gunnar Hedlund Centre Party (Sweden) 39 seats 71 32 991,208 19.92% 4.24 pp 3x4.svg Gunnar Helén People's Party (Sweden) 34 seats 58 24 806,667 16.21% 1.95 pp Yngve Holmberg 1966.jpg Yngve Holmberg Moderate Party 32 seats 41 9 573,812 11.53% 1.33 pp CH Hermansson.jpg C.-H. Hermansson Left Communists 3 seats 17 14 236,659 4.76% 1.75 pp PM Olof Palme Swedish Social Democratic Party Olof Palme Swedish Social Democratic Party Riksdagsvalet 1970.svg Map of the election, showing the distribution of constituency and levelling seats, as well as the largest political bloc within each constituency. thumb|Examples of ballot papers used for 1970 Swedish general (yellow) and regional (blue) elections General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1970,Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 978-3-8329-5609-7 two years ahead of schedule because of the opening of the newly unicameral Riksdag. The Social Democratic remained the largest party, winning 163 of the 350 seats and gathered enough support to remain in power under its 1969 elected leader, Prime Minister Olof Palme. Results Results of the 1970 Swedish general election File:Sweden_Riksdag_1970.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 2256369 163 +38 Centre Party 991208 71 +32 People's Party 806667 58 +24 Moderate Party 573812 41 +9 Left Party Communists 236659 17 +14 Christian Democratic Unity 88770 0 0 Communist League Marxist–Leninist 21238 0 New Other parties 1473 0 0 8011 +117 5645804 Nohlen & Stöver Seat distribution ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonBy partyBy coalitionSCFMVLeft S, VRight C, F, MÄlvsborg North9422145Älvsborg South7321134Blekinge641142Fyrstadskretsen211034311110Gävleborg137311185Gothenburg and Bohus10423146Gothenburg Municipality20826221010Gotland21111Halland8331135Jämtland53232Jönköping13542258Kalmar11531256Kopparberg126311175Kristianstad12532257Kronoberg7321134Malmöhus11532156Norrbotten126211284Örebro126221175Östergötland1793221107Skaraborg11432247Södermanland11622165Stockholm County281246421414Stockholm Municipality361547641917Uppsala8421144Värmland147321186Västerbotten10522155Västernorrland137311185Västmanland11622165Total35016371584117180170Source: Statistics Sweden References Category:General elections in Sweden Sweden General Sweden Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results