1979 Swedish general election

none Sweden parliamentary 1976 Swedish general election 1976 1982 Swedish general election 1982 All 349 seats in the Riksdag 175 16 September 1979 130x130px Olof Palme 1974 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Olof Palme Swedish Social Democratic Party 152 154 2 2,356,234 43.24% 0.49 pp Gösta Bohman (1967).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Gösta Bohman Moderate Party 55 73 18 1,108,406 20.34% 4.75 pp Falldin.JPG 145 120 160 0 10 Thorbjörn Fälldin Centre Party (Sweden) 86 64 22 984,589 18.07% 6.01 pp Ola Ullsten.JPG 145 120 160 0 10 Ola Ullsten People's Party 39 38 1 577,063 10.59% 0.47 pp Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0701-023, Berlin, Erich Honecker, Lars Werner cropped.jpg 135 120 160 0 0 Lars Werner Left Communists 17 20 3 305,420 5.61% 0.86 pp PM Ola Ullsten People's Party Thorbjörn Fälldin Centre Party (Sweden) Riksdagsvalet 1979.svg Map of the election, showing the distribution of constituency and levelling seats, as well as the largest political bloc within each constituency. General elections were held in Sweden on 16 September 1979.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 978-3-8329-5609-7 Although the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 154 of the 349 seats in the Riksdag,Nohlen & Stöver, p1873 the liberal interim government of Ola Ullsten was succeeded by another centre-right coalition government composed of the People's Party, the Moderate Party and the Centre Party, led by Centre Party leader Thorbjörn Fälldin. The three parties together won 175 seats, compared to the 174 won by the Social Democrats and Communists. It was the only time that non-socialist parties retained power in an election between 1928 and 2010. The Moderates dramatically increased their representation in the Riksdag, becoming the largest party of the non-socialist bloc, a position they maintained until 2022. Despite the unexpected victory, the coalition split in 1981 when the Moderates withdrew support in protest at Fälldin's tax policies, which they viewed as "too leftist". Despite not being the leader of the coalition party with the most seats, Fälldin had been the designate Prime Minister since his earlier resignation in 1978, upon disagreement over the question of nuclear power. Debates 1979 Swedish general election debates Date Time OrganizersModerators black #90FF90  P  Present   black #CCFFCC  I  Invitee black #FFD0D0  N  Non-invitee SMCLVRefs Sveriges TelevisionIngemar OdlanderPOlof PalmePGösta BohmanPThorbjörn FälldinPOla UllstenPLars WernerSweden Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm Slutdebatter – Partiledardebatt https://www.svtplay.se/video/eaJX4Ej/slutdebatter/partiledardebatt 2024-01-29 sv Results Results of the 1979 Swedish general election File:Sweden_Riksdag_1979.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 2356234 154 +2 Moderate Party 1108406 73 +18 Centre Party 984589 64 –22 People's Party 577063 38 –1 Left Party Communists 305420 20 +3 Christian Democratic Unity 75993 0 0 Communist Party 10862 0 0 Workers Party Communists 10725 0 New Other parties 19346 0 0 31488 0 6040461 Nohlen & Stöver Seat distribution ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonBy partyBy coalitionSMCFVRight C, M, FLeft S, VÄlvsborg North9422154Älvsborg South8322153Blekinge6311133Bohus11432274Fyrstadskretsen21962311110Gävleborg137131158Gothenburg1975232109Gotland21111Halland10423164Jämtland53223Jönköping13533285Kalmar10522155Kopparberg136231167Kristianstad11532165Kronoberg732243Malmöhus11532165Norrbotten116121147Örebro126221157Östergötland178332189Skaraborg10423164Södermanland11622156Stockholm County331394431716Stockholm Municipality311193441615Uppsala104221155Värmland126221157Västerbotten105121146Västernorrland126131157Västmanland115221156Total34915473643820175174Source: Statistics Sweden By municipality References Category:General elections in Sweden Sweden General Sweden Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results