1976 Swedish general election

none Sweden parliamentary 1973 Swedish general election 1973 1979 Swedish general election 1979 All 349 seats in the Riksdag 175 19 September 1976 130x130px Olof Palme 1974 (cropped).jpg Olof Palme Swedish Social Democratic Party 156 152 4 2,324,603 42.75% 0.81 pp Falldin.JPG Thorbjörn Fälldin Centre Party (Sweden) 90 86 4 1,309,669 24.08% 1.02 pp Gösta Bohman (1967).jpg Gösta Bohman Moderate Party 51 55 4 847,672 15.59% 1.30 pp Per Ahlmark, 2005.jpg Per Ahlmark People's Party 34 39 5 601,556 11.06% 1.64 pp Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0701-023, Berlin, Erich Honecker, Lars Werner cropped.jpg Lars Werner Left Communists 19 17 2 258,432 4.75% 0.58 pp PM Olof Palme Swedish Social Democratic Party Thorbjörn Fälldin Centre Party (Sweden) Riksdagsvalet 1976.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 19 September 1976.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 978-3-8329-5609-7 Although the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 152 of the 349 seats in the Riksdag,Nohlen & Stöver, p1873 a coalition government was formed with the Centre Party, the People's Party and the conservative Moderate Party (who won a combined 180 seats), which formed Sweden's first non-socialist government since 1936. Centre Party leader Thorbjörn Fälldin, who had widely been expected to take over the government in the previous election of 1973 (which turned out to bring a 175-175 draw between the left and right blocs), was appointed prime minister, the first not from the Swedish Social Democratic Party since Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp's brief interregnum 40 years earlier. Debates 1976 Swedish general election debates Date Time Organisers Moderators black #90FF90  P  Present   black #CCFFCC  I  Invitee black #FFD0D0  N  Non-invitee SCMLVRefs1 September 1976POlof PalmePThorbjörn FälldinNGösta BohmanNPer AhlmarkNLars WernerValet 1976 - Duellen - Olof Palme (S) och Thorbjörn Fälldin (C) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hawe122eFY 2024-02-01 en Sveriges TelevisionLars Orup [sv]POlof Palme, Gunnar SträngPThorbjörn FälldinPGösta BohmanPPer AhlmarkPLars WernerSveriges Television AB Slutdebatter – Partiledardebatt https://www.svtplay.se/video/eYPEA98/slutdebatter/partiledardebatt 2024-01-29 sv Results Results of the 1976 Swedish general election File:Sweden_Riksdag_1976.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 2324603 152 –4 Centre Party 1309669 86 –4 Moderate Party 847672 55 +4 People's Party 601556 39 +5 Left Party Communists 258432 17 –2 Christian Democratic Unity 73844 0 0 Communist Party 17309 0 0 Other parties 4663 0 0 19295 –1 5947077 Nohlen & Stöver Seat distribution ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonBy partyBy coalitionSCMFVRight C, M, FLeft S, VÄlvsborg North9431154Älvsborg South8322153Blekinge7321143Bohus11432274Fyrstadskretsen1993421910Gävleborg136311258Gothenburg1973342109Gotland21111Halland9332163Jämtland53223Jönköping13542285Kalmar11532165Kopparberg136411167Kristianstad12542175Kronoberg733143Malmöhus11532165Norrbotten126211248Örebro11631156Östergötland188432199Skaraborg11442174Södermanland9521145Stockholm County331267531815Stockholm Municipality321248441616Uppsala104311155Värmland12632166Västerbotten10531155Västernorrland13741167Västmanland9521145Total34915286553917180169Source: Statistics Sweden By municipality References Category:General elections in Sweden Sweden General Sweden Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results