1973 Swedish general election

none Sweden parliamentary 1970 Swedish general election 1970 1976 Swedish general election 1976 All 350 seats in the Riksdag 176 16 September 1973 130x130px Olof Palme 1974 (cropped).jpg Olof Palme Swedish Social Democratic Party 163 156 7 2,247,727 43.56% 1.78 pp Falldin.JPG Thorbjörn Fälldin Centre Party (Sweden) 71 90 19 1,295,246 25.10% 5.18 pp Gösta Bohman (1967).jpg Gösta Bohman Moderate Party 41 51 10 737,584 14.29% 2.76 pp Gunnar Helén People's Party 58 34 24 486,028 9.42% 6.79 pp CH Hermansson.jpg C.-H. Hermansson Left Communists 17 19 2 274,929 5.33% 0.57 pp PM Olof Palme Swedish Social Democratic Party Olof Palme Swedish Social Democratic Party Riksdagsvalet 1973.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 1973.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Social Democrats remained the largest party, winning 156 of the 350 seats. For most of the campaign, the opposition parties had led the socialist parties in the polls. It has been speculated that several events influenced the outcome of the election in favour of the government: the death of King Gustaf VI Adolf the previous day, the Norrmalmstorg robbery and the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. Prime Minister Olof Palme had delivered an impassioned speech on Salvador Allende's legacy on the eve of the election, in which he praised the democratic system. The elections instead produced a draw, with the socialist and liberal-conservative blocs each winning 175 seats.1976 Inter-Parliamentary Union Since the opposition could not pass a motion of no confidence against Palme's government, he was able to remain in power. In order to pass legislation the Social Democrats had to draw lots or seek support from the opposition. To prevent this scenario from reoccurring, the number of seats in the Riksdag was adjusted to an odd number for subsequent elections. In the popular vote, while winning an equal number of seats the socialist bloc won 2,522,656 votes to the 2,518,858 for the liberal-conservative bloc, a net difference of 3,798 votes or 48.80% versus 48.73%, although the seats ended up being shared equally because of the narrow margin. Results Results of the 1973 Swedish general election File:Sweden_Riksdag_1973.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 2247727 156 –7 Centre Party 1295246 90 +19 Moderate Party 737584 51 +10 People's Party 486028 34 –24 Left Party Communists 274929 19 +2 Christian Democratic Unity 90388 0 0 Communist Party 18923 0 0 Communist League Marxist-Leninist (Revolutionaries) 8014 0 New Other parties 1307 0 0 8850 0 5690333 Nohlen & Stöver Seat distribution ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonBy partyBy coalitionSCMFVLeft S, VRight C, M, FÄlvsborg North9431145Älvsborg South732234Blekinge7321134Bohus11432247Fyrstadskretsen211044211110Gävleborg137311185Gothenburg20833421010Gotland21111Halland8331135Jämtland53232Jönköping13542258Kalmar1053255Kopparberg136411176Kristianstad12542157Kronoberg733134Malmöhus12542157Norrbotten11621283Örebro126311175Östergötland168421197Skaraborg11442147Södermanland11521154Stockholm County321276431517Stockholm Municipality341358441717Uppsala9431145Värmland126311175Västerbotten10531155Västernorrland126311175Västmanland126311175Total35015690513419175175Source: Statistics Sweden By municipality References Category:General elections in Sweden Sweden General Sweden Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results