1979 Stockholm municipal election

Swedish local election September 2020 The Stockholm municipal election of 1979 was held on 16 September 1979 concurrently with the 1979 Swedish parliamentary election. This election used a party-list proportional representation system to allocate the 101 seats of the Stockholm City Council (Stockholms stadsfullmäktige) amongst the various Swedish political parties. Voter turnout was 86.4%. The Stockholm Party was founded in this year, and was allocated three seats in this election, marking the first time a party entered or exited the Stockholm City Council since the Centre Party earned their first mandate in 1966. Results PartyVotesSeats#%+ –#+ – Social DemocratsSocialdemokraterna (s)172,99037.4%-1.8%39–1 Moderate PartyModerata samlingspartiet (m)134,02429.0%+4.1%31+4 People's PartyFolkpartiet (fp)47,54610.3%-3.0%12–1 Left Party CommunistsVänsterpartiet kommunisterna (v)44,7449.7%+0.8%10+1 Centre PartyCenterpartiet (c)34,3957.4%-4.0%6–6 Christian DemocraticKristdemokratiska samhällspartiet (kd)4,5221.0%±0.0%0±0Other parties23,8225.2%+3.9%3All three seats listed under "other parties" were won by the Stockholm Party.+3 Total462,043100%—101±0Invalid ballots3,153 See also Elections in Sweden List of political parties in Sweden City of Stockholm Notes References Kommunfullmäktigval - valresultat efter region och parti mm. Antal och andelar. Valår 1973 - 2022 https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__ME__ME0104__ME0104A/ME0104T1/ 2026-04-26 Statistics Sweden Kommunfullmäktigval - erhållna mandat efter region och parti. Valår 1973 - 2022 https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__ME__ME0104__ME0104A/Kfmandat/ April 26, 2026 Statistics Sweden Category:Municipal elections in Stockholm Category:1979 elections in Sweden Category:1970s in Stockholm Category:September 1979 in Europe