1991 Swedish general election

none Sweden parliamentary no 1988 Swedish general election 1988 1994 Swedish general election 1994 All 349 seats in the Riksdag 175 15 September 1991 130x130px Ingvar Carlsson.jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Ingvar Carlsson Swedish Social Democratic Party 156 138 18 2,062,761 37.71% 5.50 pp Carl Bildt 2001-05-15.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Carl Bildt Moderate Party 66 80 14 1,199,394 21.92% 3.62 pp Bengt Westerberg2.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Bengt Westerberg Liberal People's 499,356 9.13% 33 44 11 3.07 pp Olof Johansson2.jpg 150 120 160 0 8 Olof Johansson Centre Party (Sweden) 465,175 8.50% 31 42 11 2.80 pp Alf Svensson 2003-08-25 001 (cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Alf Svensson Christian Democrats (Sweden) 390,351 7.14% 26 0 26 4.20 pp Ian Wachtmeister.JPG 210 57 160 0 75 BertKarlsson 2003-03-10 001.jpg 280 57 160 0 110 margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; Ian WachtmeisterBert Karlsson New Democracy (Sweden) 368,281 6.73% 25 – New New Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0701-023, Berlin, Erich Honecker, Lars Werner cropped.jpg 140 120 160 0 0 Lars Werner Left Party (Sweden) 246,905 4.51% 16 21 5 1.33 pp Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson Swedish Social Democratic Party Carl Bildt Moderate Party Riksdagsvalet 1991.svg Map of the election, showing the distribution of constituency and levelling seats, as well as the largest political bloc within each constituency. List of members of the Riksdag, 1991–1994 List of members of the Riksdag, 1988–1991 General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1991.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 138 of the 349 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1873 However, it was the party's worst showing since 1928 with 37.7% of the vote.http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1991-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf Allmänna valen 1991. Del 1, Riksdagsvalet den 15 september 1991 Statistical Central Bureau sv 18 November 2019 Aftermath The election was notable due to the rise of a new right-wing populist party named New Democracy which succeeded in securing a parliamentary mandate for the first (and only) time. The four parties of the centre-right coalition (the Centre Party, People's Party, Moderates, and Christian Democrats) were allocated a combined total of 171 seats, 17 more than the two left-wing parties' 154, but still fewer than the 175 necessary for a majority. Thus the centre-right bloc was dependent upon New Democracy to secure a parliamentary majority. It was able to do so, and the Moderates' Carl Bildt became Prime Minister. One large factor in the shift between the blocs was that the Christian Democrats managed to reach the 4% threshold by a good margin after many previous attempts. This combined with the Green Party falling short of the threshold, meant vast changes to areas yielding wins for the blue bloc. Norrköping, Västerås and Örebro, main urban areas inside the left-wing industrial belt of central Sweden, all voted blue for the first time for generations. Even so, they did only assemble pluralities as opposed to majorities in all three. The centre-right bloc also made vast gains in the capital region, the Moderate Party being the largest both in Stockholm Municipality and the surrounding Stockholm County. Led by the strong Moderate vote, Malmö also flipped to a blue plurality, overturning another historical Social Democrat stronghold. Debates 1991 Swedish general election debates Date Time Organisers Moderators black #90FF90  P  Present   black #CCFFCC  I  Invitee black #FFD0D0  N  Non-invitee SMLCVKDNyDRefs 13 Sep 20:00 Sveriges TelevisionOlle Stenholm sv ibPIngvar Carlsson, Mona SahlinPCarl BildtPBengt WesterberPOlof JohanssonPLars WernerPAlf SvenssonPIan WachtmeisterValet 1991 - Slutdebatten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZwfICCZj6U 2024-02-01 enhttps://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001729251 Svensk mediedatabas SVT, TV2 1991-09-13 sv live https://web.archive.org/web/20260525124357/https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001729251 2026-05-25 Results Results of the 1991 Swedish general election File:Sweden_Riksdag_1991.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 2062761 138 –18 Moderate Party 1199394 80 +14 Liberal People's Party 499356 33 –11 Centre Party 465175 31 –11 Christian Democratic Society Party 390351 26 +26 New Democracy 368281 25 New Left Party 246905 16 –5 Green Party 185051 0 –20 Sjöbopartiet 27635 0 New Sweden Democrats 4877 0 0 Labour List 3645 0 New Workers Party – Communists 2969 0 0 Other parties 14361 0 0 92159 0 6413407 Nohlen & Stöver, SCB Seat distribution ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonBy partyBy coalitionSMFCKDNDVRight M, F, C, KDLeft S, VOthers NDÄlvsborg North10421111541Älvsborg South83211153Blekinge531123Bohus124311111651Fyrstadskretsen1976211111081Gävleborg136211111571Gothenburg176521111971Gotland21111Halland10331111631Jämtland531123Jönköping12521121651Kalmar11421211641Kopparberg125211111561Kristianstad11431111641Kronoberg9321111531Malmöhus13541111751Norrbotten106111137Örebro125211111561Östergötland178411111791Skaraborg11421211641Södermanland11521111551Stockholm County3711125223221133Stockholm Municipality26893112214102Uppsala114211111551Värmland125211111561Västerbotten1051111146Västernorrland126111111471Västmanland11521111551Total34913880333126251617015425Source: Statistics Sweden By municipality See also List of members of the Riksdag, 1991–1994 References Category:General elections in Sweden General Sweden Sweden Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results