1988 Swedish general election

1988 election for the Swedish parliament Sweden parliamentary 1985 Swedish general election 1985 1991 Swedish general election 1991 All 349 seats in the Riksdag 175 18 September 1988 Ingvar Carlsson.jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Ingvar Carlsson Swedish Social Democratic Party 159 156 3 2,321,826 43.21% 1.67 pp Carl Bildt 2001-05-15.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Carl Bildt Moderate Party 76 66 10 983,226 18.30% 3.33 pp Bengt Westerberg Bengt Westerberg2.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 People's 655,720 12.20% 44 51 7 2.23 pp Olof Johansson2.jpg 150 120 160 0 8 Olof Johansson Centre Party (Sweden) 607,240 11.30% 42 43 1 2.48 pp Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0701-023, Berlin, Erich Honecker, Lars Werner cropped.jpg 135 120 160 0 0 Lars Werner Left Communists 314,031 5.84% 21 19 2 0.48 pp Eva Goës 110730 (edit).jpg 150 60 160 0 50 Birger Schlaug.jpg 200 60 160 0 65 Eva GoësBirger Schlaug Green Party (Sweden) 296,935 5.53% 20 0 20 4.03 pp PM Ingvar Carlsson Swedish Social Democratic Party Ingvar Carlsson Swedish Social Democratic Party Riksdagsvalet 1988.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 18 September 1988.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (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 156 of the 349 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1873 The Swedish Green Party won seats in the Riksdag for the first time.Micheletti Michele 1989-08-01 The Swedish elections of 1988 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379489900346 Electoral Studies 8 2 169–174 10.1016/0261-3794(89)90034-6 0261-3794 subscription The Sweden Democrats (SD) ran for the first time and received 1,118 votes. Debates 1988 Swedish general election debates Date Time(CEST) OrganizersModerators black #90FF90  P  Present   black #CCFFCC  I  Invitee black #FFD0D0  N  Non-invitee SMLCVRefs 16 Sep 21:30 Sveriges TelevisionGösta Spjuth sv ibMaud ZachrissonPIngvar Carlsson, Kjell-Olof FeldtPCarl BildtPBengt WesterbergPOlof JohanssonPLars WernerSweden Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm Slutdebatter – Val-88: Riksdagspartiernas slutdebatt https://www.svtplay.se/video/KGbZA1j/slutdebatter/val-88-riksdagspartiernas-slutdebatt 2024-02-01 svhttps://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001708007 Svensk mediedatabas SVT, TV1 1988-09-16 21.30 Val -88: Riksdagspartiernas slutdebatt 26 August 2025 Results Results of the 1988 Swedish general election File:Sweden Riksdag 1988.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 2321826 156 –3 Moderate Party 983226 66 –10 People's Party 655720 44 –7 Centre Party 607240 42 –1 Left Party Communists 314031 21 +2 Green Party 296935 20 +20 Christian Democratic Society Party 158182 0 –1 Other parties 36559 0 0 67331 0 6330023 Nohlen & Stöver Seat distribution ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonBy partyBy coalitionSMFCVMPLeft S, VRight M, F, COthers MPÄlvsborg North1142221461Älvsborg South6311133Blekinge641142Bohus12522111651Fyrstadskretsen209521121082Gävleborg12611211741Gothenburg19743122982Gotland21111Halland1142221461Jämtland531132Jönköping11522256Kalmar10521255Kopparberg12611211741Kristianstad1253121561Kronoberg6311133Malmöhus1363121661Norrbotten106111173Örebro116121174Östergötland17832211971Skaraborg1152121551Södermanland9521154Stockholm County371310623316183Stockholm Municipality30108514214142Uppsala12522111651Värmland126212175Västerbotten105112164Västernorrland12611211741Västmanland105211164Total349156664442212017715220Source: Statistics Sweden By municipality References Category:General elections in Sweden General Sweden Sweden Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results