1998 Swedish general election

none Sweden parliamentary 1994 Swedish general election 1994 2002 Swedish general election 2002 All 349 seats in the Riksdag 175 20 September 1998 130x130px (Bilden ar tagen vid Nordiska radets session i Oslo, 2003) (7) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Göran Persson Swedish Social Democratic Party 161 131 30 1,914,426 36.40% 8.85 pp Carl Bildt 2001-05-15.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Carl Bildt Moderate Party 80 82 2 1,204,926 22.91% 0.53 pp Gudrun Schyman - 16 April 2009 - 1 cropped.jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Gudrun Schyman Left Party (Sweden) 631,011 12.00% 43 22 21 5.83 pp Alf Svensson 2003-08-25 001 (cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Alf Svensson Christian Democrats (Sweden) 619,046 11.75% 42 15 27 7.68 pp Centerpartiets valaffisch 1998 med Lennart Daléus (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Lennart Daléus Centre Party (Sweden) 269,762 5.13% 18 27 9 2.52 pp Lars Leijonborg, partiledare Folkpartiet liberalerna, Sverige (Bilden ar tagen vid Nordiska radets session i Oslo, 2003) (cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Lars Leijonborg Liberal People's 248,076 4.72% 17 26 9 2.47 pp Swedish Green Leadership in 1998.jpg 140 120 160 0 10 Marianne SamuelssonBirger Schlaug Green Party (Sweden) 236,699 4.50% 16 18 2 0.52 pp PM Göran Persson Swedish Social Democratic Party Göran Persson Swedish Social Democratic Party List of members of the Riksdag, 1998–2002 List of members of the Riksdag, 1994–98 Riksdagsvalet 1998.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 20 September 1998.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 131 of the 349 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1873 The incumbent Social Democratic minority government, led by Göran Persson, was returned to power despite losing seats and receiving fewer votes than in their 1991 defeat. They remained in power with support from the Left Party and the Green Party. While the three left-wing parties saw a net loss of 11 seats, the Left Party nearly doubled its representation in the Riksdag. This reflected how many Social Democratic voters were dissatisfied with the policies of the government, which had implemented austerity measures to reduce the budget deficit. The Social Democrats were able to form a government in spite of the sizeable decline of the vote, since the centre-right parties failed to recover more than a net share of 11 seats out of the required 27. The most notable gain was that the capital Stockholm going blue in spite of a stable nationwide left-leaning majority, something that previously had been unlikely. In suburban areas around the two largest cities several municipalities also flipped blue. Other gains were in the blue heartlands of Southern Sweden, with Jönköping and Linköping being major pickups. Even so, 23 out of 29 constituencies voted for the leftist parties. Gothenburg remained in the red column in spite of a large net swing towards the opposition. Even so, smaller municipalities away from the bigger cities gave the red-green bloc a sizeable edge, with the Left Party getting into double-digits nationwide. Even though there was a drop of support in major cities, many areas that had previously voted blue remained with the red-green bloc. For the Social Democrats, the steep drop of the party's nationwide vote share was still felt in many of its historically strong industrial areas. The party's vote share had dropped to a 70-year low and many absolute majorities from 1994 election were lost. Besides from the Left Party, the other party that made major gains were the Christian Democrats. The party had been on the verge of falling out of the Riksdag in 1994, yet almost tripled its vote share to end up at 11.8%, even being the largest centre-right party in its stronghold of Jönköping County.http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1998-Del-1-Riksdagen.pdf Allmänna valen 1998. Del 1, Riksdagen den 20 september 1998 Statistical Central Bureau sv 19 November 2019 The former heads of government, the Centre Party, continued its decline and recorded 5.1% of the vote, more than a million fewer overall votes than in the 1970s elections. The People's Party fared even worse at 4.7%. Debates 1998 Swedish general election debates Date Time Organizers Moderators black #90FF90  P  Present   black #CCFFCC  I  Invitee black #FFD0D0  N  Non-invitee SMCLVMPKDRefs Sveriges TelevisionClaes ElfsbergInga-Lill UsterudPGöran PerssonPCarl BildtPLennart DaléusPLars LeijonborgPGudrun SchymanPBirger SchlaugPAlf SvenssonSveriges Television AB, Stockholm Slutdebatter – Val-98: Partiledarnas slutdebatt https://www.svtplay.se/video/jBDPk58/slutdebatter/val-98-partiledarnas-slutdebatt 2024-02-01 sv Results Results of the 1998 Swedish general election There were 5,261,109 valid ballots cast, a sizeable decrease in turnout from the 1994 election, with turnout dropping from 86.8% to 81.4%. File:Sweden_Riksdag_1998.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 1914426 131 –30 Moderate Party 1204926 82 +2 Left Party 631011 43 +21 Christian Democrats 618033 42 +27 Centre Party 269762 18 –9 Liberal People's Party 248076 17 –9 Green Party 236699 16 –2 Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party 52869 0 0 The New Party 25276 0 0 Sweden Democrats 19624 0 0 New Future 9171 0 0 New Democracy 8297 0 0 Senior Citizen Party 6865 0 0 Socialist Justice Party 3044 0 0 Communist Party 1868 0 0 Unity 1725 0 0 Socialist Party 1466 0 0 Other parties 6971 0 0 113466 0 6603129 Statistical Central Bureau Seat distribution ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonBy partyBy coalitionSMVKDCFMPRed-green S, V, MPRight M, KD, C, FBlekinge6311142Dalarna1142211174Gävleborg1252211184Gothenburg1755321198Gotland21111Halland1243121157Jämtland5211132Jönköping1352131176Kalmar94211154Kronoberg73111143Malmö9431154Norrbotten9512172Örebro13522111185Östergötland17642211198Skåne North and East1243121157Skåne South1354111176Skåne West9431154Södermanland105211173Stockholm County381113351321622Stockholm Municipality2871043221315Uppsala12431111166Värmland1252211175Västerbotten12512111184Västernorrland105121173Västmanland105211164Västra Götaland East104212155Västra Götaland North12421211166Västra Götaland South6311142Västra Götaland West13431211167Total349131824342181716190159Source: Statistics Sweden By municipality References Category:General elections in Sweden Sweden General Sweden Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results