1968 Swedish general election

none Sweden parliamentary 1964 Swedish general election 1964 1970 Swedish general election 1970 All 233 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag 117 15 September 1968 Tage Erlander 1952.jpg 140 95 130 0 5 Tage Erlander Swedish Social Democratic Party 113 125 12 2,420,242 50.12% 2.85 pp Gunnar Hedlund 1966.jpg 140 95 130 0 30 Gunnar Hedlund Centre Party (Sweden) 36 39 3 778,810 15.68% 2.50 pp Sven Schönbeck SPA (cropped).jpg Sven Wedén People's Party 43 34 9 688,456 14.26% 2.72 pp Yngve Holmberg 1966.jpg 140 95 130 0 20 Yngve Holmberg Right 33 32 1 621,031 12.86% 0.86 pp C.H. Hermansson i Örebro, mindre bild.png 135 95 130 0 20 C.-H. Hermansson Left Communists 8 3 5 145,172 3.01% 2.21 pp PM Tage Erlander Swedish Social Democratic Party Tage Erlander Swedish Social Democratic Party Riksdagsvalet 1968.svg Largest bloc and seats won by constituency General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1968.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 978-3-8329-5609-7 Held in the wake of the crushing of the Prague Spring, it resulted in a landslide victory for the Social Democratic government and Prime Minister Tage Erlander. It is one of two general elections in Swedish history where a single party received more than half of the vote (the other being the election of 1940). Erlander would resign the following year after an uninterrupted tenure of 23 years as head of government. The Social Democrats had held the office of Prime Minister since 1932 except a three-month "holiday cabinet" in 1936. This was due to the Social Democrats' absolute majority in the upper house of the Swedish parliament, the First Chamber, and a steady majority for them in general elections and also at large in municipality and county council elections. The latter gave them the majority in the upper house, the First Chamber. When they did not have an absolute majority, the Social Democrats could rely on a passive support from the Communists as the Social Democrats almost always nearly had half of the seats. The two socialist parties in the Riksdag did not however win a majority in the general elections of 1952 and 1956. Results Results of the 1968 Swedish general election File:Sweden_Riksdag_1968.svg Swedish Social Democratic Party 2420277 125 +12 Centre Party 757215 39 +3 People's Party 688456 34 –9 Right Party 621031 32 –1 Left Party Communists 145172 3 –5 Civic Unity sv Medborgerlig samling (1964–1968)Joint list of the three right-wing parties in Malmö. 82082 Christian Democratic Unity 72377 0 0 Middle Parties sv MellanpartiernaCoalition of the Centre Party and People's Party that contested some constituencies.Nohlen & Stöver, p1861 41307 Other parties 1462 0 0 32522 0 5445333 Nohlen & Stöver Notes References Category:General elections in Sweden Sweden General Sweden Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results