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In the election the voter chooses between the different running parties. Each party is represented by a ballot listing their candidates. On the ballot the voter can indicate his or her preference for a particular candidate. Eligible to vote and stand for elections are Swedish Citizens who turn 18 years old no later than on the day of the election.
A party must also pass a set limit of 4 percent nationally, or 12 percent in one of the 29 electoral districts, in order to be awarded seats in parliament. Elections are held on the third Sunday of September every four years. The next elections are due in September, 2006
Party | votes | seats | Party leader |
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Social Democrat Party | 39.9% | 144 | Göran Persson |
Moderate Party | 15.1% | 55 | Bo Lundgren |
Liberal Party | 13.3% | 48 | Lars Leijonborg[?] |
Christian Democrat Party | 9.1% | 33 | Alf Svensson[?] |
Left Party | 8.3% | 30 | Ulla Hoffman[?] (acting) |
Center Party | 6.2% | 22 | Maud Olofsson[?] |
Green Party | 4.5% | 17 | Peter Eriksson[?] and Maria Wetterstrand[?] |
Others | 3.6% | - | |
Total | 100.0% | 349 |
Year | (v) | (s) | (mp) | (fp) | (c) | (m) | (kd) | Various | Others |
2002 | 8.3 | 39.9 | 4.5 | 13.3 | 6.2 | 15.1 | 9.1 | (nyd) | 3.6 |
1998 | 12.0 | 36.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 22.9 | 11.8 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
1994 | 6.2 | 45.3 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 22.4 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
1991 | 4.5 | 37.6 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 21.9 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 1.2 |
1988 | 5.8 | 43.2 | 5.5 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 18.3 | 2.9 | 0.7 | |
1985 | 5.4 | 44.7 | 1.5 | 14.2 | 10.1 | 21.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | |
1982 | 5.6 | 45.6 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 15.5 | 23.6 | 1.9 | 0.2 | |
1979 | 5.6 | 43.2 | 10.6 | 18.1 | 20.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | ||
1976 | 4.8 | 42.7 | 11.1 | 24.1 | 15.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | ||
1973 | 5.3 | 43.6 | 9.4 | 25.1 | 14.3 | 1.8 | 0.6 | ||
1970 | 4.8 | 45.3 | 16.2 | 19.9 | 11.5 | 1.8 | 0.4 | ||
1968 | 3.0 | 50.1 | 14.3 | 15.7 | 12.9 | 1.5 | 2.6 | ||
1964 | 5.2 | 47.3 | 17.0 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
1960 | 4.5 | 47.8 | 17.5 | 13.6 | 16.5 | 0.1 | |||
1958 | 3.4 | 46.2 | 18.2 | 12.7 | 19.5 | 0.0 | |||
1956 | 5.0 | 44.6 | 23.8 | 9.4 | 17.1 | 0.1 | |||
1952 | 4.3 | 46.1 | 24.4 | 10.7 | 14.4 | 0.1 | |||
1948 | 6.3 | 46.1 | 22.8 | 12.4 | 12.3 | (sp) | 0.1 | ||
1944 | 10.3 | 46.7 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 15.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | ||
1940 | 3.5 | 53.8 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 18.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | ||
1936 | 3.3 | 45.9 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 17.6 | 4.4 | 1.6 | ||
1932 | 3.0 | 41.7 | 11.7 | 14.1 | 23.5 | 5.3 | 0.7 | ||
1928 | 6.4 | 37.0 | 15.9 | 11.2 | 29.4 | 0.1 | |||
1924 | 5.1 | 41.1 | 16.9 | 10.8 | 26.1 | (vs) | 0.0 | ||
1921 | 4.6 | 36.2 | 19.1 | 11.1 | 25.8 | 3.2 | 0.0 | ||
1920 | 29.7 | 21.8 | 14.2 | 27.9 | 6.4 | 0.0 | |||
1917 | 31.1 | 27.6 | 8.5 | 24.7 | 8.1 | 0.0 | |||
1914 | 36.4 | 26.9 | 0.2 | 36.5 | 0.0 | ||||
1914 | 30.1 | 32.2 | 0.0 | 37.7 | 0.0 | ||||
1911 | 28.5 | 40.2 | 31.2 | 0.1 |
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See also: Parliament of Sweden, Government of Sweden, Prime Minister of Sweden, Politics of Sweden
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