Swedish general election, 1964

Swedish general election, 1964

1960 ← September 20, 1964 → 1968

All 233 seats to the Second Chamber of the Riksdag 117 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Party Social Democrats Liberal People's Party Last election 114 seats 40 seats Seats won 113 seats 43 seats Seat change –1 +3 Popular vote 2,006,923 720,733 Percentage 47.30% 17.0%

PM before election Tage Erlander Social Democrats Elected PM Tage Erlander Social Democrats

General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1964. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 113 of the 233 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. Tage Erlander's Social Democratic government was returned to power.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party	2,006,723	47.3	113	–1
People's Party	720,733	17.0	43	+3
Rightist Party	582,609	13.7	33	–6
Centre Party	559,632	13.2	35	+1
Communist Party of Sweden	221,746	5.2	8	+3
Christian Democratic Unity	75,389	1.8	0	New
Civic Unity	64,807	1.5	1	New
Middle Parties	13,557	0.3	0	New
Other parties	384	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	27,815	–	–	–
Total	4,273,595	100	233	+1
Registered voters/turnout	5,095,850	83.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a Civic Unity was a joint list of the three right-wing parties in Malmö. One of its elected candidates was a member of the Centre Party, but sat as an independent.

^b The Middle Parties was a joint list of the Centre Party and People's Party that contested some constituencies.