Swedish general election, 1998

Election results

Swedish general election, 1998

1994 ← 20 September 1998 → 2002

All 349 seats to the Riksdag 175 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Göran Persson Carl Bildt Party Social Democrats Moderate Party Last election 161 seats 80 seats Seats won 131 82 Seat change -30 +2 Popular vote 1,914,426 1,204,926 Percentage 36.4% 22.9%

PM before election Göran Persson Social Democrats Elected PM Göran Persson Social Democrats

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Here are the results of the general election to the Parliament of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges riksdag), held on 20 September 1998.

← Riksdag election, 1998 →
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Eq¹	Party leader/Comment
Social Democrats	1,914,426	36.4%	131	1	Göran Persson
Moderate Party	1,204,926	22.9%	82	5	Carl Bildt
Left Party	631,011	12.0%	43	-	Gudrun Schyman
Christian Democrats	619,046	11.8%	42	4	Alf Svensson
Centre Party	269,762	5.1%	18	8	Lennart Daléus
Liberal People's Party	248,076	4.7%	17	10	Lars Leijonborg
Green Party	236,699	4.5%	16	11
Others	137,176	2.6%	-	-
Total	5,261,122	100%	349		Number of valid ballots
Participation	5,374,588	81,4%			Number of ballots cast

¹ Number of equalization seats to ensure proportional representation.
There are 310 fixed seats and 39 equalization seats, making a grand total of 349 seats.

Interpretive maps

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  Votes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes within the coalition that won relative majority.

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  Cartogram of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast.

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  Map showing the voting shifts from the 1994 to the 1998 election. Darker blue indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that formed the centre-right bloc. Darker red indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form the left-wing bloc.

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  Votes by municipality as a scale from red/Left-wing bloc to blue/Centre-right bloc.

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  Cartogram of vote with each municipality rescaled in proportion to number of valid votes cast. Deeper blue represents a relative majority for the centre-right coalition, brighter red represents a relative majority for the left-wing coalition.

External links

• Swedish Election Authority - Official site