Election
General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1960.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 114 of the 232 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.[2]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2,033,016 | 47.79 | 114 | +3 |
| People's Party | 744,142 | 17.49 | 40 | +2 |
| Rightist Party | 704,365 | 16.56 | 39 | –6 |
| Centre Party | 579,007 | 13.61 | 34 | +2 |
| Communist Party | 190,560 | 4.48 | 5 | 0 |
| Progress Union | 1,375 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| Corporate Party | 614 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| Left Socialist Party | 176 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Other parties | 859 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4,254,114 | 100.00 | 232 | +1 |
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| Valid votes | 4,254,114 | 99.59 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 17,496 | 0.41 | |
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| Total votes | 4,271,610 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 4,972,177 | 85.91 | |
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| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
