1970 Swedish general election

20 September 1970
All 350 seats in the Riksdag 176 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   130x130px 130x130px Leader Olof Palme Gunnar Hedlund Gunnar Helén Party Social Democratic Centre People's Last election 125 seats 39 seats 34 seats Seats won 163 71 58 Seat change 38 32 24 Popular vote 2,256,369 991,208 806,667 Percentage 45.34% 19.92% 16.21% Swing 4.78pp 4.24pp 1.95pp   Fourth party Fifth party   130x130px 130x130px Leader Yngve Holmberg C.-H. Hermansson Party Moderate Left Communists Last election 32 seats 3 seats Seats won 41 17 Seat change 9 14 Popular vote 573,812 236,659 Percentage 11.53% 4.76% Swing 1.33pp 1.75pp
300px Map of the election, showing the distribution of constituency and levelling seats, as well as the largest political bloc within each constituency.
PM before election Olof Palme Social Democratic Elected PM Olof Palme Social Democratic

File:Ballot papers for 1970 Swedish general and regional elections.jpg

Examples of ballot papers used for 1970 Swedish general (yellow) and regional (blue) elections

General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1970, two years ahead of schedule because of the opening of the newly unicameral Riksdag. The Social Democratic remained the largest party, winning 163 of the 350 seats and gathered enough support to remain in power under its 1969 elected leader, Prime Minister Olof Palme.

Results

Main article: Results of the 1970 Swedish general election

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		By party						By coalition
		S	C	F	M	V		Left	Right
Älvsborg North	9	4	2	2	1			4	5
Älvsborg South	7	3	2	1	1			3	4
Blekinge	6	4	1	1				4	2
Fyrstadskretsen	21	10	3	4	3	1		11	10
Gävleborg	13	7	3	1	1	1		8	5
Gothenburg and Bohus	10	4	2	3	1			4	6
Gothenburg Municipality	20	8	2	6	2	2		10	10
Gotland	2	1	1					1	1
Halland	8	3	3	1	1			3	5
Jämtland	5	3	2					3	2
Jönköping	13	5	4	2	2			5	8
Kalmar	11	5	3	1	2			5	6
Kopparberg	12	6	3	1	1	1		7	5
Kristianstad	12	5	3	2	2			5	7
Kronoberg	7	3	2	1	1			3	4
Malmöhus	11	5	3	2	1			5	6
Norrbotten	12	6	2	1	1	2		8	4
Örebro	12	6	2	2	1	1		7	5
Östergötland	17	9	3	2	2	1		10	7
Skaraborg	11	4	3	2	2			4	7
Södermanland	11	6	2	2	1			6	5
Stockholm County	28	12	4	6	4	2		14	14
Stockholm Municipality	36	15	4	7	6	4		19	17
Uppsala	8	4	2	1	1			4	4
Värmland	14	7	3	2	1	1		8	6
Västerbotten	10	5	2	2	1			5	5
Västernorrland	13	7	3	1	1	1		8	5
Västmanland	11	6	2	2	1			6	5
Total	350	163	71	58	41	17		180	170
Source: Statistics Sweden