Sweden Riksdag election 1973
Sweden elections · 1973-09-16 · held
350 seats returned to Riksdag.
Results: final · partial coverage · Published national party or electoral-list votes; historical affiliations as classified by the source
Turnout: 90.84%
| Party / candidate | Votes | Vote share | Seats | Previous seats | Gain / loss | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2247727 | 43.56% | 156 | 163 | -7 | — |
| Centre Party | 1295246 | 25.1% | 90 | 71 | +19 | — |
| Moderate Party | 737584 | 14.29% | 51 | 41 | +10 | — |
| People's Party | 486028 | 9.42% | 34 | 58 | -24 | — |
| Left Party Communists | 274929 | 5.33% | 19 | 17 | +2 | — |
| Christian Democratic Unity | 90388 | 1.75% | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Communist Party | 18923 | 0.37% | 0 | — | — | — |
| Communist League Marxist-Leninist (Revolutionaries) | 8014 | 0.16% | 0 | — | — | — |
| Other parties | 1307 | 0.03% | 0 | — | — | — |
The franchise, electoral system and party organisations changed over time. Historical votes are not comparable to universal-suffrage elections. Unknown figures remain unreported. Colours are a display palette.
Sources & further reading
Historical election result table
Statistics Sweden: national historical turnout and party-share series