Sweden Riksdag election 1985
Sweden elections · 1985-09-15 · held
349 seats returned to Riksdag.
Results: final · partial coverage · Published national party or electoral-list votes; historical affiliations as classified by the source
Turnout: 89.85%
| Party / candidate | Votes | Vote share | Seats | Previous seats | Gain / loss | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2487551 | 44.68% | 159 | 166 | -7 | — |
| Moderate Party | 1187335 | 21.33% | 76 | 86 | -10 | — |
| People's Party | 792268 | 14.23% | 51 | 21 | +30 | — |
| Left Party Communists | 298419 | 5.36% | 19 | 20 | -1 | — |
| Green Party | 83645 | 1.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other parties | 21546 | 0.39% | 0 | — | — | — |
| Centern (Centre–KDS joint list) | 691258 | 12.42% | 44 | — | — | — |
| Christian Democratic Unity | 5000 | 0.09% | 0 | 0 | 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. The Centre Party and KDS contested under the joint Centern label: 691,258 votes and 44 seats, including one KDS member. A further 5,000 votes were cast under KDS’s own label and won no seats. Component ballots within Centern are not counted again.
Sources & further reading
Historical election result table
Statistics Sweden: 1985 national summary and joint-list breakdown, pp. 8 and 12
Statistics Sweden: national historical turnout and party-share series