Sweden Riksdag election 1998
Sweden elections · 1998-09-20 · 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: 81.38%
| Party / candidate | Votes | Vote share | Seats | Previous seats | Gain / loss | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1914426 | 36.4% | 131 | 161 | -30 | — |
| Moderate Party | 1204926 | 22.91% | 82 | 80 | +2 | — |
| Left Party | 631011 | 12% | 43 | 22 | +21 | — |
| Christian Democrats | 618033 | 11.75% | 42 | 15 | +27 | — |
| Centre Party | 269762 | 5.13% | 18 | 27 | -9 | — |
| Liberal People's Party | 248076 | 4.72% | 17 | 26 | -9 | — |
| Green Party | 236699 | 4.5% | 16 | 18 | -2 | — |
| Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party | 52869 | 1.01% | 0 | — | — | — |
| The New Party | 25276 | 0.48% | 0 | — | — | — |
| Sweden Democrats | 19624 | 0.37% | 0 | — | — | — |
| New Future | 9171 | 0.17% | 0 | — | — | — |
| New Democracy | 8297 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Senior Citizen Party | 6865 | 0.13% | 0 | — | — | — |
| Socialist Justice Party | 3044 | 0.06% | 0 | — | — | — |
| Communist Party | 1868 | 0.04% | 0 | — | — | — |
| Unity | 1725 | 0.03% | 0 | — | — | — |
| Socialist Party | 1466 | 0.03% | 0 | — | — | — |
| Other parties | 6971 | 0.13% | 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