Swedish general election, 1976
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General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 1976.[1] Although the Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 152 of the 349 seats in the Riksdag,[2] a coalition government was formed with the Centre Party, the People's Party and the conservative Moderate Party, which formed Sweden's first non-socialist government since 1936. Centre Party leader Thorbjörn Fälldin, who had widely been expected to take over the government in the previous election of 1973 (which turned out to bring a 175-175 draw between the left and right blocs), was appointed Prime Minister, the first not from the Swedish Social Democratic Party since Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp's brief interregnum 40 years earlier.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2,324,603 | 42.7 | 152 | –4 |
| Centre Party | 1,309,669 | 24.1 | 86 | –4 |
| Moderate Party | 847,672 | 15.6 | 55 | +4 |
| People's Party | 601,556 | 11.1 | 39 | +5 |
| Left Party Communists | 258,432 | 4.8 | 17 | –2 |
| Christian Democratic Unity | 73,844 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist Party of Sweden | 17,309 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Other parties | 4,663 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 19,295 | – | – | – |
| Total | 5,457,043 | 100 | 349 | –1 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,947,077 | 91.0 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
By municipality
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Votes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes within the coalition that won relative majority.
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Cartogram of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast.
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Map showing the voting shifts from the 1973 to the 1976 election. Darker blue indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that formed the centre-right bloc. Darker red indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form the left-wing bloc.
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Votes by municipality as a scale from red/Left-wing bloc to blue/Centre-right bloc.
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Cartogram of vote with each municipality rescaled in proportion to number of valid votes cast. Deeper blue represents a relative majority for the centre-right coalition, brighter red represents a relative majority for the left-wing coalition.