title: 1970 Swedish general election
text: # 1970 Swedish general election
  
  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
  
  | | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2,256,369 | 45.34 | 163 | +38 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Centre Party | 991,208 | 19.92 | 71 | +32 |
  | | People's Party | 806,667 | 16.21 | 58 | +24 |
  | | Moderate Party | 573,812 | 11.53 | 41 | +9 |
  | | Left Party Communists | 236,659 | 4.76 | 17 | +14 |
  | | Christian Democratic Unity | 88,770 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Communist League Marxist–Leninist | 21,238 | 0.43 | 0 | New |
  | | Other parties | 1,473 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 4,976,196 | 100.00 | 350 | +117 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,976,196 | 99.84 | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 8,011 | 0.16 | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 4,984,207 | 100.00 | | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 5,645,804 | 88.28 | | |
  | Source: Nohlen & Stöver ||||||
  
  ### Seat distribution
  
  | Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Constituency | Total seats | By party | By party | By party | By party | By party | By coalition | By coalition |
  | Constituency | Total seats | 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 ||||||||||
  