Swedish general election, 1960
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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag
held September 18, 1960. The Social Democrats were returned to power.
Parliament of Sweden
The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
held September 18, 1960. The Social Democrats were returned to power.
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antal | % | +− % | Antal | +− | |||
| Social Democrats | Tage Erlander Tage Erlander was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969... |
2 032 937 | 47,81 | +1,6 | 114 | +3 | |
| People's Party Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006... |
Bertil Ohlin Bertil Ohlin Bertil Gotthard Ohlin was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liberal party which at the time was the largest party in opposition to the governing Social... |
744 097 | 17,50 | +0,7 | 40 | +2 | |
| Rightist Party | Jarl Hjalmarson Jarl Hjalmarson Jarl Harald Hjalmarson , was the leader of the conservative Swedish Rightist Party , today known as the Moderate Party, between 1950 and 1961.-Family:... |
704 412 | 16,57 | −3,0 | 39 | −6 | |
| Centre Party | Gunnar Hedlund Gunnar Hedlund Gunnar Hedlund was a Swedish politician. He was chairman of the Centre Party 1949-1971, Home Secretary 1951-1957 and member of the Riksdag 1942-1976.... |
579 006 | 13,62 | +0,9 | 34 | +2 | |
| Communist Party | Hilding Hagberg Hilding Hagberg Karl Hilding Hagberg was a Swedish communist politician. He was the leader of the Communist Party of Sweden from 1951 to 1964.... |
190 554 | 4,48 | +0,9 | 5 | +−0 | |
| Others | — | ? | 0,02 | — | — | — | |
| No. of valid votes | 4 251 985 | 100 | |||||
| Invalid votes | ? | ||||||
| Total (postal votes: approx. 187 000) | 4 271 610 (85,9 %) |
232 | +1 | ||||