Swedish general election, 1964
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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag
held September 20, 1964. Tage Erlander's Social Democratic government was returned to power.
Note: Civic Unity (Medborgerlig Samling) was a joint list of the three right-wing parties in Malmö
. It won three seats. In the list they have been included in their respective parties.
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 20, 1964. Tage Erlander's Social Democratic government was 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... |
2 006 923 | 47,3 | -0,5 | 113 | -1 | |
| 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... |
723 986 | 17,1 | -0,4 | 43 | +3 | |
| Rightist Party | Gunnar Heckscher Gunnar Heckscher Professor Gunnar Edvard Heckscher was a Swedish political scientist and leader of the Rightist Party , which later became the Moderate Party.-Biography:... |
582 609 | 13,7 | −2,9 | 33 | −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.... |
570 017 | 13,4 | -0,2 | 36 | +2 | |
| Communist Party | C.-H. Hermansson | 221 746 | 5,2 | +0,7 | 8 | +3 | |
| Christian Democratic Unity | Birger Ekstedt Birger Ekstedt Birger Ekstedt, , was a Swedish politician and a priest.Birger Ekstedt began his political career as a cultural-conservative member of the right-wing youth organisation, Högerns Ungdomsförbund and a frequent editorial in their newspaper.After losing a battle over the party's manifesto in 1956 he... |
75 389 | 1,8 | +1,8 | — | — | |
| Civic Unity | C.G. Regnell | 64 782 | 1,5 | +1,5 | — | — | |
| Övriga partier | — | ? | ? | — | — | — | |
| No. of valid votes | ? | 100,00 | 233 | +1 | |||
| Invalid votes | 67 331 | ||||||
| Total (postal votes: 177 682) | 4 273 595 (83,3 %) |
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Note: Civic Unity (Medborgerlig Samling) was a joint list of the three right-wing parties in Malmö
Malmö
Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
. It won three seats. In the list they have been included in their respective parties.