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1988 Swedish general election

1988 election for the Swedish parliament

Field	Value
country	Sweden
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1985 Swedish general election
previous_year	1985
next_election	1991 Swedish general election
next_year	1991
seats_for_election	All 349 seats in the Riksdag
majority_seats	175
election_date	18 September 1988
image_size	130x130px
image1	Ingvar Carlsson.jpg
leader1	Ingvar Carlsson
party1	Swedish Social Democratic Party
last_election1	159
seats1	156
seat_change1	3
popular_vote1	2,321,826
percentage1	43.21%
swing1	1.67 pp
image2	Carl Bildt 2001-05-15.jpg
leader2	Carl Bildt
party2	Moderate Party
last_election2	76
seats2	66
seat_change2	10
popular_vote2	983,226
percentage2	18.30%
swing2	3.33 pp
leader3	Bengt Westerberg
image3	Bengt Westerberg2.jpg
party3	People's
popular_vote3	655,720
percentage3	12.20%
seats3	44
last_election3	51
seat_change3	7
swing3	2.23 pp
image4	Olof Johansson2.jpg
leader4	Olof Johansson
party4	Centre Party (Sweden)
popular_vote4	607,240
percentage4	11.30%
seats4	42
last_election4	43
seat_change4	1
swing4	2.48 pp
image5	Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0701-023, Berlin, Erich Honecker, Lars Werner cropped.jpg
leader5	Lars Werner
party5	Left Communists
popular_vote5	314,031
percentage5	5.84%
seats5	21
last_election5	19
seat_change5	2
swing5	0.48 pp
image6	[[File:Eva Goës 110730 (edit).jpg	65x65px]]
[[File:Birger Schlaug.jpg	65x65px]]
leader6	Eva Goës
Birger Schlaug
party6	Green Party (Sweden)
popular_vote6	296,935
percentage6	5.53%
seats6	20
last_election6	0
seat_change6	20
swing6	4.03 pp
title	PM
before_election	Ingvar Carlsson
before_party	Swedish Social Democratic Party
after_election	Ingvar Carlsson
after_party	Swedish Social Democratic Party
map_image	Riksdagsvalet 1988.svg
map_caption	Map of the election, showing the distribution of constituency and levelling seats, as well as the largest political bloc within each constituency.

Birger Schlaug

General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1988. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 156 of the 349 seats.

The Swedish Green Party won seats in the Riksdag for the first time.

Debates

1988 Swedish general election debates	Date	Time
(CEST)	Organizers	Moderators	Present Invitee Non-invitee	S	M	L	C	V	Refs	Swedish Social Democratic Party}}"	Moderate Party}}"	Liberals (Sweden)}}"	Centre Party (Sweden)}}"	Left Party (Sweden)}}"
16 Sep	21:30	Sveriges Television
Maud Zachrisson	P
Ingvar Carlsson, Kjell-Olof Feldt	P
Carl Bildt	P
Bengt Westerber	P
Olof Johansson	P
Lars Werner

Results

Main article: Results of the 1988 Swedish general election

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total
seats	Seats won	By party	By coalition	S	M	F	C	V	MP	Left	Right	Others	Swedish Social Democratic Party}};"	Moderate Party}};"	Liberals (Sweden)}};"	Centre Party (Sweden)}};"	Left Party (Sweden)}};;"	Green Party (Sweden)}};;"	Swedish Social Democratic Party}};"	Moderate Party}};"	Älvsborg North	11	Älvsborg South	6	Blekinge	6	Bohus	12	Fyrstadskretsen	20	Gävleborg	12	Gothenburg	19	Gotland	2	Halland	11	Jämtland	5	Jönköping	11	Kalmar	10	Kopparberg	12	Kristianstad	12	Kronoberg	6	Malmöhus	13	Norrbotten	10	Örebro	11	Östergötland	17	Skaraborg	11	Södermanland	9	Stockholm County	37	Stockholm Municipality	30	Uppsala	12	Värmland	12	Västerbotten	10	Västernorrland	12	Västmanland	10	Total	349	156	66	44	42	21	20	177	152	20
4	2	2	2		1	4	6	1
3	1	1	1			3	3
4	1		1			4	2
5	2	2	1	1	1	6	5	1
9	5	2	1	1	2	10	8	2
6	1	1	2	1	1	7	4	1
7	4	3	1	2	2	9	8	2
1			1			1	1
4	2	2	2		1	4	6	1
3	1		1			3	2
5	2	2	2			5	6
5	2	1	2			5	5
6	1	1	2	1	1	7	4	1
5	3	1	2		1	5	6	1
3	1	1	1			3	3
6	3	1	2		1	6	6	1
6	1	1	1	1		7	3
6	1	2	1	1		7	4
8	3	2	2	1	1	9	7	1
5	2	1	2		1	5	5	1
5	2	1	1			5	4
13	10	6	2	3	3	16	18	3
10	8	5	1	4	2	14	14	2
5	2	2	1	1	1	6	5	1
6	2	1	2	1		7	5
5	1	1	2	1		6	4
6	1	1	2	1	1	7	4	1
5	2	1	1	1		6	4
Source: [Statistics Sweden](http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1988-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf)

By municipality

Image:Sweden.1988.coalition.largest.map.svg|Votes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes within the coalition that won relative majority. Image:Sweden.1988.coalition.largest.cart.svg|Cartogram of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast. Image:Sweden.1985.to.1988.coalition.voting.shift.map.svg|Map showing the voting shifts from the 1985 to the 1988 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. Image:Sweden.1988.coalition.purple.map.svg|Votes by municipality as a scale from red/Left-wing bloc to blue/Centre-right bloc. Image:Sweden.1988.coalition.purple.cart.svg|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.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen. Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1873
Micheletti, Michele. (1989-08-01). "The Swedish elections of 1988". Electoral Studies.
"Slutdebatter – Val-88: Riksdagspartiernas slutdebatt". Sweden Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm.
"SVT, TV1 1988-09-16".

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