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1960 Swedish general election

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Field	Value
country	Sweden
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1958 Swedish general election
previous_year	1958
next_election	1964 Swedish general election
next_year	1964
seats_for_election	All 232 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag
majority_seats	117
election_date	18 September 1960
image_size	130x130px
image1	Tage Erlander 1952.jpg
leader1	Tage Erlander
party1	Swedish Social Democratic Party
last_election1	111
seats1	114
seat_change1	3
popular_vote1	2,033,016
percentage1	47.79%
image2	Bertil Ohlin.jpg
leader2	Bertil Ohlin
party2	People's Party
last_election2	38
seats2	40
seat_change2	2
popular_vote2	744,142
percentage2	17.49%
image3	Hjalmarson (2).JPG
leader3	Jarl Hjalmarson
party3	Right
last_election3	45
seats3	39
seat_change3	6
popular_vote3	704,365
percentage3	16.56%
image4	Gunnar Hedlund 1951.jpg
leader4	Gunnar Hedlund
party4	Centre Party (Sweden)
last_election4	32
seats4	34
seat_change4	1
popular_vote4	579,007
percentage4	13.61%
image5	Hilding Hagberg-2.jpg
leader5	Hilding Hagberg
party5	Communist
last_election5	5
seats5	5
seat_change5
popular_vote5	190,560
percentage5	4.48%
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Tage Erlander
before_party	Swedish Social Democratic Party
after_election	Tage Erlander
after_party	Swedish Social Democratic Party
map_image	Riksdagsvalet 1960.svg
map_caption	Largest bloc and seats won by constituency

General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1960. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 114 of the 232 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.

Results

Main article: Results of the 1960 Swedish general election

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1872

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