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1970 Swedish general election

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Field	Value
country	Sweden
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1968 Swedish general election
previous_year	1968
next_election	1973 Swedish general election
next_year	1973
seats_for_election	All 350 seats in the Riksdag
majority_seats	176
election_date	20 September 1970
image_size	130x130px
image1	Olof Palme.png
leader1	Olof Palme
party1	Swedish Social Democratic Party
last_election1	125 seats
seats1	163
seat_change1	38
popular_vote1	2,256,369
percentage1	45.34%
swing1	4.78 pp
image2	Gunnar Hedlund 1966.jpg
leader2	Gunnar Hedlund
party2	Centre Party (Sweden)
last_election2	39 seats
seats2	71
seat_change2	32
popular_vote2	991,208
percentage2	19.92%
swing2	4.24 pp
image3	3x4.svg
leader3	Gunnar Helén
party3	People's Party (Sweden)
last_election3	34 seats
seats3	58
seat_change3	24
popular_vote3	806,667
percentage3	16.21%
swing3	1.95 pp
image4	Yngve Holmberg 1966.jpg
leader4	Yngve Holmberg
party4	Moderate Party
last_election4	32 seats
seats4	41
seat_change4	9
popular_vote4	573,812
percentage4	11.53%
swing4	1.33 pp
image5	CH Hermansson.jpg
leader5	C.-H. Hermansson
party5	Left Communists
last_election5	3 seats
seats5	17
seat_change5	14
popular_vote5	236,659
percentage5	4.76%
swing5	1.75 pp
title	PM
before_election	Olof Palme
before_party	Swedish Social Democratic Party
after_election	Olof Palme
after_party	Swedish Social Democratic Party
map_image	Riksdagsvalet 1970.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.

Examples of ballot papers used for 1970 Swedish general (yellow) and regional (blue) elections

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

Main article: Results of the 1970 Swedish general election

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total
seats	Seats won	By party	By coalition	S	C	F	M	V	Left	Right	Swedish Social Democratic Party}};"	Centre Party (Sweden)}};"	Liberals (Sweden)}};"	Moderate Party}};"	Left Party (Sweden)}};;"	Swedish Social Democratic Party}};"	Centre Party (Sweden)}};"	Älvsborg North	9	Älvsborg South	7	Blekinge	6	Fyrstadskretsen	21	Gävleborg	13	Gothenburg and Bohus	10	Gothenburg Municipality	20	Gotland	2	Halland	8	Jämtland	5	Jönköping	13	Kalmar	11	Kopparberg	12	Kristianstad	12	Kronoberg	7	Malmöhus	11	Norrbotten	12	Örebro	12	Östergötland	17	Skaraborg	11	Södermanland	11	Stockholm County	28	Stockholm Municipality	36	Uppsala	8	Värmland	14	Västerbotten	10	Västernorrland	13	Västmanland	11	Total	350	163	71	58	41	17	180	170
4	2	2	1		4	5
3	2	1	1		3	4
4	1	1			4	2
10	3	4	3	1	11	10
7	3	1	1	1	8	5
4	2	3	1		4	6
8	2	6	2	2	10	10
1	1				1	1
3	3	1	1		3	5
3	2				3	2
5	4	2	2		5	8
5	3	1	2		5	6
6	3	1	1	1	7	5
5	3	2	2		5	7
3	2	1	1		3	4
5	3	2	1		5	6
6	2	1	1	2	8	4
6	2	2	1	1	7	5
9	3	2	2	1	10	7
4	3	2	2		4	7
6	2	2	1		6	5
12	4	6	4	2	14	14
15	4	7	6	4	19	17
4	2	1	1		4	4
7	3	2	1	1	8	6
5	2	2	1		5	5
7	3	1	1	1	8	5
6	2	2	1		6	5
Source: Statistics Sweden

References

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

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