General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1988.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 156 of the 349 seats.[2]

Debates

1988 Swedish general election debates
Date Time Organizers Moderators  P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee 
S M L C V Refs
Sveriges Television Gösta Spjuth [sv]

Maud Zachrisson

P
Ingvar Carlsson,Kjell-Olof Feldt 		P
Carl Bildt 		P
Bengt Westerber 		P
Olof Johansson 		P
Lars Werner 		[3]

Results

Main article: Results of the 1988 Swedish general election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party2,321,82643.21156–3
Moderate Party983,22618.3066–10
People's Party655,72012.2044–7
Centre Party607,24011.3042–1
Left Party Communists314,0315.8421+2
Green Party296,9355.5320+20
Christian Democratic Society Party158,1822.940–1
Other parties36,5590.6800
Total5,373,719100.003490
Valid votes5,373,71998.76
Invalid/blank votes67,3311.24
Total votes5,441,050100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,330,02385.96
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats 		Seats won
By party By coalition
S M F C V MP Left Right Others
Älvsborg North 11 4 2 2 2 1 4 6 1
Älvsborg South 6 3 1 1 1 3 3
Blekinge 6 4 1 1 4 2
Bohus 12 5 2 2 1 1 1 6 5 1
Fyrstadskretsen 20 9 5 2 1 1 2 10 8 2
Gävleborg 12 6 1 1 2 1 1 7 4 1
Gothenburg 19 7 4 3 1 2 2 9 8 2
Gotland 2 1 1 1 1
Halland 11 4 2 2 2 1 4 6 1
Jämtland 5 3 1 1 3 2
Jönköping 11 5 2 2 2 5 6
Kalmar 10 5 2 1 2 5 5
Kopparberg 12 6 1 1 2 1 1 7 4 1
Kristianstad 12 5 3 1 2 1 5 6 1
Kronoberg 6 3 1 1 1 3 3
Malmöhus 13 6 3 1 2 1 6 6 1
Norrbotten 10 6 1 1 1 1 7 3
Örebro 11 6 1 2 1 1 7 4
Östergötland 17 8 3 2 2 1 1 9 7 1
Skaraborg 11 5 2 1 2 1 5 5 1
Södermanland 9 5 2 1 1 5 4
Stockholm County 37 13 10 6 2 3 3 16 18 3
Stockholm Municipality 30 10 8 5 1 4 2 14 14 2
Uppsala 12 5 2 2 1 1 1 6 5 1
Värmland 12 6 2 1 2 1 7 5
Västerbotten 10 5 1 1 2 1 6 4
Västernorrland 12 6 1 1 2 1 1 7 4 1
Västmanland 10 5 2 1 1 1 6 4
Total 349 156 66 44 42 21 20 177 152 20
Source: Statistics Sweden

By municipality

  • Votes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes within the coalition that won relative majority.
    Votes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes within the coalition that won relative majority.
  • Cartogram of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast.
    Cartogram of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast.
  • 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.
    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.
  • Votes by municipality as a scale from red/Left-wing bloc to blue/Centre-right bloc.
    Votes by municipality as a scale from red/Left-wing bloc to blue/Centre-right bloc.
  • 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.
    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

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1873
  3. ^ Sweden, Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm, Slutdebatter – Val-88: Riksdagspartiernas slutdebatt (in Swedish), retrieved 2024-02-01{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)