Swedish general election, 1968
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Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag
held 15 September 1968. Held in the wake of the crushing of the Prague spring
, it resulted in a landslide victory for the Social Democratic government and Prime Minister Tage Erlander
. Erlander would resign the following year after an uninterrupted tenure of 23 years as head of government. It was the tenth consecutive election victory for the Social Democrats, who had held the office of Prime Minister since 1932, excepting a three-month "holiday cabinet" in 1936. It is one of two general elections in Swedish history where a single party received more than half of the vote (the other being the election of 1940
).
1'Others' consists mainly of electoral collaboration between Liberals, Centre and Right-wing (1.7 %) or collaboration Liberal and Centre (0.9 %).
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 15 September 1968. Held in the wake of the crushing of the Prague spring
Prague Spring
The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II...
, it resulted in a landslide victory for the Social Democratic government and Prime Minister 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...
. Erlander would resign the following year after an uninterrupted tenure of 23 years as head of government. It was the tenth consecutive election victory for the Social Democrats, who had held the office of Prime Minister since 1932, excepting a three-month "holiday cabinet" in 1936. It is one of two general elections in Swedish history where a single party received more than half of the vote (the other being the election of 1940
Swedish general election, 1940
Elections to the second chamber of the Riksdag held 15 September 1940. It is one of two general elections in Swedish history where a single party received more than half of the vote ....
).
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | % | +− % | Count | +− | |||
| 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... |
2 420 242 | 50,1 | +2,8 | 125 | +12 | |
| 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.... |
779 818 | 15,7 | +2,5 | 39 | +3 | |
| 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... |
Sven Wedén Sven Wedén Sven Wedén was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish People's Party from 1967 to 1969.... |
724 859 | 14,3 | −2,7 | 34 | −9 | |
| Rightist Party | Yngve Holmberg | 670 532 | 12,9 | −0,8 | 32 | −1 | |
| Left Party - Communists | C.-H. Hermansson | 145 172 | 3,0 | −2,2 | 3 | −5 | |
| 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... |
72 411 | 1,5 | −0,3 | 0 | +− 0 | |
| Others1 | — | ? | 2,6 | — | — | — | |
| No. of valid votes | ? | 100,00 | 233 | ||||
| Invalid votes | ? | ||||||
| Total (postal votes: 278 743) | 4 861 901 (89,3 %) |
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1'Others' consists mainly of electoral collaboration between Liberals, Centre and Right-wing (1.7 %) or collaboration Liberal and Centre (0.9 %).