Swedish general election, 1988
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Elections to the Swedish
Riksdag
held 18 September 1988. The elections saw the Green Party
elected to parliament for the first time.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Riksdag
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 18 September 1988. The elections saw the Green Party
Green Party (Sweden)
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elected to parliament for the first time.
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | % | +− % | Amount | +− | |||
| Social Democrats Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889... |
Ingvar Carlsson Ingvar Carlsson Gösta Ingvar Carlsson is a Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party .... |
2 321 826 | 43,21 | −1,47 | 156 | −3 | |
| Moderate Party Moderate Party The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament... |
Carl Bildt Carl Bildt , Honorary KCMG is a Swedish politician, diplomat and nobleman. Formerly Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999, Bildt has served as Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs since 6 October 2006... |
983 226 | 18,30 | −3,03 | 66 | −10 | |
| 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... |
Bengt Westerberg Bengt Westerberg Bengt Carl Gustaf Westerberg was a Swedish politician. He is the son of Carl-Erik Westerberg and his wife Barbro... |
655 720 | 12,20 | −2,03 | 44 | −7 | |
| Centre Party Centre Party (Sweden) The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party". The ideology is sometimes called agrarian, but in a European context, the Centre Party can perhaps best be characterized as social... |
Olof Johansson Olof Johansson Sten Olof Håkan Johansson is a Swedish politician, who was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1987 to 1998 and Minister for the Environment 1991-1994.... |
607 240 | 11,30 | −1,12 | 42 | −2 | |
| Left Party - Communists Left Party (Sweden) The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations... |
Lars Werner Lars Werner Lars Helge Werner is a Swedish politician. A construction worker by profession, he was elected the chairman of the Left Party - Communists in 1975 and was a member of the Swedish parliament from 1965 to 1994. During his time as party leader, in 1990, the party changed its name to the Left Party,... |
314 031 | 5,84 | +0,48 | 21 | +2 | |
| Green Party Green Party (Sweden) -External links:**... |
Eva Goës Eva Goës Eva Goës is a Swedish politician and a member of the Green Party.She was a member of the Riksdag 1988-1991 and 1994-1998 representing Stockholm Municipality and member of the Education and the Commerce committees.Goës is a member of the city council of Härnösand since 1998... and Birger Schlaug |
296 935 | 5,53 | +4,03 | 20 | +20 | |
| Christian Democratic Unity Christian Democrats (Sweden) The Christian Democrats ) is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on the Christian Democrats' own accord in 1991. The leader since April 3, 2004 is Göran Hägglund. He succeeded Alf... |
Alf Svensson Alf Svensson Alf Robert Olof Svensson is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament from 2009. Alf was the leader of the Christian Democrats in Sweden between 1973 and 3 April 2004. He was a Member of Parliament from 1985 to 1988 and again from 1991 until his election to the European Parliament... |
158 182 | 2,94 | +2,94 | — | — | |
| Others | — | 36 559 | 0,68 | — | — | — | |
| No. of valid votes | 5 373 719 | 100,00 | 349 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 67 331 | ||||||
| Total | 5 441 050 (85,96 %) |
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