Swedish general election, 1994
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The Swedish general election, 1994 for the 349 seats in the Parliament of Sweden
(Swedish
: Sveriges riksdag) took place on 18 September 1994.
The election saw the return to power of the Social Democrats
led by Ingvar Carlsson
who formed a minority government after the election. The Greens also returned to the Riksdag after a three year absence. The Moderates slightly improved on their 1991 performance, but the Center Party, the Liberals and the Christian Democrats all fared poorly, the latter barely holding on to their parliamentary representation. New Democracy, a populist political party which had entered the Riksdag three years earlier, performed poorly, losing most of its voters and all of its seats in the Riksdag. In total the party's vote share dropped from 6.7% in 1991 to 1.2% in 1994. The election introduced an extended electoral cycle of four years, replacing the previous three year terms. It was also notable for being the first electoral event in the world whose official results were published live on the nascent World Wide Web (other countries had previously used the then-fledging Internet to officially broadcast election results, but with simpler methods such as e-mail lists).
Elections to the Swedish
Riksdag
held 18 September 1994.
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...
(Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
: Sveriges riksdag) took place on 18 September 1994.
The election saw the return to power of the 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...
led by Ingvar Carlsson
Ingvar Carlsson
Gösta Ingvar Carlsson is a Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party ....
who formed a minority government after the election. The Greens also returned to the Riksdag after a three year absence. The Moderates slightly improved on their 1991 performance, but the Center Party, the Liberals and the Christian Democrats all fared poorly, the latter barely holding on to their parliamentary representation. New Democracy, a populist political party which had entered the Riksdag three years earlier, performed poorly, losing most of its voters and all of its seats in the Riksdag. In total the party's vote share dropped from 6.7% in 1991 to 1.2% in 1994. The election introduced an extended electoral cycle of four years, replacing the previous three year terms. It was also notable for being the first electoral event in the world whose official results were published live on the nascent World Wide Web (other countries had previously used the then-fledging Internet to officially broadcast election results, but with simpler methods such as e-mail lists).
Elections to the Swedish
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 1994.
| Party | Leader | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | |||
| 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 .... |
2 513 905 | 45.25 | +7.54 | 161 | +23 | |
| 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... |
1 243 253 | 22.38 | +0.46 | 80 | +−0 | |
| Centre Party | 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.... |
425 153 | 7.65 | −0.85 | 27 | −4 | |
| Liberal 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... |
399 556 | 7,19 | −1.93 | 26 | −7 | |
| Left Party 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... |
Gudrun Schyman Gudrun Schyman Gudrun Schyman is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her feminist political work... |
342 988 | 6.16 | +1.65 | 22 | +6 | |
| Green Party Green Party (Sweden) -External links:**... |
Marianne Samuelsson Marianne Samuelsson Marianne Samuelsson, born December 9, 1945 in Alingsås, is a Swedish politician and has been the Governor of Gotland County.She had to leave the post as Governor in the 4th of August 2009... and Birger Schlaug |
279 042 | 5.02 | +1.64 | 18 | +18 | |
| Christian Democrats 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... |
225 974 | 4.07 | −3.07 | 15 | −12 | |
| New Democracy New Democracy (Sweden) New Democracy was a political party in Sweden, founded in 1991 and elected into the Swedish Parliament in its first election, falling equally fast out again in 1994.... |
Vivianne Franzén | 68 663 | 1.24 | −5.49 | 0 | −24 | |
| Others | — | 57,006 | 1.03 | — | — | — | |
| No. of valid votes | 5,555,540 | 100.00 | 349 | ||||
| Blank votes | 83 291 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 1 562 | ||||||
| Total | 5 640 393 | ||||||