1982 Swedish general election

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1982 Swedish general election

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All 349 seats in the Riksdag
175 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Olof Palme Ulf Adelsohn Thorbjörn Fälldin
Party Social Democrats Moderate Centre
Last election 154 73 64
Seats won 166 86 56
Seat change Increase12 Increase13 Decrease8
Popular vote 2,533,250 1,313,337 859,618
Percentage 45.61% 23.64% 15.48%
Swing Increase2.37pp Increase3.30pp Decrease2.59pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Ola Ullsten Lars Werner
Party People's Party Left Communists
Last election 38 20
Seats won 21 20
Seat change Decrease17 Steady
Popular vote 327 770 308,899
Percentage 5.90% 5.56%
Swing Decrease4.69pp Decrease0.05pp

Map of the election, showing the distribution of constituency and levelling seats, as well as the largest political bloc within each constituency.

PM before election

Thorbjörn Fälldin
Centre

Elected PM

Olof Palme
Social Democrats

General elections were held in

tax policies of the Fälldin government. After regaining power, Social Democratic leader Olof Palme
succeeded in being elected Prime Minister again, having earlier held power between 1969 and 1976.

The 2,533,250 votes for the Social Democrats is, in spite of a larger electorate, as of 2022 the highest number of people voting for a single party in Swedish electoral history, although the party had previously recorded higher percentage shares.

Debates

1982 Swedish general election debates
Date Time Organizers Moderators  P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee 
S M C L V Refs
Sveriges Television Lars Orup [sv] P
Olof Palme, Kjell-Olof Feldt
P
Ulf Adelsohn
P
Thorbjörn Fälldin
P
Ola Ullsten
P
Lars Werner
[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party2,533,25045.61166+12
Moderate Party1,313,33723.6486+13
Centre Party859,61815.4856−8
People's Party327,7705.9021−17
Left Party Communists308,8995.56200
Christian Democratic Unity103,8201.8700
Green Party91,7871.650New
Workers Party Communists5,7450.1000
Other parties10,3760.1900
Total5,554,602100.003490
Valid votes5,554,60299.07
Invalid/blank votes52,0010.93
Total votes5,606,603100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,130,99391.45
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
By party By coalition
S M C F V Left Right
Älvsborg North
10 5 2 2 1 5 5
Älvsborg South
7 3 2 2 3 4
Blekinge 6 4 1 1 4 2
Bohus
10 4 3 2 1 4 6
Fyrstadskretsen 19 9 6 2 1 1 10 9
Gävleborg 12 7 2 2 1 8 4
Gothenburg 18 8 5 1 2 2 10 8
Gotland 2 1 1 1 1
Halland 10 4 3 2 1 4 6
Jämtland 5 3 1 1 3 2
Jönköping 13 6 3 3 1 6 7
Kalmar 9 5 2 2 5 4
Kopparberg
12 6 2 3 1 7 5
Kristianstad 11 5 3 2 1 5 6
Kronoberg 7 3 2 2 3 4
Malmöhus 13 6 4 2 1 6 7
Norrbotten 10 7 1 1 1 8 2
Örebro 12 6 2 2 1 1 7 5
Östergötland 17 8 4 3 1 1 9 8
Skaraborg
12 5 3 3 1 5 7
Södermanland 11 6 2 2 1 6 5
Stockholm County 34 14 12 3 2 3 17 17
Stockholm Municipality 31 12 11 2 2 4 16 15
Uppsala 11 5 2 2 1 1 6 5
Värmland
13 6 3 2 1 1 7 6
Västerbotten 10 5 1 2 1 1 6 4
Västernorrland 13 7 2 3 1 8 5
Västmanland 11 6 2 1 1 1 7 4
Total 349 166 86 56 21 20 186 163
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 1979 to the 1982 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 1979 to the 1982 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. ^ Sweden, Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm, Slutdebatter – Partiledardebatt (in Swedish), retrieved 29 January 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)