1985 Swedish general election

1985 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 Bengt Westerberg Party Social Democrats Moderate Liberals Last election 166 86 21 Seats won 159 76 51 Seat change 7 10 30 Popular vote 2,487,551 1,187,335 792,268 Percentage 44.68% 21.33% 14.23% Swing 0.93pp 2.31pp 8.33pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Thorbjörn Fälldin Lars Werner Alf Svensson Party Centre Left-Communist Christian Democrats Last election 56 20 0 Seats won 43 19 1 Seat change 13 1 1 Popular vote 490,999 298,419 131,548 Percentage 8.82% 5.36% 2.36% Swing 6.46pp 0.20pp 0.49pp
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 Olof Palme Social Democrats Elected PM Olof Palme Social Democrats

General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1985.^[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 159 of the 349 seats.^[2] Its leader, Olof Palme, kept his position as Prime Minister. He would retain this position successfully until his assassination in 1986.