Swedish parliamentary election, 1998
Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held on the third Sunday of September 1998.
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| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
Eq¹ |
Party leader/Comment |
| Social Democratic
Party |
1,914,426 |
36.4% |
131 |
1 |
Göran Persson |
| Moderate Coalition Party |
1,204,926 |
22.9% |
82 |
5 |
Bo Lundgren |
| Left Party |
631,011 |
12.0% |
43 |
- |
Gudrun Schyman |
| Christian
Democrats |
619,046 |
11.8% |
42 |
4 |
Alf Svensson |
| Centre Party |
269,762 |
5.1% |
18 |
8 |
Lennart
Dahleus |
| People's Party - Liberals |
248,076 |
4.7% |
17 |
10 |
Lars Leijonborg |
| Green Party |
236,699 |
4.5% |
16 |
11 |
|
| Others |
137,176 |
2.6% |
- |
- |
|
| Total |
5,261,122 |
100% |
349 |
|
Number of valid ballots |
|
| Participation |
5,374,588 |
81,4% |
|
Number of ballots cast |
¹ Number of equalization seats to ensure proportional representation.
There are 310 fixed seats and 39 equalization seats, making a grand total of 349 seats.
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