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Sweden Sweden's Parliamentary Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options

Election Winner
Socialdemokraterna
28.3 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
8
±0 compared to 2014
Voter Turnout
87.2 %
+1.4 percentage points compared to 2014
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Final Official Results for Sweden's Parliamentary Election

The bars show each party's vote share, the chips the swing since the previous election. Sweden's Parliamentary Election Results, September 9, 2018

S
28.3
-2.7
M
19.8
-3.5
SD
17.5
+4.6
C
8.6
+2.5
V
8.0
+2.3
KD
6.3
+1.7
L
5.5
+0.1
MP
4.4
-2.5
F!
0.5
-2.6
AfS
0.3
+0.1
MS
0.2
+0.2
Pirat
0.1
-0.3
Other
0.5
Government cannot remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 33.2% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After Sweden's Parliamentary Election

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Who Governed Sweden After the Election?

Election Day 09/09/2018 Government formation 4 months 9 days Lofven II Caretaker Lofven III 01/18/2019 – 07/09/2021 Lofven IV 07/09/2021 – 11/30/2021 Andersson 11/30/2021 – 10/17/2022

Lofven III

 January 18, 2019 – July 9, 2021 · 2 years 5 months
116 of 349 seats

Lofven IV

July 9, 2021 – November 30, 2021 · 4 months 21 days
116 of 349 seats

Andersson

 November 30, 2021 – October 17, 2022 · 10 months 17 days
100 of 349 seats
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Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Left Socialdemokraterna 28.3 % -2.7 100 -13
Centre-Right Moderaterna 19.8 % -3.5 70 -14
Right Sverigedemokraterna 17.5 % +4.6 62 +13
Liberal Centerpartiet 8.6 % +2.5 31 +9
Left Vänsterpartiet 8.0 % +2.3 28 +7
Centre-Right Kristdemokraterna 6.3 % +1.7 22 +6
Liberal Liberalerna 5.5 % +0.1 20 +1
Environment & Climate Miljöpartiet 4.4 % -2.5 16 -9
Centre-Left Feministiskt initiativ 0.5 % -2.6 0 ±0
Right Alternativ för Sverige 0.3 % +0.1 0 ±0
Centre-Right Medborgerlig Samling 0.2 % +0.2 0 ±0
Left Piratpartiet 0.1 % -0.3 0 ±0
Unknown Other Parties 0.5 % +0.1 0 ±0

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