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Swedish general election, 1991
← 1988 September 15, 1991 1994 →
All 349 seats to the Riksdag
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Carl Bildt Ingvar Carlsson Ian Wachtmeister
Party Moderate Social Democrats New Democracy
Alliance Centre-Right Left-wing Independent
Last election 169 seats 197 seats New Party
Seats won 171 154 24
Seat change +19 -43 +24
Popular vote 2,554,276 2,494,717 368,281
Percentage 45.9 44.8 6.73
Prime Minister before election

Ingvar Carlsson
Social Democrats

Elected Prime Minister

Carl Bildt
Moderate

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Election to the Parliament of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges riksdag) was held on September 15, 1991. The election, like all parliamentary elections in Sweden, was conducted using a party-list proportional representation system.

The election was notable due to the rise of a new right-wing party named New Democracy (Sweden) which succeeded in securing a parliamentary mandate for the first (and last) time. The four parties of the centre-right coalition (the Centre Party, People's Party, Moderate Party, and Christian Democrats) were allocated a combined total of 171 seats, 17 more than the two left-wing parties' 154, but still less than the 175 necessary for a majority. Thus the centre-right bloc was dependent upon New Democracy to secure a parliamentary majority.

Results

Party Leader Votes Seats
Antal %  +− % Antal +−
  Social Democrats
Socialdemokraterna (s) 		Ingvar Carlsson 2,062,761 37.71% −5.5% Decrease 138 −18Decrease
  Moderate Party
Moderaterna (m) 		Carl Bildt 1,199,394 21.92% +3.62% Increase 80 +14 Increase
  Liberal People's Party
Folkpartiet (fp) 		Bengt Westerberg 499,356 9.12% −3.08% Decrease 33 −11 Decrease
  Centre Party
Centerpartiet (c) 		Olof Johansson 465,175 8.50% −2.80% Decrease 31 −11 Decrease
  Christian Democratic Social Party
Kristdemokraterna (kd) 		Alf Svensson 390,351 7.14% +4.20% Increase 27 +27 Increase
  New Democracy
Ny Demokrati (NyD) 		Ian Wachtmeister 368,281 6.73% +6.73% Increase 24 +24 Increase
  Left Party
Vänsterpartiet (v) 		Lars Werner 246,905 4.51% −1.33% Decrease 16 −5 Decrease
  Green Party
Miljöpartiet (mp) 		Jan Axelsson and Margareta Gisselberg 185,051 3.38% −2.15% Decrease 0 −20 Decrease
  Others — 53,487 0.98% — — —
No. of valid votes 5,470,761 —   349  
Invalid votes 92,159  
 
  Centre-right bloc
Moderates, People's Party, Centre Party, Christian Democrats 		2,554,276 45.9% +1.7% Increase 171 +19 Increase
  Left-wing bloc
Social Democrats, Left Party, Green Party 		2,494,717 44.8% −9.1% Decrease 154 −43 Decrease
Total 5 562 920
(86,7 %)

  • 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 1988 to the 1991 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 1988 to the 1991 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.
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