Country: | Sweden |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1958 Swedish general election |
Previous Year: | 1958 |
Next Election: | 1964 Swedish general election |
Next Year: | 1964 |
Seats For Election: | All 232 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag |
Majority Seats: | 117 |
Election Date: | 18 September 1960 |
Image1: | Tage Erlander 1952.jpg |
Leader1: | Tage Erlander |
Party1: | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
Last Election1: | 111 |
Seats1: | 114 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 2,033,016 |
Percentage1: | 47.79% |
Leader2: | Bertil Ohlin |
Party2: | People's Party |
Last Election2: | 38 |
Seats2: | 40 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 744,142 |
Percentage2: | 17.49% |
Image3: | Hjalmarson (2).JPG |
Leader3: | Jarl Hjalmarson |
Party3: | Right |
Last Election3: | 45 |
Seats3: | 39 |
Seat Change3: | 6 |
Popular Vote3: | 704,365 |
Percentage3: | 16.56% |
Image4: | Gunnar Hedlund 1951.jpg |
Leader4: | Gunnar Hedlund |
Party4: | Centre Party (Sweden) |
Last Election4: | 32 |
Seats4: | 34 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 579,007 |
Percentage4: | 13.61% |
Image5: | Hilding Hagberg-2.jpg |
Leader5: | Hilding Hagberg |
Party5: | Communist |
Last Election5: | 5 |
Seats5: | 5 |
Popular Vote5: | 190,560 |
Percentage5: | 4.48% |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Tage Erlander |
Before Party: | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
After Election: | Tage Erlander |
After Party: | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1960.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 114 of the 232 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.[2]
See main article: Results of the 1960 Swedish general election.