Country: | Sweden |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1960 Swedish general election |
Previous Year: | 1960 |
Next Election: | 1968 Swedish general election |
Next Year: | 1968 |
Seats For Election: | All 233 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag |
Majority Seats: | 117 |
Election Date: | 20 September 1964 |
Leader1: | Tage Erlander |
Party1: | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
Last Election1: | 114 |
Seats1: | 113 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 2,006,923 |
Percentage1: | 47.27% |
Leader2: | Bertil Ohlin |
Party2: | People's Party |
Last Election2: | 40 |
Seats2: | 43 |
Seat Change2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 720,733 |
Percentage2: | 16.98% |
Leader3: | Gunnar Hedlund |
Party3: | Centre Party (Sweden) |
Last Election3: | 34 |
Seats3: | 35 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 559,632 |
Percentage3: | 13.18% |
Leader4: | Gunnar Heckscher |
Party4: | Right |
Last Election4: | 39 |
Seats4: | 33 |
Seat Change4: | 6 |
Popular Vote4: | 582,609 |
Percentage4: | 13.72% |
Leader5: | C.-H. Hermansson |
Party5: | Communist |
Last Election5: | 5 |
Seats5: | 8 |
Seat Change5: | 3 |
Popular Vote5: | 221,746 |
Percentage5: | 5.22% |
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 20 September 1964.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 113 of the 233 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.[2] Tage Erlander's Social Democratic government was returned to power.
See main article: Results of the 1964 Swedish general election.