Swedish general election, 1960

Swedish general election, 1960

September 18, 1960
All 232 seats to the Second Chamber of the Riksdag 117 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tage Erlander Bertil Ohlin Jarl Hjalmarson Party Social Democratic People's Rightist Last election 111 38 45 Seats won 114 40 39 Seat change 3 2 6 Popular vote 2,033,016 744,142 704,365 Percentage 47.8% 17.5% 16.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   150x150px 150x150px Leader Gunnar Hedlund Hilding Hagberg Party Centre Communist Last election 32 5 Seats won 34 5 Seat change 1 0 Popular vote 579,007 190,560 Percentage 13.6% 4.5%
PM before election Tage Erlander Social Democratic Elected PM Tage Erlander Social Democratic

General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1960. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 114 of the 232 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party	2,033,016	47.8	114	+3
People's Party	744,142	17.5	40	+2
Rightist Party	704,365	16.6	39	–6
Centre Party	579,007	13.6	34	+2
Communist Party of Sweden	190,560	4.5	5	0
Other parties	3,024	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	17,496	–	–	–
Total	4,271,610	100	232	+1
Registered voters/turnout	4,972,177	85.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver