Stockholm municipal election, 1976
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The Stockholm municipal election of 1976 was held on 19 September 1976 concurrently with the 1976 Swedish parliamentary election
. This election used a party-list proportional representation
system to allocate the 101 seats of the Stockholm
city council (Stockholms stadsfullmäktige) amongst the various Swedish political parties. Voter turnout was 88.1%.
Swedish general election, 1976
Elections to the Swedish Riksdag held September 19, 1976. The result ended in an expected coalition government between the agrarian Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the conservative Moderate Party, thus forming Sweden's first non-socialist government since 1936...
. This election used a party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...
system to allocate the 101 seats of the Stockholm
Stockholm Municipality
Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is the largest of the 290 municipalities of the country in terms of population, but one of the smaller in terms of area, making it the most densely populated...
city council (Stockholms stadsfullmäktige) amongst the various Swedish political parties. Voter turnout was 88.1%.
Results
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||
| # | % | + – | # | + – | ||
| Social Democrats Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889... Socialdemokraterna (s) |
189,284 | 39.3% | -0.1% | 40 | –2 | |
| Moderate Party Moderate Party The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament... Moderata samlingspartiet (m) |
119,974 | 24.9% | +1.7 | 27 | +4 | |
| People's Party Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006... Folkpartiet (fp) |
63,894 | 13.3% | +1.6% | 13 | +1 | |
| Centre Party Centre Party (Sweden) The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party". The ideology is sometimes called agrarian, but in a European context, the Centre Party can perhaps best be characterized as social... Centerpartiet (c) |
55,037 | 11.4% | –2.6% | 12 | –3 | |
| Left Party Communists Left Party (Sweden) The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations... Vänsterpartiet kommunisterna (v) |
42,648 | 8.9% | –0.1% | 9 | ±0 | |
| Christian Democratic Christian Democrats (Sweden) The Christian Democrats ) is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on the Christian Democrats' own accord in 1991. The leader since April 3, 2004 is Göran Hägglund. He succeeded Alf... Kristdemokratiska samhällspartiet (kds) |
4,871 | 1.0% | –0.1% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Other parties | 6132 | 1.3% | –0.4 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total | 481,840 | 100% | — | 101 | ±0 | |
| Invalid ballots | 2,373 | |||||
See also
- Elections in SwedenElections in SwedenElections in the Kingdom of Sweden are held every four years, and determine the makeup of the legislative bodies on the three levels of administrative division in the country. At the highest level, these elections determine the allocation of seats in the Riksdag, the national legislative body of...
- List of political parties in Sweden
- City of StockholmStockholm MunicipalityStockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is the largest of the 290 municipalities of the country in terms of population, but one of the smaller in terms of area, making it the most densely populated...