General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1988.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 156 of the 349 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1873
The Swedish Green Party won seats in the Riksdag for the first time.
The Sweden Democrats (SD) ran for the first time and received 1,118 votes.
Debates
1988 Swedish general election debates Date Time(CEST) OrganizersModerators Present Invitee Non-invitee SMLCVRefs 21:30 Sveriges TelevisionMaud ZachrissonPIngvar Carlsson, Kjell-Olof FeldtPCarl BildtPBengt WesterbergPOlof JohanssonPLars Werner
Results
Seat distribution ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonBy partyBy coalitionSMFCVMPÄlvsborg North1142221461Älvsborg South6311133Blekinge641142Bohus12522111651Fyrstadskretsen209521121082Gävleborg12611211741Gothenburg19743122982Gotland21111Halland1142221461Jämtland531132Jönköping11522256Kalmar10521255Kopparberg12611211741Kristianstad1253121561Kronoberg6311133Malmöhus1363121661Norrbotten106111173Örebro116121174Östergötland17832211971Skaraborg1152121551Södermanland9521154Stockholm County371310623316183Stockholm Municipality30108514214142Uppsala12522111651Värmland126212175Västerbotten105112164Västernorrland12611211741Västmanland105211164Total349156664442212017715220Source: Statistics Sweden
By municipality
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