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Legislative elections: Riksdag, 4-year term, 4% threshold, party-list proportional representation system
           · King: Carl XVI. Gustav · State Minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) · Government: M, C, FP, KD

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2010 Seats 2006 Seats
Socialdemokratiska Arbetarepartiet (S)
Social Democratic Workers' Party
Social democracy; Democratic socialism  PES, SI
1889
30,7% 112 35,0% 130
Moderata Samlingspartiet (M)
Moderate Rally Party
Liberal conservatism
 
EPP, IDU
1904
30,1% 107 26,2% 97
Miljöpartiet de Gröna (MP)
Environment Party The Greens
Green politics
 
EGP, GG
1981
7,3% 25 5,2% 19
Folkpartiet Liberalerna (FP)
Liberal People's Party
Liberalism; Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1934
7,1% 24 7,5% 28
Centerpartiet (C)
Centre Party
Centrism; Agrarianism, Liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1913
6,6% 23 7,9% 29
Sverigedemokraterna (SD)
Sweden Democrats
Right-wing populism
 
-
1988
5,7% 20 2,9% -
Vänsterpartiet (V)
Left Party
Democratic socialism; Feminism
 
NGLA
1917
5,6% 19 5,9% 22
Kristdemokraterna (KD)
Christian Democrats
Christian democracy
 
EPP, CDI
1964
5,6% 19 6,6% 24
Others - -  1,4% - 2,8% -
Total - -  - 349 - 349
Turnout 84,6% 82,0%

 © 2010 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Valmyndigheten (http://www.val.se). Archive: Elections 1948-2002.