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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 (SAP)
Social Democratic Workers' Party
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
1889
    35,0% 130
Moderata Samlingspartiet (M)
Moderate Rally Party
Liberal conservatism
 
EPP, IDU
1904
    26,2% 97
Centerpartiet (C)
Centre Party
Centrism; Social liberalism, Agrarianism, Environmentalism ELDR, LI
1913
    7,9% 29
Folkpartiet Liberalerna (FP)
Liberal People's Party
Liberalism; Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1934
    7,5% 28
Kristdemokraterna (KD)
Christian Democrats
Christian democracy
 
EPP, CDI
1964
    6,6% 24
Vänsterpartiet (V)
Left Party
Democratic socialism; Feminism, Euroscepticism NGLA
1917
    5,9% 22
Miljöpartiet de Gröna (MP)
Environment Party The Greens
Green politics
 
EGP, GG
1981
    5,2% 19
Others - -     5,7% -
Total - -     - 349
Turnout - -   82,0%

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