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]
Results
Seat distribution
By municipality
Image:Sweden.1988.coalition.largest.map.svg, Votes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes ''within'' the coalition that won relative majority.
Image:Sweden.1988.coalition.largest.cart.svg, Cartogram
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of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast.
Image:Sweden.1985.to.1988.coalition.voting.shift.map.svg, Map showing the voting shifts from the 1985 to the 1988 election. Darker blue indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that formed the centre-right bloc. Darker red indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form the left-wing bloc.
Image:Sweden.1988.coalition.purple.map.svg, Votes by municipality as a scale from red/Left-wing bloc to blue/Centre-right bloc.
Image:Sweden.1988.coalition.purple.cart.svg, Cartogram
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of vote with each municipality rescaled in proportion to number of valid votes cast. Deeper blue represents a relative majority for the centre-right coalition, brighter red represents a relative majority for the left-wing coalition.
References
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