All 232 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag 117 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Tage Erlander
Bertil Ohlin
Jarl Hjalmarson
Party
Social Democrats
People's Party
Right
Last election
111
38
45
Seats won
114
40
39
Seat change
3
2
6
Popular vote
2,033,016
744,142
704,365
Percentage
47.79%
17.49%
16.56%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Gunnar Hedlund
Hilding Hagberg
Party
Centre
Communist
Last election
32
5
Seats won
34
5
Seat change
1
Popular vote
579,007
190,560
Percentage
13.61%
4.48%
Largest bloc and seats won by constituency
Prime Minister before election
Tage Erlander
Social Democrats
Elected Prime Minister
Tage Erlander
Social Democrats
General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1960.[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 114 of the 232 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag.[2]
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^Nohlen & Stöver, p1872
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