All 349 seats to the Riksdag 175 seats are needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Mona Sahlin
Fredrik Reinfeldt
Peter Eriksson Maria Wetterstrand
Party
Social Democrats
Moderate
Green
Alliance
Red-Greens
The Alliance
Red-Greens
Leader since
17 March 2007
25 October 2003
12 May 2002
Last election
130
97
19
Seats won
112
107
25
Seat change
18
10
6
Popular vote
1,827,497
1,791,766
437,435
Percentage
30.7%
30.1%
7.3%
Swing
4.3%
3.9%
2.1%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Jan Björklund
Maud Olofsson
Jimmie Åkesson
Party
Liberals
Centre
Sweden Democrats
Alliance
The Alliance
The Alliance
Leader since
7 September 2007
19 March 2001
7 May 2005
Last election
28
29
0
Seats won
24
23
20
Seat change
4
6
20
Popular vote
420,524
390,804
339,610
Percentage
7.1%
6.6%
5.7%
Swing
0.4%
1.3%
3.7%
Seventh party
Eighth party
Leader
Lars Ohly
Göran Hägglund
Party
Left
Christian Democrats
Alliance
Red-Greens
The Alliance
Leader since
20 February 2004
3 April 2004
Last election
22
24
Seats won
19
19
Seat change
3
5
Popular vote
334,053
333,696
Percentage
5.6%
5.6%
Swing
0.3%
1.0%
Largest party within each constituency and municipality
Distribution of constituency and levelling seats and largest political bloc within each constituency
Red-Social Democratic, Blue-Moderate
Prime Minister before election
Fredrik Reinfeldt
Moderate
Elected Prime Minister
Fredrik Reinfeldt
Moderate
General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 2010 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. The main contenders of the election were the governing centre-right coalition the Alliance, consisting of the Moderate Party, the Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats; and the opposition centre-left coalition the Red-Greens, consisting of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party.
The Alliance received 49.27 percent of the votes (an increase by 1.03 pp from the previous election) and 173 seats in the parliament (a decrease by 5 seats and 2 short of an overall majority), while the Red-Greens received 43.60 percent of the vote (a decrease by 2.48 pp) and 156 seats (a decrease by 15 seats).[1] The election also saw the nationalist Sweden Democrats entering parliament for the first time, as the sixth largest and only non-aligned of the eight parties elected to the parliament, by receiving 5.70 percent of the votes (an increase by 2.77 pp) and 20 seats.[1] Both in terms of percentage share; 30.06%, and the actual vote; 1,791,766, the Moderate Party had its strongest election of the unicameral parliamentary era, narrowly missing out on beating the Social Democrats to become the largest party.[2] The Alliance dominated the Stockholm capital region of the municipality and county and made further gains in South Sweden including narrowly flipping Malmö blue as well as winning pluralities in traditionally red towns such as Kalmar, Landskrona and Trelleborg.[1]
The Alliance lost its absolute majority in the parliament but continued to govern as a minority government. The new parliament held its opening session on 5 October, with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt presenting the annual government policy statement, along with changes to his cabinet.[3]
This was the first time in almost a century that a Swedish centre-right government that had served a full term was reelected.[4]
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^"Röster - Val 2010". Valmyndigheten. 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^"Reinfeldt unveils reshuffled cabinet". The Local. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
^"Sweden braces for rollercoaster election". The Local. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
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