The Stockholm municipal election of 1998 was held on 15 September 1998, concurrently with the 1998 Swedish general election. Using a party-list proportional representation system to allocate the 101 seats of the Stockholm city council (Stockholms kommunfullmäktige) amongst the various Swedish political parties. Voter turnout was 76.9%.
The results for the Social Democrats were the lowest in decades, and for the first time since the initiation of universal male suffrage in 1911, the Moderates outnumbered the Social Democrats to become the largest party on the Stockholm City Council as a result of this election.
Results PartyVotesSeats#%+ –#+ – Moderate PartyModeraterna (m)146,79732.9%+4.3%35+6 Social DemocratsSocialdemokraterna (s)114,11825.6%–7.4%29–8 Left PartyVänsterpartiet (v)54,66312.3%+3.1%13+2 Liberal People's PartyFolkpartiet liberalerna (fp)34,7897.8%–0.1%9±0 Christian DemocratsKristdemokratiska samlingspartiet (kd)28,3206.4%+4.3%6+6 Green PartyMiljöpartiet (mp)26,3475.9%–1.9%6–2 Stockholm PartyStockholmspartiet (sp)19,5614.4%NA3+1 Centre PartyCenterpartiet (c)9,1872.1%–3.3%0–5Other parties11,9422.7%NA0±0 Total445,724100%—101±0Invalid ballots8,469
See also Elections in Sweden List of political parties in Sweden City of Stockholm
Notes No separate election results were available for the Stockholm Party for the 1994 Stockholm municipal election, and thus year-to-year vote comparison is not possible.
References
Swedish Election Authority (Valmyndigheten)