Results of the 1968 Swedish general election

Sweden held a general election on 15 September 1968, to elect the members of the Second chamber of the Riksdag. This was to be the final bicameral Riksdag elected. As of 2020, this was the final time a party has held an outright majority in the Riksdag after the Social Democrats won 125 out of the 233 seats.

National results

Regional results

Percentage share LocationShareVotesSCFPHVPKC/F/HKDSOtherLeftRightGötaland 47.9 2,315,679 47.4 16.5 13.8 13.4 2.0 5.3 1.5 0.0 49.4 49.0Svealand 37.0 1,786,378 51.5 13.4 16.3 14.0 3.4 0.0 1.3 0.0 54.9 43.7Norrland 15.1 727,322 55.2 18.7 10.5 8.3 5.1 0.0 2.0 0.0 60.4 37.6Total100.0 4,829,379 50.1 15.7 14.3 12.9 3.0 2.6 1.5 0.0 53.1 45.3 Source: SCB

By votes LocationShareVotesSCFPHVPKC/F/HKDSOtherLeftRightGötaland 47.9 2,315,679 1,098,372 381,855 320,417 309,887 46,730 123,389 34,153 876 1,145,102 1,135,548Svealand 37.0 1,786,378 920,061 239,505 291,455 250,462 61,079 23,348 468 981,140 781,422Norrland 15.1 727,322 401,844 135,855 76,584 60,682 37,363 14,876 118 439,207 273,121Total100.0 4,829,379 2,420,277 757,215 688,456 621,031 145,172 123,389 72,377 1,462 2,565,449 2,190,091 Source: SCB

Constituency results The results of the various constituency coalitions between the centre-right parties have all been listed under "C/F/H".

Percentage share Location Land Turnout Share VotesSCFPHVPKC/F/HKDSOther Margin % % % % % % % % % % % % Blekinge G 89.2 1.9 92,666 54.7 14.7 11.0 16.1 2.1 0.0 1.4 0.0 56.9 41.714,059Bohuslän G 88.3 2.9 141,544 43.5 14.9 23.7 14.7 2.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 45.5 53.411,190Gothenburg G 86.4 5.6 270,614 46.5 4.6 30.8 12.0 5.4 0.0 0.7 0.0 51.9 47.412,085Gotland G 89.6 0.7 32,662 40.2 0.0 0.0 13.6 0.0 45.6 0.5 0.0 40.2 59.26,181Gävleborg N 88.0 3.8 181,251 57.0 20.6 9.5 6.5 5.4 0.0 1.1 0.0 62.4 36.546,999Halland G 90.4 2.4 115,797 41.1 29.9 12.5 13.9 1.3 0.0 0.7 0.5 42.4 56.316,120Jämtland N 87.9 1.7 80,036 53.8 20.8 11.0 11.0 1.8 0.0 1.5 0.0 55.6 42.810,231Jönköping G 91.2 3.9 186,184 43.0 21.5 13.5 16.7 1.4 0.0 3.9 0.0 44.3 51.713,780Kalmar G 89.3 3.1 148,058 48.6 22.5 8.7 16.5 2.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 50.6 47.74,331Kopparberg S 87.9 3.5 170,382 53.5 24.0 10.3 7.6 3.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 56.4 41.924,674Kristianstad G 89.2 3.4 164,954 46.0 21.7 13.0 17.1 0.8 0.0 1.4 0.0 46.8 51.78,068Kronoberg G 89.1 2.1 102,843 43.3 27.2 9.0 16.6 2.4 0.0 1.4 0.0 45.7 52.97,365Malmö area G 91.4 5.5 263,678 56.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 41.1 0.8 0.0 58.1 41.144,610Malmöhus G 91.4 3.5 167,646 50.1 23.1 11.0 15.0 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 50.4 49.02,330Norrbotten N 87.3 3.1 147,532 57.8 12.4 8.1 8.9 10.8 0.0 2.0 0.0 68.6 29.457,756Skaraborg G 89.6 3.3 157,577 39.7 25.9 14.8 16.2 1.3 0.0 2.1 0.0 41.0 56.925,029Stockholm S 87.4 10.2 492,100 47.8 6.5 19.9 19.6 4.9 0.0 1.2 0.1 52.7 46.032,980Stockholm County S 90.2 7.5 362,977 47.2 11.6 19.2 17.6 3.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 50.5 48.47,678Södermanland S 91.2 3.1 147,344 56.8 14.9 15.1 10.0 1.7 0.0 1.5 0.0 58.5 40.027,121Uppsala S 89.1 2.4 116,607 50.8 17.0 15.8 12.6 1.9 0.0 1.9 0.0 52.7 45.48,537Värmland S 90.1 3.8 182,064 55.2 18.2 10.8 11.5 3.4 0.0 0.9 0.0 58.6 40.532,921Västerbotten N 89.0 3.0 142,696 49.3 20.0 16.5 9.5 1.5 0.0 3.2 0.0 50.8 45.97,010Västernorrland N 90.1 3.6 175,807 56.8 20.0 8.6 7.7 4.6 0.0 2.4 0.0 61.4 36.344,090Västmanland S 89.1 3.0 145,522 58.2 15.4 13.8 8.4 2.9 0.0 1.3 0.0 61.0 37.733,974Älvsborg N G 88.8 2.7 128,385 45.7 20.5 18.5 11.8 1.6 0.0 1.9 0.0 47.3 50.84,530Älvsborg S G 91.5 2.3 111,621 43.6 20.4 12.1 21.4 1.8 0.0 0.9 0.0 45.3 53.89,454Örebro S 89.3 3.5 169,382 55.8 15.9 15.1 8.6 2.7 0.0 1.9 0.0 58.4 39.631,833Östergötland G 90.4 4.8 231,450 54.0 14.9 13.5 13.3 2.2 0.0 2.3 0.0 56.2 41.633,856Total 89.3 100.0 4,829,379 50.1 15.7 14.3 12.9 3.02.6 1.5 0.0 53.145.3375,358Source: SCB

By votes The Left Party Communists did not participate in Gotland County, whereas various centre-right coalitions participated in Gotland and in the Malmö area. This resulted in zero or nearly no votes in some cases.

Location Land Turnout Share VotesSCFPHVPKC/F/HKDSOther Margin % % Blekinge G 89.2 1.9 92,666 50,709 13,594 10,167 14,880 1,991 0 1,309 16 52,700 38,64114,059Bohuslän G 88.3 2.9 141,544 61,510 21,107 33,599 20,861 2,867 0 1,586 14 64,377 75,56711,190Gothenburg G 86.4 5.6 270,614 125,718 12,535 83,270 32,442 14,614 0 2,016 19 140,332 128,24712,085Gotland G 89.6 0.7 32,662 13,145 1 0 4,433 0 14,892 179 12 13,145 19,3266,181Gävleborg N 88.0 3.8 181,251 103,298 37,258 17,145 11,696 9,800 0 2,015 39 113,098 66,09946,999Halland G 90.4 2.4 115,797 47,582 34,635 14,495 16,093 1,521 0 855 616 49,103 65,22316,120Jämtland N 87.9 1.7 80,036 43,058 16,668 8,815 8,802 1,458 0 1,226 9 44,516 34,28510,231Jönköping G 91.2 3.9 186,184 80,011 40,063 25,153 31,131 2,556 0 7,262 8 82,567 96,34713,780Kalmar G 89.3 3.1 148,058 71,892 33,271 12,838 24,446 2,994 0 2,592 25 74,886 70,5554,331Kopparberg S 87.9 3.5 170,382 91,078 40,955 17,484 13,018 5,053 0 2,791 3 96,131 71,45724,674Kristianstad G 89.2 3.4 164,954 75,907 35,720 21,416 28,186 1,347 0 2,353 25 77,254 85,3228,068Kronoberg G 89.1 2.1 102,843 44,561 27,997 9,289 17,103 2,463 0 1,427 3 47,024 54,3897,365Malmö area G 91.4 5.5 263,678 148,467 1 3 7 4,644 108,490 1,988 78 153,111 108,50144,610Malmöhus G 91.4 3.5 167,646 84,007 38,649 18,447 25,071 490 0 957 25 84,497 82,1672,330Norrbotten N 87.3 3.1 147,532 85,257 18,285 12,021 13,119 15,924 0 2,889 37 101,181 43,42557,756Skaraborg G 89.6 3.3 157,577 62,533 40,764 23,370 25,514 2,086 0 3,304 6 64,619 89,64825,029Stockholm S 87.4 10.2 492,100 235,279 32,083 98,096 96,379 24,259 0 5,726 278 259,538 226,55832,980Stockholm County S 90.2 7.5 362,977 171,306 42,216 69,816 63,711 12,115 0 3,719 94 183,421 175,7437,678Södermanland S 91.2 3.1 147,344 83,671 21,975 22,254 14,777 2,456 0 2,197 14 86,127 59,00627,121Uppsala S 89.1 2.4 116,607 59,192 19,809 18,387 14,724 2,265 0 2,201 29 61,457 52,9208,537Värmland S 90.1 3.8 182,064 100,440 33,066 19,711 20,966 6,224 0 1,622 35 106,664 73,74332,921Västerbotten N 89.0 3.0 142,696 70,370 28,479 23,483 13,576 2,178 0 4,590 20 72,548 65,5387,010Västernorrland N 90.1 3.6 175,807 99,861 35,165 15,120 13,489 8,003 0 4,156 13 107,864 63,77444,090Västmanland S 89.1 3.0 145,522 84,627 22,463 20,132 12,246 4,188 0 1,858 8 88,815 54,84133,974Älvsborg N G 88.8 2.7 128,385 58,697 26,343 23,765 15,156 2,037 0 2,385 2 60,734 65,2644,530Älvsborg S G 91.5 2.3 111,621 48,637 22,735 13,453 23,869 1,966 0 955 6 50,603 60,0579,454Örebro S 89.3 3.5 169,382 94,468 26,938 25,575 14,641 4,519 0 3,234 7 98,987 67,15431,833Östergötland G 90.4 4.8 231,450 124,996 34,440 31,152 30,695 5,154 7 4,985 21 130,150 96,29433,856Total 89.3 100.0 4,829,379 2,420,277 757,215 688,456 621,031 145,172123,389 72,377 1,462 2,565,4492,190,091375,358Source: SCB

Results by municipality 1968 was the penultimate election where the postal votes were counted separately from the polling station votes in one unified count across municipalities. The exception to these results are those where the whole constituency was one municipality - namely Gothenburg, Gotland and Stockholm where all postal votes were automatically denoted as part of said municipalities.

Only parties or constellations that got votes in any given constituency are listed.

Blekinge LocationTurnoutShareVotesSCFPHVPKKDSOtherLeftRightFridlevstad 86.7 3.3 3,067 41.4 34.0 5.7 15.8 1.4 1.7 0.0 42.8 55.5Gammalstorp 91.4 1.7 1,616 47.5 22.0 9.9 18.9 0.7 1.0 0.0 48.3 50.7Hasslö 85.5 0.9 814 69.4 11.9 4.3 2.7 4.2 7.5 0.0 73.6 18.9Jämjö 89.9 6.2 5,737 46.3 25.4 10.7 14.9 0.6 2.1 0.0 46.9 50.9Karlshamn 89.3 19.5 18,089 59.5 13.6 7.2 15.0 3.4 1.2 0.0 63.0 35.8Karlskrona 88.0 23.7 21,936 55.9 7.5 16.7 16.4 1.9 1.5 0.0 57.9 40.7Mjällby 87.1 3.5 3,247 44.0 19.2 13.2 21.5 0.9 1.1 0.2 44.9 53.8Nättraby 93.0 2.1 1,911 57.8 13.2 11.2 15.5 1.6 0.6 0.0 59.4 40.0Olofström 91.4 9.1 8,413 58.3 14.6 8.0 14.2 2.8 2.2 0.1 61.1 36.7Ronneby 89.4 18.8 17,430 56.3 18.8 8.1 13.9 2.1 0.9 0.0 58.4 40.8Rödeby 89.4 2.5 2,300 48.4 21.0 11.4 17.0 0.7 1.4 0.0 49.1 49.5Sölvesborg 90.0 4.2 3,921 61.8 6.5 10.6 17.2 2.4 1.5 0.0 64.2 34.3Postal vote 4.5 4,185 38.7 10.0 19.4 29.2 1.4 1.3 0.0 40.0 58.6Total89.2 1.992,666 54.714.711.016.12.11.4 0.056.941.7 Source:SCB

Dalarna

Dalarna County was known as Kopparberg County at the time, but shared the same borders as in the 21st century.

Kopparberg County

LocationTurnoutShareVotesSCFPHVPKKDSOtherLeftRightAvesta 89.9 9.6 16,290 59.7 21.1 7.8 5.3 3.9 2.1 0.0 63.6 34.3Bjursås 81.8 1.1 1,864 42.9 39.2 7.9 4.5 2.4 3.0 0.0 45.3 51.7Borlänge 89.7 9.7 16,489 68.0 13.4 9.1 5.5 2.7 1.3 0.0 70.7 28.0Enviken 86.1 0.7 1,196 34.4 44.1 8.8 7.0 1.3 4.3 0.0 35.7 59.9Falun 87.5 11.0 18,827 50.1 18.0 15.8 12.7 2.2 1.2 0.0 52.3 46.5Floda 90.0 0.8 1,416 47.2 36.9 6.5 5.7 1.6 2.0 0.0 48.8 49.2Gagnef 88.1 2.1 3,580 51.2 33.0 8.2 3.2 1.8 2.6 0.0 53.0 44.4Grangärde 87.3 3.7 6,260 63.7 15.1 6.0 4.9 9.6 0.8 0.0 73.3 25.9Gustafs 87.1 1.0 1,654 35.9 44.7 10.8 4.9 1.4 2.4 0.0 37.2 60.4Hedemora 88.3 6.0 10,159 54.7 25.8 7.5 8.0 2.1 1.9 0.0 56.9 41.3Idre 88.7 0.5 879 58.1 16.3 20.1 2.8 2.5 0.1 0.0 60.6 39.2Järna 88.6 2.4 4,051 48.1 27.5 8.5 7.3 5.1 3.5 0.0 53.2 43.3Leksand 87.2 3.1 5,274 42.7 31.0 12.4 11.4 0.8 1.8 0.0 43.5 54.7Lima 88.1 0.8 1,324 46.1 36.5 9.0 6.0 1.7 0.7 0.0 47.8 51.5Ludvika 89.5 7.2 12,284 64.7 13.3 9.3 7.0 4.8 0.9 0.0 69.5 29.6Malung 91.1 3.1 5,332 53.1 20.4 15.5 8.2 1.8 1.0 0.0 54.9 44.1Mora 86.2 4.5 7,616 44.7 33.6 10.0 8.8 1.7 1.2 0.0 46.4 52.4Nås 80.7 0.5 918 53.8 28.2 9.7 3.3 2.7 2.3 0.0 56.5 41.2Ore 89.8 0.7 1,209 50.7 27.0 7.0 3.8 9.3 2.2 0.0 60.0 37.9Orsa 85.3 2.5 4,253 44.9 36.1 6.5 7.4 4.0 1.2 0.0 48.9 49.9Rättvik 81.0 3.1 5,216 42.4 33.6 12.1 9.0 1.4 1.5 0.0 43.8 54.7Siljansnäs 81.7 0.6 997 46.5 33.8 6.6 4.6 1.0 7.4 0.0 47.5 45.0Smedjebacken 91.6 3.5 5,980 70.6 13.3 7.0 4.9 3.5 0.7 0.0 74.1 25.2Sollerön 83.7 0.5 930 30.2 51.5 8.4 4.9 3.4 1.5 0.0 33.7 64.8Stora Skedvi 89.3 0.9 1,549 28.3 51.8 5.2 9.4 1.3 4.0 0.0 29.6 66.4Stora Tuna 88.7 4.4 7,450 46.3 34.9 7.9 6.5 2.3 2.2 0.0 48.5 49.3Sundborn 89.3 0.7 1,129 43.8 30.5 11.9 9.1 2.7 2.0 0.0 46.5 51.5Svärdsjö 89.8 1.7 2,847 39.1 36.0 14.3 6.9 1.7 2.1 0.0 40.7 57.1Säfsnäs 92.0 0.8 1,287 80.3 7.9 4.6 2.1 3.3 1.9 0.0 83.5 14.6Särna 78.2 0.6 948 58.2 21.4 11.2 4.0 3.8 1.4 0.0 62.0 36.6Säter 88.7 1.6 2,726 54.7 23.6 10.4 7.0 2.3 1.9 0.0 57.1 41.0Söderbärke 89.6 1.0 1,789 58.4 26.9 6.8 4.1 2.6 1.3 0.0 61.0 37.7Transtrand 87.2 0.5 927 64.5 18.6 6.8 6.5 1.8 1.8 0.0 66.3 31.8Venjan 78.6 0.4 696 50.1 33.8 7.8 5.7 1.9 0.7 0.0 52.0 47.3Våmhus 80.6 0.4 729 44.9 42.8 4.7 3.8 3.7 0.1 0.0 48.6 51.3Ål 90.5 0.9 1,511 46.0 29.7 16.7 5.2 1.3 1.1 0.0 47.3 51.7Älvdalen 84.3 2.1 3,518 42.0 39.4 8.7 5.6 2.5 1.8 0.0 44.4 53.8Äppelbo 87.3 0.5 825 36.1 49.1 4.7 4.7 4.2 1.1 0.0 40.4 58.5Postal vote 5.0 8,453 44.9 16.0 18.6 16.4 2.0 2.1 0.0 46.9 51.0Total87.9 3.5 170,38253.5 24.0 10.3 7.6 3.0 1.60.056.441.9 Source:SCB

Gotland The Centre Party and People's Party merged as "Mittenpartierna" (the Middle Parties) in this constituency. Since the Middle Parties as a combination got fewer votes than the Rightist Party nationwide, they have been listed afterwards in this chart, even though both parties individually were larger both in the constituency and nationwide. The Left Party Communists did not participate in Gotland County altogether and thus received no votes. As a result, this party chart has fewer entries than elsewhere. Changes to a nationwide parliamentary threshold rendered these arrangements obsolete from the 1970 election onward.