1982 Swedish General Election
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on 19 September 1982.
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They saw the return of the
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to power after six years in opposition, the longest period in opposition by the Social Democrats since the 1910s. The center-right coalition of
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had earlier suffered a loss upon the breakup of the government in 1981, the year before the election, when the rightist
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chose to withdraw from the government, protesting against the centrist
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of the Fälldin government. After regaining power, Social Democratic leader
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succeeded in being elected
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again, having earlier held power between 1969 and 1976. The 2,533,250 votes for the Social Democrats is, in spite of a larger electorate, as of 2022 the highest number of people voting for a single party in Swedish electoral history, although the party had previously recorded higher percentage shares.


Debates


Results


Seat distribution


By municipality

Image:Sweden.1982.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.1982.coalition.largest.cart.svg,
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of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast. Image:Sweden.1979.to.1982.coalition.voting.shift.map.svg, Map showing the voting shifts from the 1979 to the 1982 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.1982.coalition.purple.map.svg, Votes by municipality as a scale from red/Left-wing bloc to blue/Centre-right bloc. Image:Sweden.1982.coalition.purple.cart.svg,
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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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