1988 Swedish general election
Swedish general election, 1988 ← 1985 18 September 1988 1991 → All 349 seats to the Riksdag 175 seats were needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Ingvar Carlsson Carl Bildt Bengt Westerberg Party Social Democratic Moderate People's Last election 159 76 51 Seats won 156 66 44 Seat change 3 10 7 Popular vote 2,321,826 983,226 655,720 Percentage 43.2% 18.3% 12.2% Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Olof Johansson Lars Werner Eva Goës Birger Schlaug Party Centre Left-Communist Green Last election 43 19 0 Seats won 42 21 20 Seat change 1 2 20 Popular vote 607,240 314,031 296,935 Percentage 11.3% 5.8% 5.5% PM before election Ingvar Carlsson Social Democratic Elected PM Ingvar Carlsson Social Democratic G