Swedish general election, 2014

Swedish general election, 2014

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All 349 seats to the Riksdag 175 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout	6,290,016 (85.8%) 1.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Stefan Löfven Fredrik Reinfeldt Jimmie Åkesson Party Social Democratic Moderate Sweden Democrats Alliance Centre-left The Alliance none Leader since 2012 2003 2005 Last election 112 seats, 30.7% 107 seats, 30.1% 20 seats, 5.7% Seats won 113 84 49 Seat change 1 23 29 Popular vote 1,932,711 1,453,517 801,178 Percentage 31.0% 23.3% 12.9% Swing 0.3 pp 6.8 pp 7.2 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gustav Fridolin Åsa Romson Annie Lööf Jonas Sjöstedt Party Green Centre Left Alliance Centre-left The Alliance none Leader since 2011 2011 2012 Last election 25 seats, 7.3% 23 seats, 6.6% 19 seats, 5.6% Seats won 25 22 21 Seat change 0 1 2 Popular vote 429,275 380,937 356,331 Percentage 6.9% 6.1% 5.7% Swing 0.4 pp 0.5 pp 0.1 pp   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Jan Björklund Göran Hägglund Party Liberal People's Christian Democrats Alliance The Alliance The Alliance Leader since 2007 2004 Last election 24 seats, 7.1% 19 seats, 5.6% Seats won 19 16 Seat change 5 3 Popular vote 337,773 284,806 Percentage 5.4% 4.6% Swing 1.7 pp 1.0 pp
Largest party by district (left) and municipality (right) Red-Social Democratic, Blue-Moderate, Yellow-Sweden Democrats
Prime Minister before election Fredrik Reinfeldt Moderate Prime Minister after election Stefan Löfven Social Democratic

Fredrik Reinfeldt
Moderate

Stefan Löfven
Social Democratic

General elections were held in Sweden on 14 September 2014 to elect the Riksdag, all 21 county councils and 290 municipal assemblies.

The centre-right Alliance for Sweden coalition (comprising the Moderate Party, Liberal People's Party, Centre Party and Christian Democrats) sought a third term in government. In contrast to the previous election, the three largest left-wing parties (the Social Democrats, Green Party and Left Party) ran independent campaigns, as did the far-rightSweden Democrats. A fourth left-wing party, Feminist Initiative, did not secure the 4% threshold.

The election result saw the three left-wing parties outpoll the Alliance for Sweden, with the two blocs respectively winning 159 and 141 seats. The Sweden Democrats doubled their support and won the remaining 49 seats. Fredrik Reinfeldt, the incumbent prime minister, lost his bid for a third term. On 3 October he was replaced by Stefan Löfven, who formed a minority government consisting of the Social Democrats and Greens.