Parties in the 1979 municipal election

7 parties received votes in the 1979 municipal election. The largest was Arbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna with 42.96%.

Nationwide result, the 1979 municipal election

Seats are summed over all municipal councils.

Party	Share	Change	Votes	Seats
Arbetarepartiet-SocialdemokraternaS	42.96 %	‎−0.09‎	2,376,902	5882
Moderata samlingspartietM	18.62 %	‎+3.52‎	1,030,406	2140
CenterpartietC	17.74 %	‎−4.40‎	981,432	2925
FolkpartietL	10.46 %	‎−0.80‎	578,758	1298
Vänsterpartiet kommunisternaV	5.75 %	‎+0.83‎	318,388	619
Kristen demokratisk samlingKD	2.09 %	‎+0.13‎	115,598	277
Other parties	2.12 %	‎+0.55‎	117,221	225

Show 1 party below 1%

Party	Share	Change	Votes	Seats
Arbetarpartiet kommunisternaAPK	0.25 %	new	13,910	3

Municipal elections 1973–2026: share per party

Share of the votes nationwide in each election. Parties that reached 1% or won seats at some point in the period are included. Bold means seats. Click a year to open that election.

From

Party	1973	1976	1979	1982	1985	1988	1991	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022	2026
S	43	43	43	45	43	42	37	43	35	37	35	32	31	28	29	28
M	14	15	19	22	21	18	22	20	22	18	25	26	22	20	21	22
C	24	22	18	15	12	12	11	10	8.2	8.6	9.2	7.6	7.9	9.7	7.7	7.4
L	10	11	10	6.0	12	11	9.6	6.9	6.0	11	8.2	7.9	6.6	6.8	5.2	4.0
V	5.1	4.9	5.8	5.4	5.3	5.5	4.8	6.0	10	8.2	6.1	5.6	6.5	7.7	8.2	8.9
KD	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.4	2.0	2.8	5.8	3.2	8.0	7.1	5.9	4.4	4.0	5.2	5.4	5.5
MP				1.6	2.5	5.6	3.6	5.3	4.8	4.3	4.9	7.1	7.8	4.6	3.8	5.6
SD							0.0	0.0	0.1	0.9	2.4	4.9	9.3	13	15	13
NYD							3.4	1.1
FI											0.0	0.3	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.0

All parties

Search every party and list we know of. The share refers to the 1979 municipal election.

Nationwide result, the 1979 municipal election

Municipal elections 1973–2026: share per party

All parties

Historical parties (Riksdag elections 1911–1970)