# Results of the 1958 Swedish general election

Sweden held an early general election to fulfil the four-year term between the regular 1956 and 1960 elections. Although the centre-right received more votes, the leftist parties won one more seat. The election was held on 1 June.

## Results

| | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1,776,667 | 46.22 | 111 | +5 |
| | Rightist Party | 750,332 | 19.52 | 45 | +3 |
| | People's Party | 700,019 | 18.21 | 38 | –20 |
| | Centre Party | 486,760 | 12.66 | 32 | +13 |
| | Communist Party | 129,319 | 3.36 | 5 | –1 |
| | Left Socialist Party | 1,008 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | Other parties | 147 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 3,844,252 | 100.00 | 231 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,844,252 | 99.46 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 20,711 | 0.54 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 3,864,963 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,992,421 | 77.42 | | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver ||||||

## Regional results
### Percentage share

| Location | Share | Votes | S | H | FP | C | K | Other | Left | Right |
| Götaland | 48.3 | 1,855,881 | 42.6 | 21.6 | 18.6 | 15.2 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 44.5 | 55.4 |
| Svealand | 35.7 | 1,370,962 | 48.6 | 19.8 | 19.3 | 8.6 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 52.3 | 47.7 |
| Norrland | 16.1 | 617,409 | 52.0 | 12.6 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 58.7 | 41.3 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,844,252 | 46.2 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 12.7 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 49.6 | 50.4 |
| Source: SCB |||||||||||

### By votes

| Location | Share | Votes | S | H | FP | C | K | Other | Left | Right |
| Götaland | 48.3 | 1,855,881 | 789,771 | 401,608 | 344,654 | 282,674 | 36,104 | 1,070 | 825,875 | 1,028,936 |
| Svealand | 35.7 | 1,370,962 | 665,984 | 271,128 | 264,039 | 118,136 | 51,620 | 55 | 717,604 | 653,303 |
| Norrland | 16.1 | 617,409 | 320,912 | 77,596 | 91,326 | 85,950 | 41,595 | 30 | 362,507 | 254,872 |
| Total | 100.0 | 3,844,252 | 1,776,667 | 750,332 | 700,019 | 486,760 | 129,319 | 1,155 | 1,905,986 | 1,937,111 |
| Source: SCB |||||||||||

## Constituency results
### Percentage share

| Location | Land | Turnout | Share | Votes | S | H | FP | C | K | Other | Left | Right | Margin |
| Location | | % | % | | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Blekinge | G | 72.2 | 1.9 | 72,256 | 50.2 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.2 | 49.8 | 346 |
| Bohuslän | G | 71.9 | 2.8 | 105,892 | 41.0 | 17.4 | 26.2 | 12.4 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 43.7 | 56.3 | 13,442 |
| Gothenburg | G | 73.1 | 5.3 | 204,381 | 39.9 | 17.3 | 33.5 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 48.7 | 50.8 | 4,275 |
| Gotland | G | 77.2 | 0.7 | 28,810 | 34.1 | 17.3 | 14.5 | 34.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.1 | 65.9 | 9,140 |
| Gävleborg | N | 72.8 | 3.8 | 147,994 | 53.5 | 10.6 | 15.2 | 13.1 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 61.1 | 38.9 | 32,968 |
| Halland | G | 75.5 | 2.3 | 87,913 | 34.9 | 19.1 | 13.1 | 31.4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 36.4 | 63.6 | 23,853 |
| Jämtland | N | 72.7 | 1.9 | 73,468 | 52.9 | 16.0 | 13.9 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 52.9 | 47.1 | 4,325 |
| Jönköping | G | 78.1 | 3.9 | 151,000 | 40.0 | 20.3 | 21.1 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 | 30,100 |
| Kalmar | G | 74.4 | 3.2 | 122,158 | 43.4 | 23.7 | 9.8 | 21.3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 45.2 | 54.8 | 11,739 |
| Kopparberg | S | 68.9 | 3.5 | 134,652 | 52.3 | 13.2 | 16.5 | 14.3 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 56.0 | 44.0 | 16,164 |
| Kristianstad | G | 75.1 | 3.5 | 134,071 | 38.6 | 24.4 | 17.8 | 19.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.6 | 61.4 | 30,630 |
| Kronoberg | G | 75.0 | 2.2 | 83,603 | 39.9 | 22.8 | 11.7 | 25.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.9 | 60.1 | 16,942 |
| Malmö area | G | 80.9 | 5.3 | 202,862 | 50.7 | 31.5 | 14.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 52.2 | 47.8 | 8,856 |
| Malmöhus | G | 79.8 | 3.7 | 141,521 | 44.3 | 18.5 | 13.6 | 23.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44.3 | 55.7 | 16,074 |
| Norrbotten | N | 75.5 | 3.1 | 118,728 | 53.1 | 13.0 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 69.2 | 30.8 | 45,561 |
| Skaraborg | G | 76.5 | 3.4 | 130,843 | 33.4 | 21.8 | 19.8 | 23.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 34.9 | 65.1 | 39,491 |
| Stockholm | S | 73.6 | 11.2 | 429,753 | 42.1 | 26.5 | 23.6 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 48.1 | 51.9 | 16,013 |
| Stockholm County | S | 74.1 | 5.3 | 204,836 | 45.5 | 23.3 | 19.6 | 7.2 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 49.9 | 50.1 | 455 |
| Södermanland | S | 77.8 | 3.1 | 119,029 | 55.1 | 14.8 | 18.4 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 55.1 | 44.9 | 12,036 |
| Uppsala | S | 74.1 | 2.2 | 83,825 | 49.7 | 18.2 | 16.9 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49.7 | 50.2 | 418 |
| Värmland | S | 74.9 | 4.0 | 154,076 | 50.9 | 17.6 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 56.3 | 43.7 | 19,516 |
| Västerbotten | N | 78.2 | 3.2 | 121,769 | 46.4 | 14.5 | 21.6 | 16.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 47.9 | 52.1 | 5,184 |
| Västernorrland | N | 78.7 | 4.0 | 155,450 | 53.6 | 10.9 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 59.6 | 40.4 | 29,965 |
| Västmanland | S | 72.9 | 2.9 | 110,385 | 56.0 | 12.3 | 16.0 | 12.5 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 59.2 | 40.8 | 20,289 |
| Älvsborg N | G | 75.0 | 2.7 | 104,248 | 43.7 | 15.6 | 23.5 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43.7 | 56.3 | 13,202 |
| Älvsborg S | G | 78.3 | 2.5 | 94,493 | 39.2 | 29.5 | 14.1 | 15.2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 41.2 | 58.8 | 16,558 |
| Örebro | S | 74.0 | 3.5 | 134,406 | 54.9 | 13.4 | 18.3 | 13.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54.9 | 45.1 | 13,182 |
| Östergötland | G | 77.5 | 5.0 | 191,830 | 50.8 | 20.3 | 13.6 | 12.7 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 53.4 | 46.6 | 13,183 |
| Total | | 77.4 | 100.0 | 3,844,252 | 46.2 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 12.7 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 49.6 | 50.4 | 31,125 |
| Source: SCB ||||||||||||||

### By votes

| Location | Land | Turnout | Share | Votes | S | H | FP | C | K | Other | Left | Right | Margin |
| Location | | % | % | | | | | | | | | | |
| Blekinge | G | 72.2 | 1.9 | 72,256 | 36,301 | 13,008 | 15,860 | 7,087 | | | 36,301 | 35,955 | 346 |
| Bohuslän | G | 71.9 | 2.8 | 105,892 | 43,450 | 18,444 | 28,097 | 13,126 | 2,775 | | 46,225 | 59,667 | 13,442 |
| Gothenburg | G | 73.1 | 5.3 | 204,381 | 81,562 | 35,352 | 68,466 | 6 | 17,987 | 1,008 | 99,549 | 103,824 | 4,275 |
| Gotland | G | 77.2 | 0.7 | 28,810 | 9,835 | 4,987 | 4,168 | 9,820 | | | 9,835 | 18,975 | 9,140 |
| Gävleborg | N | 72.8 | 3.8 | 147,994 | 79,208 | 15,688 | 22,543 | 19,280 | 11,271 | 4 | 90,479 | 57,511 | 32,968 |
| Halland | G | 75.5 | 2.3 | 87,913 | 30,684 | 16,762 | 11,517 | 27,602 | 1,344 | 4 | 32,028 | 55,881 | 23,853 |
| Jämtland | N | 72.7 | 1.9 | 73,468 | 38,896 | 11,745 | 10,217 | 12,609 | | 1 | 38,896 | 34,571 | 4,325 |
| Jönköping | G | 78.1 | 3.9 | 151,000 | 60,444 | 30,665 | 31,801 | 28,078 | | 12 | 60,444 | 90,544 | 30,100 |
| Kalmar | G | 74.4 | 3.2 | 122,158 | 53,069 | 28,926 | 11,993 | 26,028 | 2,139 | 3 | 55,208 | 66,947 | 11,739 |
| Kopparberg | S | 68.9 | 3.5 | 134,652 | 70,385 | 17,779 | 22,214 | 19,248 | 5,020 | 6 | 75,405 | 59,241 | 16,164 |
| Kristianstad | G | 75.1 | 3.5 | 134,071 | 51,712 | 32,730 | 23,799 | 25,818 | 5 | 7 | 51,717 | 82,347 | 30,630 |
| Kronoberg | G | 75.0 | 2.2 | 83,603 | 33,328 | 19,050 | 9,840 | 21,380 | | 5 | 33,328 | 50,270 | 16,942 |
| Malmö area | G | 80.9 | 5.3 | 202,862 | 102,857 | 63,984 | 29,998 | 3,019 | 3,000 | 4 | 105,857 | 97,001 | 8,856 |
| Malmöhus | G | 79.8 | 3.7 | 141,521 | 62,719 | 26,211 | 19,230 | 33,352 | | 9 | 62,719 | 78,793 | 16,074 |
| Norrbotten | N | 75.5 | 3.1 | 118,728 | 63,079 | 15,484 | 9,602 | 11,497 | 19,065 | 1 | 82,144 | 36,583 | 45,561 |
| Skaraborg | G | 76.5 | 3.4 | 130,843 | 43,664 | 28,516 | 25,948 | 30,699 | 2,008 | 8 | 45,672 | 85,163 | 39,491 |
| Stockholm | S | 73.6 | 11.2 | 429,753 | 180,978 | 114,061 | 101,288 | 7,529 | 25,887 | 10 | 206,865 | 222,878 | 16,013 |
| Stockholm County | S | 74.1 | 5.3 | 204,836 | 93,235 | 47,759 | 40,046 | 14,835 | 8,950 | 11 | 102,185 | 102,640 | 455 |
| Södermanland | S | 77.8 | 3.1 | 119,029 | 65,530 | 17,590 | 21,921 | 13,983 | | 5 | 65,530 | 53,494 | 12,036 |
| Uppsala | S | 74.1 | 2.2 | 83,825 | 41,700 | 15,211 | 14,190 | 12,717 | | 7 | 41,700 | 42,118 | 418 |
| Värmland | S | 74.9 | 4.0 | 154,076 | 78,509 | 27,153 | 22,149 | 17,972 | 8,281 | 12 | 86,790 | 67,274 | 19,516 |
| Västerbotten | N | 78.2 | 3.2 | 121,769 | 56,452 | 17,667 | 26,266 | 19,535 | 1,832 | 17 | 58,284 | 63,468 | 5,184 |
| Västernorrland | N | 78.7 | 4.0 | 155,450 | 83,277 | 17,012 | 22,698 | 23,029 | 9,427 | 7 | 92,704 | 62,739 | 29,965 |
| Västmanland | S | 72.9 | 2.9 | 110,385 | 61,855 | 13,613 | 17,655 | 13,780 | 3,482 | | 65,337 | 45,048 | 20,289 |
| Älvsborg N | G | 75.0 | 2.7 | 104,248 | 45,521 | 16,275 | 24,463 | 17,985 | | 4 | 45,521 | 58,723 | 13,202 |
| Älvsborg S | G | 78.3 | 2.5 | 94,493 | 37,061 | 27,823 | 13,314 | 14,387 | 1,905 | 3 | 38,966 | 55,524 | 16,558 |
| Örebro | S | 74.0 | 3.5 | 134,406 | 73,792 | 17,962 | 24,576 | 18,072 | | 4 | 73,792 | 60,610 | 13,182 |
| Östergötland | G | 77.5 | 5.0 | 191,830 | 97,564 | 38,875 | 26,160 | 24,287 | 4,941 | 3 | 102,505 | 89,322 | 13,183 |
| Total | | 77.4 | 100.0 | 3,844,252 | 1,776,667 | 750,332 | 700,019 | 486,760 | 129,319 | 1,155 | 1,905,986 | 1,937,111 | 31,125 |
| Source: SCB ||||||||||||||