page_title: 2010 Swedish general election
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 Swedish general election
caption_attribution_description: English: Map showing the most voted party in 2010 election for the Riksdag by district (left) and municipality (right)
context_page_description: General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 2010 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. The main contenders of the election were the governing centre-right coalition the Alliance, consisting of the Moderate Party, the Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats; and the opposition centre-left coalition the Red-Greens, consisting of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party.
  The Alliance received 49.27 percent of the votes and 173 seats in the parliament, while the Red-Greens received 43.60 percent of the vote and 156 seats. The election also saw the nationalist Sweden Democrats entering parliament for the first time, as the sixth largest and only non-aligned of the eight parties elected to the parliament, by receiving 5.70 percent of the votes and 20 seats. Both in terms of percentage share; 30.06 %, and the actual vote; 1,791,766, the Moderate Party did its strongest election of the unicameral parliamentary era, narrowly missing out on beating the Social Democrats to become the largest party.
  The Alliance lost its absolute majority in the parliament but continued to govern as a minority government.
context_section_description: General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 2010 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. The main contenders of the election were the governing centre-right coalition the Alliance, consisting of the Moderate Party, the Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats; and the opposition centre-left coalition the Red-Greens, consisting of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party.
  The Alliance received 49.27 percent of the votes (an increase by 1.03 pp from the previous election) and 173 seats in the parliament (a decrease by 5 seats and 2 short of an overall majority), while the Red-Greens received 43.60 percent of the vote (a decrease by 2.48 pp) and 156 seats (a decrease by 15 seats). The election also saw the nationalist Sweden Democrats entering parliament for the first time, as the sixth largest and only non-aligned of the eight parties elected to the parliament, by receiving 5.70 percent of the votes (an increase by 2.77 pp) and 20 seats. Both in terms of percentage share; 30.06 %, and the actual vote; 1,791,766, the Moderate Party did its strongest election of the unicameral parliamentary era, narrowly missing out on beating the Social Democrats to become the largest party.
  The Alliance lost its absolute majority in the parliament but continued to govern as a minority government. The new parliament held its opening session on 5 October, with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt presenting the annual government policy statement, along with changes to his cabinet.
  This was the first time in almost a century that a Swedish centre-right government that had served a full term was reelected.
caption: Largest party by district (left) and municipality (right)
  Red-Social Democratic, Blue-Moderate
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