1996 Ordennyan general election

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1996 Ordennyan general election

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All 650 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
326 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Fredrik Månsson Arvid Magnusson Albin Andersson
Leader Fredrik Månsson Arvid Magnusson Albin Andersson
Party AP KP LP
Leader since 22 March 1994 13 July 1990 22 June 1989
Leader's seat Hellesvik Skarbol Barkerud
Last election 271, 34.4% 343 seats, 41.9% 20 seats, 8.4%
Seats won 434 148 40
Seat change Increase163 Decrease195 Increase20
Percentage 48.5% 25.4% 14%
Swing Increase14.1% Decrease16.5% Increase5.6%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Steingrímur J. Sigfússon norden-1 (cropped).jpg Sherrod Brown official photo 2009 2.jpg
Leader Guðmund Guðmundsson Rune Nyström
Party DCP GP
Leader since 17 November 1983 6 July 1995
Leader's seat November City North Oured North
Last election 14 seats, 3.7% 1 seat, 1.4%
Seats won 15 10
Seat change Increase1 Increase9
Percentage 3.9% 3.5%
Swing Increase0.2% Increase2.1%

Prime Minister before election

Arvid Magnusson
Conservative

Elected Prime Minister

Fredrik Månsson
Labour Party

The 1996 Ordennyan general election was held on 6 June 1996. The incumbent governing Conservative Party led by Prime Minister Arvid Magnusson was defeated in a landslide by the Labour Party led by Fredrik Månsson.

The political backdrop of campaigning focused on public opinion towards a change in government. The Labour Party leader, Fredrik Månsson focused on transforming his party through a more centrist policy platform, with promises towards constitutional reform, fiscal responsibility, and Månsson's decision to nominate more female politicians for constituencies. Magnusson sought to rebuild public trust in the Conservatives following a series of scandals, including the events of Black Wednesday in 1992, through campaigning on the strength of the economic recovery following the early 1990s recession, but faced negative party opinion regarding how long they had been in government.

The overall result of the election ended 17 years of Conservative government, in their worst defeat since 1855.