2005 Ordennyan general election

2005 Ordennyan general election

10 May 2005
All 650 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 326 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Frederik Xandström Ingrid Edvardsson Svea Jansson Party KP AP LP Leader since 22 August 1996 5 June 2004 14 April 2002 Leader's seat Mellanborg Aalstad (Lost re-election) Vardland (List) Last election 260 seats, 40% 270 seats, 41.54% 64 seats, 9.85% Seats before 260 268 59 Seats won 328 176 50 Seat change 68 92 9 Percentage 50.4% 27.08% 8.31% Swing 10.4% 14.46% 1.54%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Nilas Ahmadi Lars Bergman Rune Nyström Party DCP SFP GP Leader since 05 February 2005 19 October 1995 6 July 1995 Leader's seat Osea (List) Svartrå Oured North Last election 28 seats, 4.31% 1 seats, 0.5% 24 seats, 4.1% Seats before 28 2 24 Seats won 32 30 26 Seat change 4 28 2 Percentage 5.39% 4.62% 4.2% Swing 1.08% 4.12% 0.1%
Prime Minister before election Johan Olsson Independent Elected Prime Minister Frederik Xandström Conservative Party

The 2005 Ordennyan general election was held on 10 May 2005, five years after the previous election in 2000. It resulted in a landslide victory for the Conservative Party, ending their nine-year period in opposition. The Conservatives made a net gain of 68 seats, for a total of 328, and won 50.3% of the popular vote - the highest percentage for any party since 1996.

The Labour Party had been in government since the 1996 election, first as a majority government after winning a landslide under Fredrik Månsson, and then as part of a minority coalition after facing heavier than expected losses in the 2000 election. With a net loss of 92 seats and winning just 27% of the popular vote, the election marked the worst defeat for the Labour Party since 1982, a record which would not be surpassed until the 2018 federal election.