1955 Swedish driving side referendum|
|
|
Choice
|
Votes
|
%
|
| Change to driving on the right
|
400,061
|
15.50%
|
| Keep driving on the left
|
2,139,996
|
82.89%
|
| Blank votes
|
41,630
|
1.61%
|
| Valid votes
|
2,581,687
|
99.77%
|
| Invalid votes
|
6,043
|
0.23%
|
| Total votes
|
2,587,730
|
100.00%
|
| Registered voters/turnout
|
4,866,100
|
53.18%
| |
A non-binding referendum on the introduction of right hand traffic was held in Sweden on 16 October 1955.[1]
The voter turnout was 53.2%, and the suggestion failed by 15.5% against 82.9%.[1] However, eight years later, in 1963, the Riksdag approved the change, following pressure from the Council of Europe[2] and the Nordic Council.[3] Traffic in Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right on 3 September 1967 (see Dagen H).
Result
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|
| For | 400,061 | 15.50 |
| Against | 2,139,996 | 82.89 |
| Blank | 41,630 | 1.61 |
| Total | 2,581,687 | 100.00 |
|
| Valid votes | 2,581,687 | 99.77 |
|---|
| Invalid votes | 6,043 | 0.23 |
|---|
| Total votes | 2,587,730 | 100.00 |
|---|
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,866,100 | 53.18 |
|---|
| Source: Nationalencyklopedin,[4] Election Authority[5] |
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