Swedish driving side referendum, 1955
'No' vote campaign poster. Translated it reads: "Keep left-hand traffic. Vote NO on 16/10."
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 and the Nordic Council.[2] 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
| Summary of the referendum |
Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 400,061 | 15.5 |
| No | 2,139,996 | 82.9 |
| Blank votes | 41,630 | 1.6 |
| Total | 2,581,687 | 100 |
| Invalid votes | 6,043 | |
| Eligible voters | 4,866,100 | |
| Turnout | 2,587,730 | 53.2 |
Source: Nationalencyklopedin[3]
See also: Swedish Election Authority[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Folkomröstningar 1922-2003" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 21 December 2007. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ The Rule of the Road: An International Guide to History and Practice, Peter Kincaid, Greenwood Press, 1986, page 160
- ↑ "Folkomröstning: Tabell: Folkomröstningar i Sverige". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 May 2011. (subscription required)
- ↑ "Nationella folkomröstningar" (in Swedish). Swedish Election Authority. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
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