2009 Swedish Church Assembly elections

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On September 20, 2009, [1] elections were held for all 251 seats in the General Synod of the Church of Sweden. Since the 1930s, nominating groups have often been directly affiliated with national political parties, but many groups are now established separately from political parties.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party 186,23428.32710
Centre Party 90,62013.7834−7
Non-partisans in the Church of Sweden 86,56713.1633−1
Folkpartister i Svenska kyrkan 34,5805.2613−2
Frimodig kyrka 33,4255.0813+6
Christian Democrats in the Church of Sweden 45,9916.9918+1
Kyrklig samverkan i Visby stift 1,0900.1710
Miljöpartister i Svenska kyrkan 20,7643.168+4
Moderate Party 106,38316.1841−4
Senior Party2,8720.4410
Sweden Democrats 18,8152.867+3
Vänstern i Svenska kyrkan 8,2181.2530
Open Church – a Church for All 21,5683.288+1
Skanör Falsterbo Kyrkans Väl 4990.0800
Total657,626100.002510
Valid votes657,62697.90
Invalid/blank votes14,0862.10
Total votes671,712100.00
Source: [2]

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