2014 Swedish local elections

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Local elections were held in Sweden on 14 September 2014 to elect county councils and municipal councils. The elections were held alongside general elections.

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Results

County councils

The total number of seats increased nationwide to 1,678, up from 1,662 in the 2010 elections.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party 2,020,47632.90603–6
Moderate Party 1,321,17221.51339–79
Sweden Democrats 561,6119.14161+93
Green Party 442,7607.21106+3
Left Party 434,9927.08121+23
Centre Party 387,5556.31125+4
Liberal People's Party 385,9996.2896–21
Christian Democrats 317,2705.1785+3
Feminist Initiative 66,6001.0800
Norrbottens Health Care Party 41,7020.6819+6
Pirate Party 21,3220.3500
Vård för pengarna 20,2430.338+8
Vårdpartiet i Skåne16,2850.2700
Gävleborg Health Care Party 14,3270.236+2
Vägvalet 11,4530.1900
Health Care Party in Värmland11,3810.1950
Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party 9,8490.1600
Dalarnas Health Care Party 8,2650.134+1
Västra Götaland Health Care Party 7,0060.1100
Other parties41,7170.680–14
Total6,141,985100.001,678+16
Valid votes6,141,98598.33
Invalid/blank votes104,6051.67
Total votes6,246,590100.00

Municipal elections

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,947,47331.234,364−229
Moderate Party 1,343,58621.552,435−561
Centre Party 489,3817.851,411+12
Sweden Democrats 581,4769.331,324+712
Left Party 401,5316.44750+47
Green Party 483,5297.76732+46
Liberal People's Party 408,1756.55710−204
Christian Democrats 248,0703.98515−76
Feminist Initiative 76,6461.2326+22
Other parties255,1434.09513−1
Total6,235,010100.0012,780–208
Valid votes6,235,01098.73
Invalid/blank votes80,3801.27
Total votes6,315,390100.00


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