2018 Blekinge regional election

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Blekinge Regional Council Composition

Blekinge County held a regional council election on 9 September 2018 at the same time as the general and municipal elections. [1] [2]

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Results

There were 57 seats, ten more than in 2014. [3] The Social Democrats remained the largest party but suffered nearly seven points of a deficit from the 2014 results, going from 39.3% to 32.5%. [1] In spite of this the increased numbers of seats meant the party remained at 19 seats. [3] This was still a sizeably lower share. The Sweden Democrats recorded 20.6% and became the second largest party, while the Moderates made gains in spite of a nationwide drop. [1]

PartyVotes%Seats±
Social Democrats 33,97432.5190
Sweden Democrats 21,50920.612+5
Moderates 20,96920.012+3
Centre Party 7,9377.65+2
Left Party 5,9675.730
Christian Democrats 5,3495.13+1
Liberals 5,0344.83+1
Green Party 2,9252.80–2
Others 9290.900
Invalid/blank votes1,937
Total104,59310057+10
Source:val.se [1]

Municipal results

Percentage

LocationTurnoutShareVotes S SD M C V KD L MP Other
Karlshamn 85.320.421,33931.719.222.87.36.03.85.03.40.8
Karlskrona 87.042.344,23833.217.720.37.65.85.85.83.30.5
Olofström 81.28.18,45839.023.212.79.05.95.82.41.40.6
Ronneby 85.418.018,87530.623.619.28.46.24.64.32.40.8
Sölvesborg 85.811.211,68329.527.320.75.74.05.13.21.62.9
Total85.7100.0104,59332.520.620.07.65.75.14.82.80.9
Source: val.se [1]

By votes

LocationTurnoutShareVotes S SD M C V KD L MP Other
Karlshamn 85.320.421,3396,7614,0894,8571,5591,2818191,076716181
Karlskrona 87.042.344,23814,6887,8198,9953,3682,5482,5712,5781,454217
Olofström 81.28.18,4583,2991,9631,07676350048720111752
Ronneby 85.418.018,8755,7854,4523,6241,5791,169873805446142
Sölvesborg 85.811.211,6833,4413,1862,417668469599374192337
Total85.7100.0104,59333,97421,50920,9697,9375,9675,3495,0342,925929
Source: val.se [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Blekinge län - Val 2018 - Röster" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. "Röster - Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Blekinge län - Valda - Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020.