2018 Swedish local elections

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Local elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 20 county councils and 290 municipal councils. Advance voting was allowed between 22 August and 9 September 2018. The elections took place alongside the general elections.

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Newly registered parties participated in the 2018 elections, such as the Citizens' Coalition. Many smaller and local parties which had already been established participated, such as the Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party, Feminist Initiative, the Öland Party, the Laholm Party  [ sv ] and more. [1]

Regional councils

Sweden held 20 elections for the Regional Councils. [2] This was the first election where all counties' administrative title had been or were officially being shifted into regions.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,850,72428.74523–80
Moderate Party 1,241,71719.28314–25
Sweden Democrats 828,22012.86224+63
Centre Party 539,0758.37155+30
Left Party 555,0438.62141+20
Christian Democrats 457,6797.11119+34
Liberals 403,7816.2794–2
Green Party 265,5224.1248–58
Others297,7624.6278+36
Total6,439,523100.001,696+18
Valid votes6,439,52398.40
Invalid/blank votes104,7931.60
Total votes6,544,316100.00

Elected

Region S M SD C V KD L MP LocalTotal
Blekinge 191212533357
Dalarna 24161096633683
Gävleborg 24111187432575
Halland 1917108465271
Jämtland 188511542255
Jönköping 221311841033781
Kalmar 251010847367
Kronoberg 19148755361
Norrbotten 2365462771
Skåne 41343010108106149
Stockholm 403415121612128149
Södermanland 23141145431579
Uppsala 201397765471
Värmland 28121086542681
Västerbotten 2610581046271
Västernorrland 281088853777
Västmanland 271612565677
Västra Götaland 4128201215111075149
Örebro 251395664371
Östergötland 31231388864101
Total5233142241551411199448781,696
Source: val.se [3]

Elections

Gotland County is made up of one municipal council responsible for both local and regional matters and does not count towards the regional elections. [4]

Municipal councils

The total number of seats nationwide totalled to 12,700, down from 12,780 in the 2014 elections. Turnout was 84.1%.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party 1,801,84327.583,752−612
Moderate Party 1,310,18220.062,396−39
Sweden Democrats 832,08312.741,806+482
Centre Party 631,8129.671,603+192
Left Party 502,1477.69808+58
Liberals 444,6746.81689−21
Christian Democrats 339,3755.20676+161
Green Party 301,8254.62395−337
Feminist Initiative 61,9070.9522−4
Others306,2874.69553+40
Total6,532,135100.0012,700−80
Valid votes6,532,13598.77
Invalid/blank votes81,3161.23
Total votes6,613,451100.00

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Registered party abbreviations - Valmyndigheten
  2. ↑ "Val till landstingsfullmäktige - Röster" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Val till landstingsfullmäktige - Valda" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Gotlands län - Valda 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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