2021 Swedish Church Assembly elections

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2021 Swedish Church Assembly elections
  2017 19 September 2021 2025  

All 251 seats in the General Synod
126 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Social Democrats Non-partisans Centre
Last election76 seats, 30.3%43 seats, 17.1%34 seats, 13.7%
Seats won704730
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 6Increase2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote243,246170,94696,797
Percentage27.5%19.3%10.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.8  pp Increase2.svg 2.3  pp Decrease2.svg 2.7  pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Party Borgerligt alternativ  [ da; sv ] Sweden Democrats Left
Last election22 seats, 8.8%24 seats, 9.3%9 seats, 3.8%
Seats won201919
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 10
Popular vote71,04668,94167,519
Percentage8.0%7.8%7.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.8  pp Decrease2.svg 1.5  pp Increase2.svg 3.9  pp

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Party Open Church  [ sv ]
Last election11 seats, 4.4%
Seats won13
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2
Popular vote48,692
Percentage5.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.1  pp

The Swedish Church Assembly elections were held on 19 September 2021. All 251 seats in the General Synod of the Church of Sweden were up for election, as well as local governing bodies.

In church elections in Sweden all members of the Church of Sweden over the age of 16 may vote. It takes through proportional representation by lists presented by nominating groups, many of which are political parties or affiliated with political parties. The election is for the governing bodies of the Church of Sweden at the parish, diocese, and national level. [1]

Results

Summary of the 19 September 2021 Church of Sweden Assembly election results
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Nominating groupVotesSeats
#%±#±
Swedish Social Democratic Party (S)243,24627.50%–2.84%70–6
Non-Partisans in the Church of Sweden (POSK)170,94619.33%+2.27%47+4
Centre Party (C)96,79710.94%–2.75%30–4
Borgerligt alternativ  [ da; sv ] (BorgA)71,0468.03%–0.77%20–2
Sweden Democrats (SD)68,9417.79%–1.48%19–5
The Left in the Church of Sweden (ViSK)67,5197.63%+3.88%19+10
Open Church  [ sv ] (ÖKA)48,6925.50%+1.08%13+2
Bold Church (FK)30,6663.47%–0.50%8–2
Greens in the Church of Sweden (MPSKDG)28,8063.26%+0.88%8+2
Christian Democrats for a Living Church  [ sv ] (KR)24,1702.73%–0.24%7+0
Free Liberals in the Church of Sweden (FiSK)14,2111.61%–1.33%4–3
Alternative for Sweden (AfS)11,1121.26%3New
Heaven and Earth (HoJ)5,3440.60%1New
Green Christians (GK)2,0110.23%+0.06%0+0
Church Collaboration in Visby Diocese (KysV)  [ sv ]1,0670.12%-0.00%0+0
Abroad voters2+0
Totals884,574100.0251±0
Blank and invalid votes16,179
Registered voters/turnout4,898,12318.39-0.69
Source: kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se

References

  1. "In the Church of Sweden It Is One Lutheran, One Vote" . The Economist. 25 September 2021. ISSN   0013-0613 . Retrieved 1 May 2022.