Elections in Sweden
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Elections in the Kingdom of Sweden are held every four years, and determine the makeup of the legislative bodies on the three levels of administrative division in the country. At the highest level, these elections determine the allocation of seats in the Riksdag
, the national legislative body of Sweden
. Elections to the 20 county councils
(landsting) and 290 municipal assemblies
(kommunfullmäktige) are held concurrently with the legislative elections on the third Sunday of September, and use roughly the same electoral system.
Sweden also holds elections to the European Parliament, which unlike Swedish domestic elections are held in June every five years, though they are also held on a Sunday and use an almost identical electoral system. The last Swedish general election
was held on 19 September 2010. The last Swedish election to the European Parliament
was held on 7 June 2009.
To vote in Swedish local elections (for the county councils and municipal assemblies), one must:
To vote in elections to the European Parliament, one must be 18 years old, and fall into one of the following groups:
In general, any person who is eligible to vote is also eligible to stand for election.
Sweden utilizes apparentment
between lists of the same party and constituency to form a cartel, a group of lists that are legally allied for purposes of seat allocation. A single preference vote may be indicated as well.
Swedish voters can choose between three different types of ballot papers. The party ballot paper has simply the name of a political party printed on the front and is blank on the back. This ballot is used when a voter wishes to vote for a particular party, but does not wish to give preference to a particular candidate. The name ballot paper has a party name followed by a list of candidates (which can continue on the other side). A voter using this ballot can choose (but is not required) to cast a personal vote by entering a mark next to a particular candidate, in addition to voting for their political party. Alternatively, a voter can take a blank ballot paper and write a party name on it.
.
The candidates chosen from each party are determined by two factors: the candidate's ranking by their party and the number of preference votes from the voters. Though the parties still entirely control the names on their own party lists, the system gives the voters a degree of power in choosing candidates from the list. For instance, in national parliamentary elections, any candidates who receive a number of personal votes equal to eight percent or greater of the party's total amount of votes will automatically be bumped to the top of the list, regardless of their ranking on the list by the party. This threshold is only five percent for local elections and elections to the European Parliament
.
The unicameral Riksdag has never been dissolved by decree. The last time the second chamber of the old Riksdag was dissolved in this manner was in 1958.
The regional and local assemblies cannot be dissolved before the end of their term.
system within Sweden's 29 electoral constituencies. These constituencies are usually coterminous with one of the Swedish counties
, though the Counties of Stockholm
, Skåne
(containing Malmö
), and Västra Götaland
(containing Gothenburg
) are divided into smaller electoral constituencies due to their larger populations.
The remaining 39 seats in the Riksdag are "adjustment seat
s," distributed amongst the parties in numbers that will ensure that the number of seats in Parliament matches the distribution of the votes in the previous election as closely as possible.
In order to restrict the number of parties which win seats in the Riksdag, a threshold has been put in place. In order to win seats in the Riksdag, a party must win at least four percent of the vote nationally, or twelve percent of the vote in any electoral constituency.
" earn 49,3% of votes and for the first time ever a second term was gained by a non Social Democrat led government.
The red-green coalition consisting of Social Democrats, the Green party
and the left party got 43,7%, while the unaffiliated Sweden Democrats
broke the 4% threshold and entered parliament for the first time.
The results were notable for being the Moderate Party's best since 1928 and the Social Democrats' worst since the institution of universal suffrage
in 1921, thus spelling a decisive break with the hold on power of the Social Democrats who had dominated Swedish politics for 80 years.
occur simultaneously with the parliamentary elections on the third Sunday of September, and they use roughly the same electoral system. County elections use individual municipalities—or alternatively groups of municipalities—as electoral constituencies. The number of seats on the county council allocated to each constituency, and the borders of these constituencies, is entirely at the discretion of each county council itself. As mandated by Swedish law, nine out of ten seats on each county council are permanent seats from a particular constituency. The remaining seats are at-large
adjustment seats, used to ensure county-wide proportionality with the vote, just as with parliamentary elections.
Unlike in Riksdag elections where the minimum threshold for entry is four percent, county elections use a lower threshold of three percent. Furthermore, the voter eligibility requirements for local elections are different, as discussed above.
also occur on the third Sunday of September, and also use the same system for distributing seats, with a few differences:
. The exact day of the election varies by country according to local tradition, thus in Sweden all European parliament elections occur on a Sunday. The next European parliamentary elections in Sweden
will be held in June 2014.
For European parliamentary elections, all of Sweden consists of one electoral district. The European Parliament has 732 permanent seats, 19 of which were allocated to Sweden for the 2004 election
. Sweden will be allocated 18 seats in 2009.
held in Sweden.
Parliament of Sweden
The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
, the national legislative body of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Elections to the 20 county councils
County Councils of Sweden
A county council, or landsting, is an elected assembly of a county in Sweden. A county council is a political entity, elected by the county electorate and typically its main responsibilities lie within the public health care system. In each county there is also a county administrative board which...
(landsting) and 290 municipal assemblies
Municipal assembly (Sweden)
A municipal assembly is the decision-making body governing each of the 290 municipalities of Sweden. Though the Swedish Local Government Act uses the term "municipal assembly" in the English translation of the Act, "municipal council" and even "city council" are used as well, even in official...
(kommunfullmäktige) are held concurrently with the legislative elections on the third Sunday of September, and use roughly the same electoral system.
Sweden also holds elections to the European Parliament, which unlike Swedish domestic elections are held in June every five years, though they are also held on a Sunday and use an almost identical electoral system. The last Swedish general election
Swedish general election, 2010
A general election to the Riksdag, parliament of Sweden, was held on . The main contenders of the election were the governing centre-right coalition the Alliance and the oppositional centre-left Red-Greens coalition A general election to the Riksdag, parliament of Sweden, was held on . The main...
was held on 19 September 2010. The last Swedish election to the European Parliament
European Parliament election, 2009 (Sweden)
The European Parliament election of 2009 in Sweden was held on 7 June 2009 and determined the makeup of the Swedish delegation to the European Parliament. The election was held using a modified form of the Sainte-Laguë method of party-list proportional representation using the entire country as a...
was held on 7 June 2009.
Voter eligibility
To vote in a Swedish parliamentary election, one must be:- a Swedish citizen,
- at least 18 years of age on election day,
- and have at some point been a registered resident of Sweden (thus excluding foreign-born Swedes who have never lived in Sweden)
To vote in Swedish local elections (for the county councils and municipal assemblies), one must:
- be a registered resident of the county or municipality in question and be at least 18 years of age on election day
- fall into one of the following groups:
- Swedish citizens
- Citizens of IcelandIcelandIceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
, NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, or any country in the European UnionEuropean UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958... - Citizens of any other country who have permanent residency in Sweden and have lived in Sweden for three consecutive years
To vote in elections to the European Parliament, one must be 18 years old, and fall into one of the following groups:
- Swedish citizens who are or have been residents of Sweden
- Citizens of any other country in the European UnionEuropean UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
who are currently residents of Sweden (and are then ineligible to vote in European Parliament elections in any other EU member state if they chose to vote in European Parliament elections in Sweden)
In general, any person who is eligible to vote is also eligible to stand for election.
Voting
Unlike in many countries where voters chose from a list of candidates or parties. Each party in Sweden has separate ballot papers. The ballot papers must be identical in size and material, and have different colors depending on the type of election: yellow for Riksdag elections, blue for county council elections and white for municipal elections and elections to the European Parliament.Sweden utilizes apparentment
Apparentment
Apparentment is the name given to the system, sometimes provided for in elections conducted according to the party-list proportional representation system, which allows parties to specify electoral alliances. The system has been used in Switzerland since 1919....
between lists of the same party and constituency to form a cartel, a group of lists that are legally allied for purposes of seat allocation. A single preference vote may be indicated as well.
Swedish voters can choose between three different types of ballot papers. The party ballot paper has simply the name of a political party printed on the front and is blank on the back. This ballot is used when a voter wishes to vote for a particular party, but does not wish to give preference to a particular candidate. The name ballot paper has a party name followed by a list of candidates (which can continue on the other side). A voter using this ballot can choose (but is not required) to cast a personal vote by entering a mark next to a particular candidate, in addition to voting for their political party. Alternatively, a voter can take a blank ballot paper and write a party name on it.
Cost of ballot papers
For national parliamentary elections, the government pays for the printing and distribution of ballot papers for any party which has received at least one percent of the vote nationally in either of the previous two elections. For local elections, any party that is currently represented in the legislative body in question is entitled to free printing of ballot papers.Seat allocation
Seats in the various legislative bodies are allocated amongst the Swedish political parties proportionally using a modified form of the Sainte-Laguë method. This modification creates a systematic preference in the mathematics behind seat distribution, favoring larger parties over smaller parties which might otherwise win only a single seat. At the core of it, the system remains intensely proportional, and thus a party which wins approximately 25% of the vote should win approximately 25% of the seats. An example of the close correlation between seats and votes can be seen below in the results of the 2002 Stockholm municipal electionStockholm municipal election, 2002
The 2002 Stockholm municipal election was held on Sunday, 15 September 2002. The election used a party-list proportional representation system to allocate the 101-seats of the Stockholm City Council to the various Swedish political parties. This election was held concurrently with the 2002...
.
| Party | Percent of seats | Percent of votes | |
| Social Democratic Party Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889... |
34.7% | 32.1% | |
| Moderate Party Moderate Party The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament... |
26.7% | 26.0% | |
| Liberal People's Party Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006... |
16.8% | 15.8% | |
| Left Party Left Party (Sweden) The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations... |
10.9% | 11.2% | |
| Green Party Green Party (Sweden) -External links:**... |
5.9% | 5.3% | |
| Christian Democratic Party Christian Democrats (Sweden) The Christian Democrats ) is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on the Christian Democrats' own accord in 1991. The leader since April 3, 2004 is Göran Hägglund. He succeeded Alf... |
5.0% | 4.4% | |
The candidates chosen from each party are determined by two factors: the candidate's ranking by their party and the number of preference votes from the voters. Though the parties still entirely control the names on their own party lists, the system gives the voters a degree of power in choosing candidates from the list. For instance, in national parliamentary elections, any candidates who receive a number of personal votes equal to eight percent or greater of the party's total amount of votes will automatically be bumped to the top of the list, regardless of their ranking on the list by the party. This threshold is only five percent for local elections and elections to the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
.
Candidate appointment
In Sweden the seats of the Riksdag are allocated to the parties, and the members of parliament are selected by the parties. Sweden utilizes apparentement between lists of the same party and constituency to form a cartel, a group of lists that are legally allied for purposes of seat allocation. Which candidates from which lists are to secure the seats allocated to the party is determined by two factors. Preference votes are first used to choose candidates which pass a certain threshold. Then the number of votes cast for the various lists within that party are used. Although sometimes dissatisfied party supporters put forward their own lists, the lists are usually put forward by the parties, and target different constituencies and categories of voters. Competition between lists is usually more of a feature of campaign strategies than for effective candidate preferences, and does not bear prominent in elections.Terms of office
The assembly members are elected for a fixed term, which presently is four years long. In 1970 to 1994, the term length was three years; before that, normally four years. The parliament may be dissolved earlier by a decree of the prime minister, in which case new elections are held; however, the new members of parliament will only hold office until the next ordinary election, the date of which is not changed. Thus the terms of office of the new M.P's will be the remaining parts of the terms of the M.P's in the dissolved parliament.The unicameral Riksdag has never been dissolved by decree. The last time the second chamber of the old Riksdag was dissolved in this manner was in 1958.
The regional and local assemblies cannot be dissolved before the end of their term.
Riksdag elections
The unicameral Parliament of Sweden has 349 members. 310 of these members are elected using a party-list proportional representationParty-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...
system within Sweden's 29 electoral constituencies. These constituencies are usually coterminous with one of the Swedish counties
Counties of Sweden
The Counties of Sweden are the first level administrative and political subdivisions of Sweden. Sweden is divided into 21 counties. The counties were established in 1634 on Count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, superseding the historical provinces of Sweden to introduce a modern administration...
, though the Counties of Stockholm
Stockholm County
Stockholm County is a county or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland...
, Skåne
Skåne County
Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö...
(containing Malmö
Malmö
Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
), and Västra Götaland
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...
(containing Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
) are divided into smaller electoral constituencies due to their larger populations.
The remaining 39 seats in the Riksdag are "adjustment seat
Leveling seat
Leveling seats are a mechanism employed in Norwegian elections to the national legislature, the Storting, and in Swedish elections to national and regional assemblies, to ensure proportional representation both by county and political party...
s," distributed amongst the parties in numbers that will ensure that the number of seats in Parliament matches the distribution of the votes in the previous election as closely as possible.
In order to restrict the number of parties which win seats in the Riksdag, a threshold has been put in place. In order to win seats in the Riksdag, a party must win at least four percent of the vote nationally, or twelve percent of the vote in any electoral constituency.
Latest result
The 2010 Swedish parliamentary election saw the incumbent center-right "Alliance for SwedenAlliance for Sweden
The Alliance , formerly Alliance for Sweden , is a political alliance in Sweden. It consists of the four centre-right parties in the Riksdag...
" earn 49,3% of votes and for the first time ever a second term was gained by a non Social Democrat led government.
The red-green coalition consisting of Social Democrats, the Green party
Green Party (Sweden)
-External links:**...
and the left party got 43,7%, while the unaffiliated Sweden Democrats
Sweden Democrats
The Sweden Democrats is a political party in Sweden, founded in 1988. SD describes itself as a nationalist movement although others use the term far-right. Since 2005, its party chairman is Jimmie Åkesson, while Björn Söder is the party secretary and parliamentary group leader. An Anemone...
broke the 4% threshold and entered parliament for the first time.
The results were notable for being the Moderate Party's best since 1928 and the Social Democrats' worst since the institution of universal suffrage
Universal suffrage
Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and non-citizens...
in 1921, thus spelling a decisive break with the hold on power of the Social Democrats who had dominated Swedish politics for 80 years.
Riksdag election results in percent 1911-2010
The first election to a unicameral Riksdag was held in 1970. The older figures refer to elections of the second chamber (Andra kammaren) under the older bicameral system.
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| Year | (v) | (s) | (mp) | (fp Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006... ) |
(c) | (m Moderate Party The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament... ) |
(kd) | Various | Others | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5.6 | 30.7 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 30.1 | 5.6 | 5.7 (SD) | 1.4 | 84.63% |
| 2006 | 5.9 | 35.0 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 26.2 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 81.99% | |
| 2002 | 8.4 | 39.9 | 4.6 | 13.4 | 6.2 | 15.3 | 9.1 | 3.1 | 80.11% | |
| 1998 | 12.0 | 36.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 22.9 | 11.8 | 2.6 | 81.4% | |
| 1994 | 6.2 | 45.3 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 22.4 | 4.1 | 1.2 (NyD) | 1.0 | 86.4% |
| 1991 | 4.5 | 37.6 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 21.9 | 7.1 | 6.7 (NyD) | 1.2 | 86.7% |
| 1988 | 5.8 | 43.2 | 5.5 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 18.3 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 85.96% | |
| 1985 | 5.4 | 44.7 | 1.6 | 14.2 | 10.1 | 21.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 89.93% | |
| 1982 | 5.6 | 45.6 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 15.5 | 23.6 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 91.44% | |
| 1979 | 5.6 | 43.2 | 10.6 | 18.1 | 20.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 90.72% | ||
| 1976 | 4.8 | 42.7 | 11.1 | 24.1 | 15.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 91.76% | ||
| 1973 | 5.3 | 43.6 | 9.4 | 25.1 | 14.3 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 90.84% | ||
| 1970 | 4.8 | 45.3 | 16.2 | 19.9 | 11.5 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 88.3% | ||
| 1968 | 3.0 | 50.1 | 14.3 | 15.7 | 12.9 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 89.3% | ||
| 1964 | 5.2 | 47.3 | 17.0 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 83.3% | ||
| 1960 | 4.5 | 47.8 | 17.5 | 13.6 | 16.5 | 0.1 | 85.9% | |||
| 1958 | 3.4 | 46.2 | 18.2 | 12.7 | 19.5 | 0.0 | 77.4% | |||
| 1956 | 5.0 | 44.6 | 23.8 | 9.4 | 17.1 | 0.1 | 79.8% | |||
| 1952 | 4.3 | 46.1 | 24.4 | 10.7 | 14.4 | 0.1 | 79.1% | |||
| 1948 | 6.3 | 46.1 | 22.8 | 12.4 | 12.3 | (sp) | 0.1 | 82.7% | ||
| 1944 | 10.3 | 46.7 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 15.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 71.9% | ||
| 1940 | 3.5 | 53.8 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 18.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 70.3% | ||
| 1936 | 3.3 | 45.9 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 17.6 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 74.5% | ||
| 1932 | 3.0 | 41.7 | 11.7 | 14.1 | 23.5 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 68.6% | ||
| 1928 | 6.4 | 37.0 | 15.9 | 11.2 | 29.4 | 0.1 | 67.4% | |||
| 1924 | 5.1 | 41.1 | 16.9 | 10.8 | 26.1 | (ssv) | 0.0 | |||
| 1921 | 4.6 | 36.2 | 19.1 | 11.1 | 25.8 | 3.2 | 0.0 | |||
| 1920 | 6.4 | 29.7 | 21.8 | 14.2 | 27.9 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1917 | 8.1 | 31.1 | 27.6 | 8.5 | 24.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1914 | 36.4 | 26.9 | 0.2 | 36.5 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1914 | 30.1 | 32.2 | 0.0 | 37.7 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1911 | 28.5 | 40.2 | 31.2 | 0.1 |
County Council elections
Elections to Sweden's county councilsCounty Councils of Sweden
A county council, or landsting, is an elected assembly of a county in Sweden. A county council is a political entity, elected by the county electorate and typically its main responsibilities lie within the public health care system. In each county there is also a county administrative board which...
occur simultaneously with the parliamentary elections on the third Sunday of September, and they use roughly the same electoral system. County elections use individual municipalities—or alternatively groups of municipalities—as electoral constituencies. The number of seats on the county council allocated to each constituency, and the borders of these constituencies, is entirely at the discretion of each county council itself. As mandated by Swedish law, nine out of ten seats on each county council are permanent seats from a particular constituency. The remaining seats are at-large
At-Large
At-large is a designation for representative members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body , rather than a subset of that membership...
adjustment seats, used to ensure county-wide proportionality with the vote, just as with parliamentary elections.
Unlike in Riksdag elections where the minimum threshold for entry is four percent, county elections use a lower threshold of three percent. Furthermore, the voter eligibility requirements for local elections are different, as discussed above.
Municipal elections
Elections to the municipal assembliesMunicipal assembly (Sweden)
A municipal assembly is the decision-making body governing each of the 290 municipalities of Sweden. Though the Swedish Local Government Act uses the term "municipal assembly" in the English translation of the Act, "municipal council" and even "city council" are used as well, even in official...
also occur on the third Sunday of September, and also use the same system for distributing seats, with a few differences:
- Voter eligibility requirements differ from those of parliamentary elections. (Discussed above)
- There is no minimum threshold for winning seats.
- All seats on municipal assemblies are permanent. There are no adjustment seats. This can cause the distribution of seats in the municipal assemblies to differ somewhat from the actual distribution of votes in the election.
Other municipalities
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- Danderyd municipal election, 2002Danderyd municipal election, 2002Results of the general election to the Municipal Council of Danderyd, Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002.DanderydPartyVotes%ChangeSeatsChangeModerate Coalition Party859045.1%-6.8%20-4Centre Party237012.4%-2.3%6-1Liberal People's Party382420.0%+8.6%9+4...
- Gnosjö municipal election, 2002Gnosjö municipal election, 2002Results of the general election to the Municipal Council of Gnosjö, Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002.GnosjöPartyVotes%ChangeSeatsChangeModerate Coalition Party96317.2%-1.8%7-1Centre Party71312.7%+2.3%5+1Liberal People's Party4087.3%+0.8%3-...
- Stockholm municipal election, 2002Stockholm municipal election, 2002The 2002 Stockholm municipal election was held on Sunday, 15 September 2002. The election used a party-list proportional representation system to allocate the 101-seats of the Stockholm City Council to the various Swedish political parties. This election was held concurrently with the 2002...
- Pajala municipal election, 2002Pajala municipal election, 2002Results of the general election to the Municipal Council of Pajala, Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002.PajalaPartyVotes%ChangeSeatsChangeModerate Coalition Party2575.8%-0.8%2-Centre Party3127.1%+1.2%2-Liberal People's Party731.6%-0.4%--...
- Danderyd municipal election, 2002
Elections to the European Parliament
Elections to the European Parliament occur every five years in June throughout the entire European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
. The exact day of the election varies by country according to local tradition, thus in Sweden all European parliament elections occur on a Sunday. The next European parliamentary elections in Sweden
European Parliament election, 2009 (Sweden)
The European Parliament election of 2009 in Sweden was held on 7 June 2009 and determined the makeup of the Swedish delegation to the European Parliament. The election was held using a modified form of the Sainte-Laguë method of party-list proportional representation using the entire country as a...
will be held in June 2014.
For European parliamentary elections, all of Sweden consists of one electoral district. The European Parliament has 732 permanent seats, 19 of which were allocated to Sweden for the 2004 election
European Parliament election, 2004 (Sweden)
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Sweden was the election of MEP representing Sweden constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on June 13...
. Sweden will be allocated 18 seats in 2009.
European parliamentary election results
Elections for the European ParliamentEuropean Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
held in Sweden.
- European Parliament Election 2009European Parliament election, 2009 (Sweden)The European Parliament election of 2009 in Sweden was held on 7 June 2009 and determined the makeup of the Swedish delegation to the European Parliament. The election was held using a modified form of the Sainte-Laguë method of party-list proportional representation using the entire country as a...
- European Parliament Election 2004European Parliament election, 2004 (Sweden)The European Parliament election of 2004 in Sweden was the election of MEP representing Sweden constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on June 13...
- European Parliament Election 1999European Parliament election, 1999 (Sweden)The European Parliament election of 1999 in Sweden was the election of MEP representing Sweden constituency for the 1999-2004 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 1999 European election. The vote took place on 13 June.- Results:...
- European Parliament Election 1995European Parliament election, 1995 (Sweden)The European Parliament election of 1995 in Sweden was the election of Members of the European Parliament representing the Sweden constituency for the 1995-1999 term of the European Parliament.Austria, Finland and Sweden acceded to the Union on 1 January 1995...
(off-year)
- Members of the European Parliament for Sweden 2009–2014Members of the European Parliament for Sweden 2009–2014This is a list of members of the European Parliament for Sweden in the 2009 to 2014 session, ordered by name. See European Parliament election, 2009 for election results....
- Members of the European Parliament for Sweden 2004-2009
- Members of the European Parliament for Sweden 1999-2004
- Members of the European Parliament for Sweden 1995-1999
See also
- Electoral calendar
- Electoral system
- Party-list proportional representationParty-list proportional representationParty-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...
- List of political parties in Sweden
- Swedish Election Authority
- Referendums in SwedenReferendums in SwedenSince the introduction of parliamentarism in Sweden, six referendums have been held. The constitution of 1974 provides for binding referendums. However, none of the referendums held have been binding but rather have been of an advisory and consultative nature and not formally binding on the...
External links
- Swedish Election Authority - Official site
- Valmyndigheten - Official site
- Statistics Sweden: Elections 1910-2005 - Official site
- United States Department of StateUnited States Department of StateThe United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...
- Sweden - Adam Carr's Election Archive
- Parties and Elections in Europe
- European Democracies - Electoral Reform SocietyElectoral Reform SocietyThe Electoral Reform Society is a political pressure group based in the United Kingdom which promotes electoral reform. It is believed to be the oldest organisation concerned with electoral systems in the world.-Aims:...
briefing (.pdf format) - NSD: European Election Database - Sweden publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1991–2006