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Elections in Sweden gives information on elections and election results in Sweden. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Politics of Sweden takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Constitutional monarchy. The Swedish Constitution consists of four fundamental laws ( Swedish: grundlagar, singular grundlag) The monarch is the Head of state of the Kingdom of Sweden. Sweden being a Constitutional monarchy with a Representative democracy based on a The Riksdag (officially Sveriges riksdag literally The National Diet of Sweden is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden (Riksdag is the speaker (talman of the national parliament in Sweden. Per Erik Gunnar Westerberg (born 2 August, 1951) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and as of 2006 the current Speaker of the Riksdag This is a list of Members of the Riksdag, the national Parliament of Sweden. The government of Sweden is a Constitutional monarchy based on Parliamentary democracy. The Prime Minister (statsminister literally "Minister of the State" is the Head of government in Sweden. John Fredrik Reinfeldt ( pronounced) (born 4 August 1965 in Österhaninge) is the current Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the liberal The cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt is the current Cabinet of Sweden. The government of Sweden is a Constitutional monarchy based on Parliamentary democracy. The Government agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Swedish Government. The Counties of Sweden, or Län, are the first level administrative and political Subdivisions of Sweden. A County Administrative Board ( Länsstyrelse) is a Government appointed board of a County in Sweden. A County Council, or Landsting, is an elected assembly of a County in Sweden. The Municipalities of Sweden ( kommun) are the Local government entities of Sweden. The Sami Parliaments ( Sámediggi in Northern Sami, Sämitigge in Inari Sami, Sää´mte´ǧǧ in Skolt Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. A general election was held in Sweden on September 17, 2006, to elect members to the Swedish parliament. The next general election to the Swedish Riksdag will be held on Sunday September 19 2010. Political parties in Sweden lists political parties in Sweden. The foreign policy of Sweden is based on the premise that national Security is best served by staying free of alliances in peacetime in order to remain a Neutral The European Union is a unique entity possessing elements of Intergovernmentalism, Supranationalism and a Multi-party Parliamentary democracy Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent An election is a Decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office Politics of Sweden takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Constitutional monarchy.

Sweden elects on national level a unicameral legislature. Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or Parliamentary chamber A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation The Riksdag (Diet) has 349 members, elected every four years (every three years between 1970 and 1994) by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies. The Riksdag is the official Swedish term of the Parliament of Sweden and the Parliament of Finland (in Finland alongside Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation or PR is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures goals or loyalty County Council and Municipal Council elections take place at the same time. A County Council, or Landsting, is an elected assembly of a County in Sweden. The Municipalities of Sweden ( kommun) are the Local government entities of Sweden. There is a barrier rule intended to prevent very small parties from gaining representation in Parliament. A party must thus receive at least 4 % of the votes in the entire country or 12 % in a single electoral district to qualify for any seats. Every five years there is also an election to the European Parliament. The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU Sweden has a multi-party system, with numerous parties which seldom receive a simple majority of votes in parliament, and parties must therefore work with each other to form coalition governments. A multi-party system is a system in which three or more political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a Cabinet of a parliamentary Government in which several parties cooperate

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Riksdag elections

The unicameral parliament has 349 members, out of which 310 are elected on a proportional system in each of the 29 national electoral districts. The remaining 39 seats are awarded on a national basis to further secure a proportional representation.

In the election the voter chooses between the different running parties. Eligible to vote and stand for elections are Swedish Citizens who turn 18 years old no later than on the day of the election.

There are three types of ballots. The first type has the name of a party and a list of their candidates. The second type has the name of a party only. The third type is blank. In other countries, the ballot contains the name of all parties in the election. In Sweden, each party has a separate ballot. If the voter wants to vote for a particular candidate, the first type is selected and a mark made next to the candidate. If the voter wants to vote for a particular party, the second type is selected. The third type is for write-ins. A write-in candidate is a candidate in an Election whose name does not appear on the Ballot, but for whom voters may Vote nonetheless by writing in the After the ballot is selected and filled in if necessary, it is sealed in an envelope and handed to electoral officers [1].

The government pays for the ballots if a party receives in this election, or has received in one of the last two Riksdag elections more than one percent of the votes in the whole of Sweden.

A party must also pass a set limit of 4 % nationally, or 12 % in one of the 29 electoral districts, in order to be awarded seats in parliament. Elections are held on the third Sunday of September every four years. The next elections are the September 19th 2010 elections. The next general election to the Swedish Riksdag will be held on Sunday September 19 2010.

Latest result

In 2006, the Social democrats did their worst election since 1920, while the Moderates did their best in modern times. As a result the center-right alliance won the election for the first time since 1991.

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Summary of the 17 September 2006 Parliament of Sweden election results
Parties and coalitions Votes Permanent seats Adjustment seats Total seats
# % ± % # ± # ± # ±
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
Arbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna
1,942,625 34. A general election was held in Sweden on September 17, 2006, to elect members to the Swedish parliament. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Riksdag (officially Sveriges riksdag literally The National Diet of Sweden is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. A general election was held in Sweden on September 17, 2006, to elect members to the Swedish parliament. The Swedish Social Democratic Party, (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti 'Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden' contests elections as 'Workers' Party - Social Democrats' 99 −4. 86 129 1 130 −14
  Moderate Party
Moderata samlingspartiet
1,456,014 26. This article refers to the Swedish political party for the group that dominated the Church of Scotland in the 18th century see Moderate Party (Scotland 23 +10. 97 93 4 97 +42
  Centre Party
Centerpartiet
437,389 7. The Centre Party ( Centerpartiet, abbreviated c) is a centrist Political party in Sweden. 88 +1. 69 27 2 29 +7
  Liberal People's Party
Folkpartiet liberalerna
418,395 7. The Liberal People's Party (Folkpartiet liberalerna abbreviated fp, meaning literally People's Party the Liberals) is a political party in Sweden 54 −5. 85 22 6 28 −20
  Christian Democrats
Kristdemokraterna
365,998 6. The Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna abbreviated kd) is a political party in Sweden. 59 −2. 56 17 7 24 −9
  Left Party
Vänsterpartiet
324,722 5. The Left Party ( Vänsterpartiet) is a Socialist and Feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left 85 −2. 54 13 9 22 −8
  Green Party
Miljöpartiet de Gröna
291,121 5. The Green Party (Miljöpartiet de Gröna literally "The Environment Party the Green ones" and usually simply referred to in Sweden as Miljöpartiet: the "The 24 +0. 59 9 10 19 +2
  Sweden Democrats
Sverigedemokraterna
162,463 2. Sweden Democrats ( Sverigedemokraterna, SD) founded in 1988 by Leif Zeilon, is a Swedish Far right political party 93 +1. 49 0 0 0 ±0
  Feminist Initiative
Feministiskt initiativ
37,954 0. Feminist Initiative ( Swedish: Feministiskt initiativ, abbreviated Fi or F!) is a feminist Political party in 68 0 0 0
  Pirate Party
Piratpartiet
34,918 0. The Pirate Party (Piratpartiet is originally a Political party in Sweden, which has given rise to parties under the same name with similar goals in Europe and 63 0 0 0
  Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party
Sveriges pensionärers intresseparti
28,806 0. The Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party (Sveriges pensionärers intresseparti SPI) is a Political party in Sweden. 52 −0. 19 0 0 0 ±0
  June List
Junilistan
26,072 0. This is about the Swedish political party For information on the Danish political party see June Movement. 47 0 0 0
  Health Care Party
Sjukvårdspartiet
11,519 0. The Health Care Party (Sjukvårdspartiet abbreviated SVP is a Political party in Sweden that concentrates on Healthcare issues 21 0 0 0
  National Democrats
Nationaldemokraterna
3,064 0. The National Democrats ( Nationaldemokraterna, ND) is a minor Political party in Sweden, formed by a faction of the Sweden Democrats 06 −0. 11 0 0 0 ±0
  Unity
Enhet
2,648 0. Unity (in Swedish: Enhet) is a small Political party in Sweden. 05 +0. 04 0 0 0 ±0
  National Socialist Front
Nationalsocialistisk Front
1,417 0. The National Socialist Front (Nationalsocialistisk front NSF) is the largest Neo-Nazi Political party in Sweden. 03 0 0 0
  New Future
Ny Framtid
1,171 0. Ny Framtid, abbreviated NYF ( New Future) is a eurosceptic Political party in Sweden. 02 −0. 16 0 0 0 ±0
  Socialist Justice Party
Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna
1,097 0. The Socialist Justice Party ( Swedish: Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna, RS) is a Trotskyist Political party in Sweden 02 −0. 01 0 0 0 ±0
  People's Will
Folkets vilja
881 0. 02 0 0 0
  Parties with less than 500 votes 4,766 0. 08
 
  Alliance for Sweden
(Moderate Party, Centre Party,
Liberal People's Party, Christian Democrats)
2,677,796 48. Alliance for Sweden (Allians för Sverige is a political alliance in Sweden. This article refers to the Swedish political party for the group that dominated the Church of Scotland in the 18th century see Moderate Party (Scotland The Centre Party ( Centerpartiet, abbreviated c) is a centrist Political party in Sweden. The Liberal People's Party (Folkpartiet liberalerna abbreviated fp, meaning literally People's Party the Liberals) is a political party in Sweden The Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna abbreviated kd) is a political party in Sweden. 24 +4. 25 178 +20
  Red–green bloc
(Social Democrats, Left Party, Green Party)
2,558,468 46. The Swedish Social Democratic Party, (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti 'Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden' contests elections as 'Workers' Party - Social Democrats' The Left Party ( Vänsterpartiet) is a Socialist and Feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left The Green Party (Miljöpartiet de Gröna literally "The Environment Party the Green ones" and usually simply referred to in Sweden as Miljöpartiet: the "The 08 −6. 81 171 −20
 
  Blank votes 96,922 1. 72    
  Other invalid votes 2216 0. 04    
Turnout 5,650,416 81. 99 +1. 88  

Election results

Riksdag election results in percent 1911-2006

Year (v) (s) (mp) (fp) (c) (m) (kd) Various Others Participation
2006 5. The Left Party ( Vänsterpartiet) is a Socialist and Feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left The Swedish Social Democratic Party, (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti 'Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden' contests elections as 'Workers' Party - Social Democrats' The Green Party (Miljöpartiet de Gröna literally "The Environment Party the Green ones" and usually simply referred to in Sweden as Miljöpartiet: the "The The Liberal People's Party (Folkpartiet liberalerna abbreviated fp, meaning literally People's Party the Liberals) is a political party in Sweden The Centre Party ( Centerpartiet, abbreviated c) is a centrist Political party in Sweden. This article refers to the Swedish political party for the group that dominated the Church of Scotland in the 18th century see Moderate Party (Scotland The Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna abbreviated kd) is a political party in Sweden. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 9 35. 0 5. 2 7. 5 7. 9 26. 2 6. 6 5. 7 81,99%
2002 8. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 4 39. 9 4. 6 13. 4 6. 2 15. 3 9. 1 3. 1 80,11%
1998 12. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) 0 36. 4 4. 5 4. 7 5. 1 22. 9 11. 8 2. 6 81,4%
1994 6. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) 2 45. 3 5. 0 7. 2 7. 7 22. 4 4. 1 1. 2 1. 0 86. 4%
1991 4. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. 5 37. 6 3. 4 9. 1 8. 5 21. 9 7. 1 6. 7 1. 2 86,7%
1988 5. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) 8 43. 2 5. 5 12. 2 11. 3 18. 3 2. 9 0. 7 85,96%
1985 5. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) 4 44. 7 1. 5 14. 2 10. 1 21. 3 2. 3 0. 5 89,93%
1982 5. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) 6 45. 6 1. 7 5. 9 15. 5 23. 6 1. 9 0. 2 91,44%
1979 5. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) 6 43. 2 10. 6 18. 1 20. 3 1. 4 0. 8 90,72%
1976 4. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 8 42. 7 11. 1 24. 1 15. 6 1. 4 0. 4 91,76%
1973 5. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. 3 43. 6 9. 4 25. 1 14. 3 1. 8 0. 6 90,84%
1970 4. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 8 45. 3 16. 2 19. 9 11. 5 1. 8 0. 4 88,3%
1968 3. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 0 50. 1 14. 3 15. 7 12. 9 1. 5 2. 6 89,3%
1964 5. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. 2 47. 3 17. 0 13. 2 13. 7 1. 8 1. 8 83,3%
1960 4. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 5 47. 8 17. 5 13. 6 16. 5 0. 1 85,9%
1958 3. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 4 46. 2 18. 2 12. 7 19. 5 0. 0 77,4%
1956 5. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 0 44. 6 23. 8 9. 4 17. 1 0. 1 79,8%
1952 4. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 3 46. 1 24. 4 10. 7 14. 4 0. 1 79,1%
1948 6. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 3 46. 1 22. 8 12. 4 12. 3 (sp) 0. 1 82,7%
1944 10. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 3 46. 7 12. 9 13. 6 15. 9 0. 2 0. 4 71,9%
1940 3. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 5 53. 8 12. 0 12. 0 18. 0 0. 7 0. 0 70,3%
1936 3. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 3 45. 9 12. 9 14. 3 17. 6 4. 4 1. 6 74,5%
1932 3. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 0 41. 7 11. 7 14. 1 23. 5 5. 3 0. 7 68,6%
1928 6. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 4 37. 0 15. 9 11. 2 29. 4 0. 1 67,4%
1924 5. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1 41. 1 16. 9 10. 8 26. 1 (ssv) 0. 0
1921 4. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar 6 36. 2 19. 1 11. 1 25. 8 3. 2 0. 0
1920 6. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar 4 29. 7 21. 8 14. 2 27. 9 0. 0
1917 8. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1 31. 1 27. 6 8. 5 24. 7 0. 0
1914 36. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 4 26. 9 0. 2 36. 5 0. 0
1914 30. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1 32. 2 0. 0 37. 7 0. 0
1911 28. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 5 40. 2 31. 2 0. 1
Table Key
  • (v) - Left Party, formerly Communist Party
  • (s) - Social Democrat Party
  • (mp) - Green Party
  • (fp) - Liberal Party
  • (c) - Centre Party, formerly Peasants League
  • (m) - Moderate Party, formerly Right-wing Party
  • (kd) - Christian Democrat Party
  • (nyd) - New Democracy
  • (sp) - Socialist Party
  • (ssv) - Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden

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Trivia

It so happens that the words election and whale are homonyms in Swedish (the Swedish word being val), and because of that, every day of election, Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum (Gothenburg's nature-historic Museum) opens up their great whale (Malmska valen), into whom visitors may walk. Elections to the European Parliament were held from 10 June 2004 to 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according The 1999 European Parliamentary Election was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union 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 Elections to the County Councils of Sweden. Elections at the Municipalities of Sweden. Footnotes Results of the general election to the Municipal Council of Danderyd, Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. Results of the general election to the Municipal Council of Gnosjö, Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. Results of the general election to the Municipal Council of Stockholm, Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. Results of the general election to the Municipal Council of Pajala, Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. Elections were held to the Church Assembly ( Kyrkomötet) ie the "parliament" of the Church of Sweden on September 18 2005. In linguistics a homonym is one of a group of words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings and are usually spelled differently Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Gothenburg ( Swedish:) /jœte'bɔrj/ is a city, a municipality, and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden.

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