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Blekinge County Blekinge County ( sv, Blekinge län) is a county or ''län'' in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne, Kronoberg, Kalmar and the Baltic Sea. The capital is Karlskrona. It is the smallest of the present administrative countie ...

held a

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on 9 September 2018 at the same time as the

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and municipal elections.

Results

There were 57 seats, ten more than in 2014. The

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remained the largest party but suffered nearly seven points of a deficit from the 2014 results, going from 39.3% to 32.5%. In spite of this the increased numbers of seats meant the party remained at 19 seats. This was still a sizeably lower share. The

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recorded 20.6% and became the second largest party, while the

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made gains in spite of a nationwide drop.

Municipal results

Percentage

By votes

References

{{Blekinge County elections Elections in Blekinge County

Blekinge Blekinge (, old da, Bleking) is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second- ...