Local elections were held in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
on 9 September 2018 to elect the 20
county councils
A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.
Australia
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and 290
municipal councils. Advance voting was allowed between 22 August and 9 September 2018. The elections took place alongside the
general elections
A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. General elections ...
.
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 and more.
Registered party abbreviations - Valmyndigheten
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Regional councils
Sweden held 20 elections for the Regional Councils.
Elected
Elections
* 2018 Blekinge regional election
* 2018 Dalarna regional election
* 2018 Gävleborg regional election
* 2018 Halland regional election
* 2018 Jämtland regional election
* 2018 Jönköping regional election
* 2018 Kalmar regional election
* 2018 Kronoberg regional election
* 2018 Norrbotten regional election
* 2018 Skåne regional election
* 2018 Stockholm regional election
* 2018 Södermanland regional election Södermanland County or Region Sörmland held a regional council election on 9 September 2018 across its nine municipalities. This was part of the 2018 Swedish regional elections and held on the same day as the municipal and 2018 Swedish general ele ...
* 2018 Uppsala regional election
* 2018 Värmland regional election
* 2018 Västerbotten regional election
* 2018 Västernorrland regional election
* 2018 Västmanland regional election
* 2018 Västra Götaland regional election
* 2018 Örebro regional election
* 2018 Östergötland regional election
Gotland County
Gotland County () is a county or of Sweden. Gotland is located in the Baltic Sea to the east of Öland, and is the largest of Sweden's islands. Counties are usually sub-divided into municipalities, but Gotland County consists of only one count ...
is made up of one municipal council responsible for both local and regional matters and does not count towards the regional elections.
Municipal councils
The total number of seats nationwide totalled to 12,700, down from 12,780 in the 2014 elections. Turnout was 84.1%.
Further reading
* Linda Berg & Henrik Oscarsson (2020) The Swedish regional elections 2018, Regional & Federal Studies
References
Regional elections - Votes
Swedish Election Authority
Swedish Election Authority
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County and regional elections in Sweden
Local and municipal elections in Sweden
2018 elections in Sweden