Volt Sweden (Swedish: Volt Sverige; abbreviation: Volt) is a political party in

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and part of the pan-European party

Volt Europa Volt Europa (known mononymously as Volt) is a transnational pro-European and Federalisation of the European Union, federalist European political alliances, European political movement. It operates as a Pan-European identity, pan-European umbrell ...

History

Volt Sverige was founded on 2 July 2018 and stood in the 2019 European elections. Karte Volt Europa

In early November 2021, the

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(The Liberals) association in Ljusnarsberg announced that they would initially convert to an association and run for Volt in the local elections because they disagreed with their party's rapprochement with the right-wing populist

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. The local elected representative joined Volt, giving the party its first and only mandate there to date.

Elections

2019

Volt Sverige did contest the 2019 European Parliament elections, but without its own ballot papers and relying on voters to write the party's name on blank ballot papers. Top candidates were Michael Holz and Namie Folkesson. Volt received 146 such votes.

2022

The party participated in the 2022 Swedish Parliamentary election and received 89 votes. The party also contested regional elections in

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and

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and municipal elections in

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Linköping Linköping ( , ) is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...

and Ljusnarsberg. Volt received 1.2% in Ljusnarsberg, falling short of re-entry into the municipal council.

2024

On 29 October 2023, the party announced its list for the

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. The candidates are Michael Holz, Carri Ginter Wikström, Alexander Löf and Ted Lindström.

External links

Volt Sweden Website
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References

{{Swedish political parties

Pro-European political parties in Sweden Social liberal parties 2018 establishments in Sweden Political parties established in 2018 Organizations based in Malmö