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45-619: Although legally a municipality with the official proper name Stockholms kommun , the municipal assembly ( kommunfullmäktige ) has decided to use the name Stockholms stad ( City of Stockholm in English ) whenever possible. This is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality. Geographically, the city comprises the Stockholm City Centre and two suburban areas, Söderort (South Stockholm) and Västerort (West Stockholm). Administratively, it

90-491: A modified form of the Sainte-Laguë method . This modification creates a systematic preference in the mathematics behind seat distribution, favoring larger and medium-sized parties over smaller parties. It reduces the slight bias towards larger parties in the d'Hondt formula. 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

135-592: A party-list proportional representation system. These municipal elections are held on the second Sunday of September, the same day as Swedish parliamentary elections . The term kommunfullmäktige is also used by Swedish-speakers in Finland , where it corresponds to the kunnanvaltuusto with the same meaning. Elections in Sweden Elections in Sweden are held once every four years. At

180-744: A German citizen, Christian Dworeck, reported the lack of secrecy to the European Commission and from 2019 ballot papers are selected behind a screen. This measure has now been implemented in Swedish parliamentary and local elections as was seen in the Swedish General Election of 2022 (a picture can be seen in the linked reference). For the general elections, the State pays for the printing and distribution of ballot papers for any party which has received at least one percent of

225-445: A certain threshold, then the number of votes cast for the various lists within that party are used. In national general elections, any candidates who receive a number of personal votes equal to five percent or greater of the party's total number 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 similarly five percent for local elections and elections to

270-534: A country other than Sweden. Divided by country in the table below - the Nordic countries as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden . These are the election results from the 1973 onwards in the City of Stockholm. The municipality forms one of three municipal constituencies for

315-458: A decree of the prime minister, in which case new elections are held; however, new members will hold office only until the next ordinary election, the date of which remains the same. Thus the terms of office of the new members will be the remaining parts of the terms of the MPs in the dissolved parliament. The unicameral Riksdag has never been dissolved by decree. The last time the second chamber of

360-499: 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. Finally, if a party has not registered its candidates with the election authority, it is possible for a voter to manually write the name of an arbitrary candidate. In reality, this option is almost exclusively available when voting for unestablished parties. However, it has occasionally caused individuals to be elected into

405-411: 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

450-605: Is Karin Wanngård , representing the Social democrats . Stockholm Party is a local party, which was represented in the City Council 1979–2002. On September 9, 2018 Stockholm held Municipality Elections The municipality is subdivided into 13 districts. These districts are sometimes incorrectly referred to as " boroughs " in English . They are, however, no legal entities or juristic persons of their own, but committees of

495-428: Is based on its number of voters (vis-à-vis the number of voters nationwide), and parties are apportioned seats in each constituency based on their votes in that constituency. In County Council elections, individual municipalities—or alternatively groups of municipalities—are used as electoral constituencies. The number of seats on the county council allocated to each constituency, and the borders of these constituencies,

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540-431: 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 general elections. For European parliamentary elections, all of Sweden consists of one electoral district. In Sweden

585-605: Is subdivided into 14 districts (sometimes incorrectly called "boroughs" in English), which are administered by district councils ( stadsdelsnämnder ). When the first local government acts came into force in Sweden in 1863, the City of Stockholm was one of the then 89 cities of Sweden . A first city council was elected. The area roughly corresponded with today's Innerstaden . Large areas were annexed in 1913, 1916 and 1949. The city

630-655: Is the decision-making body governing each of the 290 municipalities of Sweden . Though the Swedish Local Government Act ( Swedish : Kommunallagen ) uses the term "municipal assembly" in an English translation of the Act, "municipal council" and even "city council" are used as well, even in official contexts in English by several of Sweden's largest municipalities, including Stockholm , Malmö , and Gothenburg . This system of administrative division

675-577: The 2018 general elections the red-green coalition consisting of Social Democrats , Greens and the Left got 40.7% of the votes compared to 40.3% for the Alliance parties, resulting in a single-seat difference between the blocks. After a prolonged government formation process, Stefan Löfven was able to form a minority government with the Greens, conditional on external support from Centre Party and

720-500: The 2019 election . After Brexit , an additional seat was allocated for Sweden. 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. County elections use a lower threshold of three percent. For municipal elections, since

765-498: The European Parliament . 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 prominently in elections. Because seats are allocated primarily to

810-594: The Riksdag along with Gothenburg and Malmö . In the Statistics Sweden reports from 1988 to 1998 the exact decimals of the Sweden Democrats were not reported since only parties near the 4% nationwide threshold were reported on. Blocs This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including

855-649: The third Sunday in September). Sweden also holds elections to the European Parliament , which unlike Swedish domestic elections are held in June every five years, although they are also held on a Sunday and use an almost identical electoral system. The last Swedish general election was held on 11 September 2022. The last Swedish election to the European Parliament was held on 9 June 2024. Elections to Sweden's county councils occur simultaneously with

900-580: The 31 of December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 311,401, or 32.79% of the population (949,761 on the 31 of December 2017). On the 31 of December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 189 938, or 25.05% of the population (758,148 on the 31 of December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 949,761 residents in Stockholm, of which 234,703 people (24.71%) were born in

945-399: The European Parliament. Sweden uses open lists and 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

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990-558: The Prime Minister and their potential members of cabinet appear on ballot papers, but surrender their seats to replacement candidates as they are appointed as ministers (holding both posts is not permitted). This allows senior party politicians to assume roles as opposition members of parliament if they lose an election. Seats in the various legislative bodies are allocated amongst the Swedish political parties proportionally using

1035-567: The Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from

1080-470: The city council to represent parties they do not even support as a result of a single voter's vote. The municipalities and the national election authority have the responsibility to organise the elections. On the election day, voting takes place in a municipal building such as a school. It is possible to do early voting , also in a municipal building which is available in day time, such as a library. Early voting can be performed anywhere in Sweden, not just in

1125-407: The county councils and municipal assemblies), one must: In order 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 does not disenfranchise prisoners or those with criminal convictions. Expat Swedish citizens may however be removed from

1170-432: The elections of 2018 there has been a minimum threshold of two percent in municipalities with only one constituency, and three percent in those with more than one. Comparison of vote share vs. share of allocated seats after 2018 municipal elections : The assembly members are elected for a fixed term of four years. In 1970 to 1994, terms were three years; before that, normally four. The Riksdag may be dissolved earlier by

1215-444: The electorate), from 1,124,917 members in 1960 (22.62% of the electorate). Political parties can be registered with the support of 1500 electors for Riksdag elections, 1500 electors for EU elections, 100 electors for county council elections, and/or 50 electors for municipal elections. The unicameral Parliament of Sweden has 349 members: 310 are elected using party-list proportional representation, and 39 using "adjustment seats". At

1260-527: The general elections on the second Sunday of September. Elections to the municipal councils also occur on the second Sunday of September. Elections to the European Parliament occur every five years in May or June throughout the entire European Union ; the exact day of the election varies by country according to the local tradition, thus in Sweden they happen on a Sunday. To vote in a Swedish general election , one must be: To vote in Swedish local elections (for

1305-490: The highest level, all 349 members of Riksdag , the national parliament of Sweden, are elected in general elections . Elections to the 20 county councils ( Swedish : landsting ) and 290 municipal assemblies ( kommunfullmäktige ) – all using almost the same electoral system – are held concurrently with the legislative elections on the second Sunday in September (with effect from 2014; until 2010 they had been held on

1350-509: The home municipality. Long-standing Swedish election policy of always displaying the ballot papers for voters to select in public has been criticised as undemocratic and is arguably in contravention of Protocol 1, Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights ( ECHR ) which stipulates that elections must be free and by secret ballot . There has been a common practice of masking by selecting multiple ballot papers. In 2014

1395-481: The municipal population, all but 200 people are considered living in the Stockholm urban area , a tätort further extending into ten other municipalities. Source: SCB - Population by region, marital status, age and sex . The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden 's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 42.4% (national average: 27.0%). On

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1440-420: The municipality itself. These districts are administered by District Councils, stadsdelsnämnder , which carry responsibility for primary school, social, leisure and cultural services within their respective areas. The members of these councils are not directly elected by the inhabitants of the respective districts, but rather appointed by the kommunfullmäktige (municipal assembly). Effective January 1, 2007

1485-529: The municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag. The municipality is governed by a Municipal assembly ( kommunfullmäktige ) with 101 members. These are elected through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the Parliamentary elections every four years. The council meets twice a month and the meetings are open to the public. The council elects a Municipal executive committee ( kommunstyrelse ), with 13 members representing both

1530-416: The number of district councils was reduced from 18 to 14 through a number of merges. Maria-Gamla stan and Katarina-Sofia now form Södermalm borough , Enskede-Årsta and Vantör now form Enskede-Årsta-Vantör , Hägersten and Liljeholmen now form Hägersten-Liljeholmen , and Kista and Rinkeby now form Rinkeby-Kista . The policy of Stockholm is to have informal town twinning with all capitals of

1575-478: 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. While parties have been very careful to maintain their original mass party image, party organizations have become increasing professionalized and dependent on the state, and less connected with their grass-roots members and civil society . Party membership has declined to 210,067 members in 2010 across all parties (3.67% of

1620-619: The parties and not candidates, the seat of an MP who resigns during their term in office can be taken by a replacement runner-up candidate from their own party (unlike systems such as the United Kingdom , a by-election is not triggered). In contrast to assigning the seat, resigning is a voluntary action of the MP, meaning that there exists the possibility of MPs resigning from their parties but not their seats and sitting as independents. The system of replacement runner-up candidates also means that

1665-467: The party distribution in the Riksdag matches the distribution of the votes nationally as closely as possible. County elections use the same system. 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. The European Parliament has 751 permanent seats, 20 of which were allocated to Sweden for

1710-497: The political majority and the opposition, with the responsibility of implementing policies approved by the assembly. The political organisation also includes eight governing full-time Commissioners ( borgarråd ) and four Commissioners representing the opposition. The work is headed by the Commissioner of Finance ( finansborgarråd , sometimes called Mayor), who also chairs the executive committee. The current Commissioner of Finance

1755-443: The polling register if they do not renew their registration every 10 years. 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

1800-485: The seats of the Riksdag are allocated to the parties, and the prospective members are selected by their party. Sweden uses open lists and utilizes apparentement between lists of the same constituency and party 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

1845-441: The seats. An example of the close correlation between seats and votes can be seen below in the results of the 2002 Stockholm municipal election . In Riksdag elections, 310 of the members are elected using a party-list proportional representation system within each of Sweden's 29 electoral constituencies. The remaining 39 seats in the Riksdag are " adjustment seats ", distributed amongst the parties in numbers that will ensure that

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1890-610: 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. In Riksdag elections, 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 number of available seats in each constituency

1935-441: The world, its main focus being those in northern Europe. Stockholm does not sign any formal town twinning treaties, although other cities claim to have established such treaties in the past which are still valid. The cities claiming to have been twinned with Stockholm are: [REDACTED] Media related to Stockholm at Wikimedia Commons Municipal council (Sweden) A municipal council ( Swedish : Kommunfullmäktige )

1980-468: Was established with the municipal reform of 1971. Prior to this reform, municipal governance in Sweden was conducted by either a kommunalfullmäktige (municipal council in rural areas) or a stadsfullmäktige (city council in urban areas). The number of members in each assembly can range from 21 to 101, depending on the population of the municipality in question. Members of the assemblies are chosen to serve for four-year terms through elections using

2025-436: Was outside Stockholm County until 1968, having its own governor. The local government reform of 1971 made Stockholm a unitary municipality like all others in the country. Geographically, the City of Stockholm comprises the central part of the capital (Innerstaden or Stockholm City Centre ) as well as the southern and western suburban parts ( Söderort or South Stockholm and Västerort or West Stockholm respectively). Of

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