Kalmar County ( sv, Kalmar Län) is one of the 29

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of the Riksdag, the national

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of Sweden. The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a

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legislature. It is conterminous with the

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Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 36,392 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

. The constituency currently elects eight of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the

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. At the

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it had 189,781 registered electors.

Electoral system

Kalmar County currently elects eight of the 349

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of the Riksdag using the

. Constituency seats are allocated using the modified Sainte-Laguë method. Only parties that that reach the 4% national threshold and parties that receive at least 12% of the vote in the constituency compete for constituency seats. Supplementary leveling seats may also be allocated at the constituency level to parties that reach the 4% national threshold.

Election results

Summary

(Excludes leveling seats)

Detailed

2020s

=2022

= Results of the

held on 11 September 2022: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

Mattias Bäckström Johansson Anders Torleif ''Mattias'' Bäckström Johansson (born 25 July 1985) is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats. He has served as Deputy Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag since 2019. He has been Member of the Riksdag since Sep ...

(SD), 304 votes; Gudrun Brunegård (KD), 271 votes; Lars Engsund (M), 596 votes;

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(S), 5,836 votes;

Tomas Kronståhl Tomas Carl Olof Kronstål (born 1967) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Kalmar County since September 2018. Kronstål is the son of property ...

(S), 557 votes; Laila Naraghi (S), 850 votes; Marie Nicholson (M), 903 votes; and Mona Olin (SD), 0 votes.

2010s

=2018

= Results of the 2018 general election held on 9 September 2018: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Anders Åkesson (C), 1,323 votes; Jan R. Andersson (M), 1,293 votes;

(SD), 314 votes;

(S), 3,584 votes;

(S), 1,179 votes; Jimmy Loord (KD), 444 ,votes; Laila Naraghi (S), 1,951 votes; and

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(SD), 92 votes.

=2014

= Results of the 2014 general election held on 14 September 2014: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Anders Åkesson (C), 1,714 votes; Jan R. Andersson (M), 1,304 votes; Jörgen Andersson (M), 1,077 votes; Paula Bieler (SD), 23 votes;

(S), 3,824 votes; Håkan Juholt (S), 5,240 votes;

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(S), 1,120 votes; and Christina Thuring (SD).

=2010

= Results of the 2010 general election held on 19 September 2010: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Anders Åkesson (C), 1,562 votes; Jan R. Andersson (M), 2,254 votes; Jörgen Andersson (M), 459 votes; Eva Bengtson Skogsberg (M), 1,066 votes;

(S), 2,574 votes; Håkan Juholt (S), 5,220 votes; Désirée Liljevall (S), 710 votes; and

(S), 1,438 votes. * Leveling seats - Anders Andersson (KD), 1,241 votes.

2000s

=2006

= Results of the 2006 general election held on 17 September 2006: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Anders Åkesson (C), 1,716 votes; Jan R. Andersson (M), 1,241 votes; Eva Bengtson Skogsberg (M), 600 votes;

(S), 2,027 votes; Håkan Juholt (S), 4,835 votes; Désirée Liljevall (S), 763 votes; and

(S), 1,537 votes; and Chatrine Pålsson Ahlgren (KD), 1,276 votes.

=2002

= Results of the 2002 general election held on 15 September 2002: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Nils Fredrik Aurelius (M), 1,536 votes; Ann-Marie Fagerström (S), 2,173 votes; Agne Hansson (C), 2,397 votes; Håkan Juholt (S), 5,376 votes;

(S), 2,206 votes; Chatrine Pålsson (KD), 884 votes;

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(S), 969 votes; and Sverker Thorén (FP), 1,011 votes. * Leveling seats - Lennart Beijer (V), 1,296 votes.

1990s

=1998

= Results of the 1998 general election held on 20 September 1998: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Nils Fredrik Aurelius (M), 2,168 votes; Lennart Beijer (V), 1,220 votes; Leif Carlson (M), 934 votes; Ann-Marie Fagerström (S), 1,053 votes; Agne Hansson (C), 2,271 votes; Håkan Juholt (S), 3,591 votes;

(S), 1,566 votes; Chatrine Pålsson (KD), 1,133 votes; and

(S), 1,231 votes.

=1994

= Results of the 1994 general election held on 18 September 1994:

=1991

= Results of the 1991 general election held on 15 September 1991:

1980s

=1988

= Results of the 1988 general election held on 18 September 1988:

=1985

= Results of the 1985 general election held on 15 September 1985:

=1982

= Results of the 1982 general election held on 19 September 1982:

1970s

=1979

= Results of the 1979 general election held on 16 September 1979:

=1976

= Results of the 1976 general election held on 19 September 1976:

=1973

= Results of the 1973 general election held on 16 September 1973:

=1970

= Results of the 1970 general election held on 20 September 1970:

References

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