Östergötland County
Östergötland County () is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast. It also has a ...
or Region Östergötland held a
regional council election
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on 9 September 2018, on the same day as the
general
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and municipal elections.
Results
The number of seats remained at 101 with the
Social Democrats
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winning the most at 31, a drop of six from
2014
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.
Municipalities
The
Moderates
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received one vote more than the
Social Democrats
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in
Söderköping
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, even though both results were rounded to 22.2%.
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Elections in Östergötland County
Östergötland
Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...
21st century in Östergötland County