Local elections were held in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
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.
Ireland
The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irela ...
and 290
municipal councils. Advance voting was allowed between 22 August and 9 September. The elections took place alongside the
general elections
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
.
Newly registered parties participated in the 2018 elections, such as the
Citizens' Coalition
Citizens' Coalition (, MED), officially known as Bourgeois Future (, BF) until 2017, is a right-wing political party in Sweden that was founded in 2014. The party considers itself liberal-conservative and green conservative, while observers d ...
. Many smaller and local parties which had already been established participated, such as the
Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party
The Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party (Sveriges pensionärers intresseparti, SPI Välfärden) is a political party in Sweden. As of 2018, it holds no seats in parliament or regional councils, but is represented in Hörby
Hörby () (old da, ...
,
Feminist Initiative, the Öland Party, the
Laholm Party 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
* 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 ( sv, Gotlands län) is a county or '' län'' 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 ...
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 The following elections occurred in the year 2014.
* 2014 United Nations Security Council election 16 October 2014
Africa
* 2014 Algerian presidential election 17 April 2014
* 2014 Botswana general election 24 October 2014
* 2014 Comorian presi ...
. 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
{{2018 Swedish regional elections
County and regional elections in Sweden
Local and municipal elections in Sweden
2018 elections in Sweden