Jönköping County () is one of the 29

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of the

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, the national

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. The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a

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legislature to a

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legislature. It is conterminous with the

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Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...

. The constituency currently elects 11 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the

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. At the 2022 general election it had 271,666 registered electors.

Electoral system

Jönköping County currently elects 11 of the 349

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of the Riksdag using the

. Constituency seats are allocated using the

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. Only parties that reach the 4% national

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and parties that receive at least 12% of the vote in the constituency compete for constituency seats. Supplementary

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

Jimmie Åkesson Per Jimmie Åkesson (; born 17 May 1979) is a Swedish politician and author, serving as leader of the Sweden Democrats since 2005. He has been a member of the Riksdag (SD) for Jönköping County (Riksdag constituency), Jönköping County since ...

(SD), 17,856 votes; Acko Ankarberg Johansson (KD), 792 votes; Helena Bouveng (M), 513 votes; Ilan de Basso (S), 2,158 votes; Staffan Eklöf (SD), 158 votes; Mats Green (M), 3,220 votes; Johanna Haraldsson (S), 1,406 votes; Annie Lööf (C), 3,845 votes; Carina Ödebrink (S), 2,051 votes; Niklas Sigvardsson (S), 762 votes; and Eric Westroth (SD), 265 votes. * Leveling seats - Jakob Olofsgård (L), 493 votes; and

Ciczie Weidby Ciczie Anna Kerstin Cecilia Weidby (born 30 August 1974) is a Swedish politician from the Left Party, who has been a member of the Riksdag from Jönköping County since 2018. She was also elected as Member of the Riksdag in September 2022. ...

(V), 677 votes.

2010s

=2018

= Results of the 2018 general election held on 9 September 2018: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

(SD), 15,535 votes; Acko Ankarberg Johansson (KD), 259 votes; Helena Bouveng (M), 1,443 votes; Andreas Carlson (KD), 1,843 votes; Mats Green (M), 3,148 votes; Johanna Haraldsson (S), 1,725 votes; Annie Lööf (C), 7,132 votes; Angelica Lundberg (SD), 184 votes; Carina Ödebrink (S), 2,110 votes; Peter Persson (S), 2,385 votes; and

(V), 672 votes. * Leveling seats - Emma Carlsson Löfdahl (L), 614 votes; and Emma Hult (MP), 504 votes.

=2014

= Results of the 2014 general election held on 14 September 2014: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

(SD), 10,803 votes; Helena Bouveng (M), 2,285 votes; Andreas Carlson (KD), 2,445 votes; Sotiris Delis (M), 744 votes;

Dennis Dioukarev Dennis Dioukarev (born 23 March 1993), is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats. He has been a Member of the Riksdag since 2014. He was the Baby of the House from 2014 to 2015, as the youngest incumbent MP. In the Riksdag, he sits in th ...

(SD), 5 votes; Mats Green (M), 3,690 votes; Johanna Haraldsson (S), 1,680 votes; Annie Lööf (C), 4,670 votes; Peter Persson (S), 4,094 votes; Helene Petersson (S), 2,728 votes; and

Thomas Strand Lars Ingemar Thomas Strand (born 1954) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Jönköping County between October 2006 and September 2018, and in ...

(S), 1,320 votes. * Leveling seats - Emma Carlsson Löfdahl (FP), 471 votes; and Emma Hult (MP), 869 votes.

=2010

= Results of the 2010 general election held on 19 September 2010: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

(SD), 4,076 votes;

Magdalena Andersson Eva Magdalena Andersson (born 23 January 1967) is a Swedish politician and economist who has been serving as Leader of the Opposition since October 2022 and Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party since 2021. She has served as a Member of ...

(M), 2,099 votes; Stefan Attefall (KD), 1,198 votes; Helena Bouveng (M), 4,533 votes;

Carina Hägg Carina Hägg (born 1957) is a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 1995. She is also a member of the AWEPA Governing Council. References External linksCarina Häggat the Riksdag The Riksda ...

(S), 3,501 votes;

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(C), 4,919 votes;

Bengt-Anders Johansson Bengt-Anders Johansson (born 7 March 1951) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was Member of the Riksdag from 2002 to 2014, representing his home constituency of Jönköping County. Prior to his service in the Riksdag, Johansson ...

(M), 2,122 votes; Maria Larsson (KD), 4,962 votes; Peter Persson (S), 5,496 votes; Helene Petersson (S), 2,469 votes; and

(S), 1,079 votes. * Leveling seats - Tobias Krantz (FP), 1,172 votes; and Kew Nordqvist (MP), 479 votes.

2000s

=2006

= Results of the 2006 general election held on 17 September 2006: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

(M), 1,578 votes; Stefan Attefall (KD), 636 votes; Helena Bouveng (M), 1,770 votes;

(S), 3,556 votes;

(C), 2,296 votes;

(M), 2,797 votes; Maria Larsson (KD), 6,530 votes; Margareta Persson (S), 2,872 votes; Helene Petersson (S), 1,319 votes;

(S), 1,243 votes; and Göte Wahlström (S), 906 votes. * Leveling seats - Alice Åström (V), 766 votes; and Tobias Krantz (FP), 995 votes.

=2002

= Results of the 2002 general election held on 15 September 2002: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Margareta Andersson (C), 1,696 votes; Anders Björck (M), 5,488 votes; Lars Engqvist (S), 5,198 votes;

(S), 3,785 votes;

(M), 2,797 votes; 808 votes; Tobias Krantz (FP), 1,604 votes; Maria Larsson (KD), 1,517 votes; Martin Nilsson (S), 2,125 votes; Margareta Sandgren (S), 2,306 votes; Alf Svensson (KD), 14,165 votes; and Göte Wahlström (S), 834 votes. * Leveling seats - Alice Åström (V), 962 votes; and Göran Hägglund (KD), 345 votes.

1990s

=1998

= Results of the 1998 general election held on 20 September 1998: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Alice Åström (V), 1,642 votes; Margareta Andersson (C), 2,001 votes; Anders Björck (M), 7,397 votes; Åke Gustavsson (S), 3,763 votes;

(S), 2,704 votes; Göran Hägglund (KD), 307 votes; Göte Jonsson (M), 1,751 votes; Maria Larsson (KD), 1,069 votes; Martin Nilsson (S), 1,835 votes; Margareta Sandgren (S), 2,702 votes; Alf Svensson (KD), 18,479 votes; and Göte Wahlström (S), 1,402 votes. * Leveling seats - Marianne Samuelsson (MP), 707 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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