Malmö Municipality () is one of the 29

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, the national

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. The constituency was established in 1994 from parts of Fyrstadskretsen following the reorganisation of the constituencies in Malmöhus County. It is conterminous with the

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. The constituency currently elects 10 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the

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. At the 2022 general election it had 251,172 registered electors.

Electoral system

Malmö Municipality currently elects 10 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 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 - Rose-Marie Carlsson (S), 639 votes; Jamal El-Haj (S), 1,417 votes; Nima Gholam Ali Pour (SD), 44 votes; Momodou Malcolm Jallow (V), 1,840 votes; Rasmus Ling (MP), 383 votes; Noria Manouchi (M), 1,819 votes; Peter Ollén (M), 360 votes; Niels Paarup-Petersen (C), 318 votes; Patrick Reslow (SD), 90 votes; and Joakim Sandell (S), 3,047 votes. * Leveling seats - Louise Eklund (L), 398 votes.

2010s

=2018

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

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(M), 2,774 votes; Jamal El-Haj (S), 3,360 votes; Malcolm Jallow (V), 1,560 votes;

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(S), 1,607 votes; Noria Manouchi (M), 505 votes; Niels Paarup-Petersen (C), 222 votes; Per Ramhorn (SD), 95 votes; Joakim Sandell (S), 2,198 votes; Sara Seppälä (SD), 3 votes; and Allan Widman (L), 448 votes. * Leveling seats - Rasmus Ling (MP), 298 votes.

=2014

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

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(SD), 1 vote;

(M), 2,026 votes; Anders Forsberg (SD), 5 votes; Marie Granlund (S), 2,520 votes; Leif Jakobsson (S), 955 votes;

(S), 1,247 votes; Olof Lavesson (M), 409 votes; Rasmus Ling (MP), 569 votes; Patrick Reslow (M), 711 votes; and Daniel Sestrajcic (V), 1,058 votes. * Leveling seats - Allan Widman (FP), 635 votes.

=2010

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

(M), 3,801 votes; Maria Ferm (MP), 1,199 votes;

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(SD), 1 vote; Marie Granlund (S), 3,100 votes; Leif Jakobsson (S), 858 votes;

(S), 1,239 votes; Olof Lavesson (M), 554 votes; Patrick Reslow (M), 728 votes; and Allan Widman (FP), 702 votes. * Leveling seats - Marianne Berg (V), 451 votes.

2000s

=2006

= Results of the 2006 general election held on 17 September 2006: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Luciano Astudillo (S), 1,743 votes;

(M), 2,482 votes; Inge Garstedt (M), 899 votes; Marie Granlund (S), 3,061 votes; Leif Jakobsson (S), 1,156 votes;

(S), 799 votes; Olof Lavesson (M), 307 votes; Karin Svensson Smith (MP), 472 votes; and Allan Widman (FP), 742 votes. * Leveling seats - Marianne Berg (V), 369 votes.

=2002

= Results of the 2002 general election held on 15 September 2002: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

(M), 1,669 votes; Marie Granlund (S), 176 votes; Leif Jakobsson (S), 65 votes; Britt-Marie Lindkvist (S), 131 votes; Lars-Erik Lövdén (S), 143 votes; Sten Lundström (V), 655 votes;

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(S), 17,444 votes; Carl-Axel Roslund (M), 1,199 votes; and Allan Widman (FP), 1,112 votes.

1990s

=1998

= Results of the 1998 general election held on 20 September 1998: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Sten Andersson (M), 2,479 votes; Margit Gennser (M), 1,258 votes; Marie Granlund (S), 458 votes; Britt-Marie Lindkvist (S), 239 votes; Lars-Erik Lövdén (S), 323 votes; Sten Lundström (V), 693 votes; Bertil Persson (M), 519 votes;

(S), 15,117 votes; and Maj-Britt Wallhorn (KD), 2 votes.

=1994

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

References

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