Elections in Sweden Megathread

Today, September 11th, the citizens of Sweden go to polls to vote in the general elections!

Swedish parliament (unicameral *Riksdag*) consists of 349 members (175 needed for majority). The electoral system used in voting is open list proportional representation, with 4% electoral threshold, for a **four**-year term. Seats are allocated using a modification of [Sainte-Laguë method](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Lagu%C3%AB_method#Modified_Sainte-Lagu.C3.AB_method), with 90% (310) being fixed to electoral constituencies, and remaining 39 „adjustment seats” distributed among the parties to ensure proportional representation.

It’s worth mentioning, that concurrently with parliamentary elections, today are also happening **local** elections – to councils (*landsting*) of 20 counties, and assemblies of 290 municipalities. While to vote in parliamentary elections, one must be a Swedish citizen, local ones are open to Swedish residents who are citizens of any EU country, as well as Norway or Iceland.

Turnout in last (2018) elections was 87.2%, which was the highest since 1985.

Relevant parties and alliances taking part in the elections are:

Name|Leader|Position|Affiliation|2018 result|Recent polling|**Results**|Seats
:–|:–|:–|:–|–:|–:|–:|:–
[Social Democrats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Social_Democratic_Party) (S)|[Magdalena Andersson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_Andersson) (PM)|centre-left|S&D|28.3%|27-31%|TBA|(100)
[Sweden Democrats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats) (SD)|[Jimmie Åkesson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_%C3%85kesson)|right-wing (national conservative)|ECR|17.5%|18-21%|TBA|(62)
[Moderates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderate_Party) (M)|[Ulf Kristersson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulf_Kristersson)|centre-right (liberal conservative)|EPP|19.8%|16-18%|TBA|(70)
[Left](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Party_(Sweden\)) (V)|[Nooshi Dadgostar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nooshi_Dadgostar)|left-wing (socialist)|GUE/NGL|8.0%|8-9%|TBA|(28)
[Centre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Party_(Sweden\)) (C)|[Annie Lööf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_L%C3%B6%C3%B6f)|centre|Renew Europe|8.6%|7-8%|TBA|(31)
[Christian Democrats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Democrats_(Sweden\)) (KD)|[Ebba Busch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebba_Busch)|right|EPP|6.3%|6-7%|TBA|(22)
[Liberals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberals_(Sweden\)) (L)|[Johan Pehrson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Pehrson)|centre-right (liberal)|Renew Europe|5.5%|5-6%|TBA|(20)
[Greens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_(Sweden\)) (MP)|collective|centre-left (green)|Greens-EFA|4.4%|5-6%|TBA|(16)

Current government is based on Social Democrats, with confidence of Centre, Left and Greens, resulting in minimal (1 vote) majority.

**Further reading**

– [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Swedish_general_election)
– [AMAs (Ask Me Anything) done over r/sweden with various Swedish politicians](https://www.reddit.com/r/sweden/comments/x6fv47/veckans_amas/)
– [Sweden votes on Sunday: Key things to know ahead of general election](https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/10/sweden-votes-key-things-to-know-ahead-of-general-election-on-sunday), *Euronews*
– [Swedes head to polls in close-run election marked by crime, energy crisis](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swedes-head-polls-close-run-election-marked-by-crime-energy-crisis-2022-09-10/), *Reuters*

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