The electoral system in Sweden is proportional. Of the 349 seats in the national diet, the unicameral Riksdag, 310 are fixed constituency seats (Swedish: valkretsmandat) allocated to constituencies in relation to the number of people entitled to vote in each constituency (valkrets). The remaining 39 leveling seats (utjämningsmandat) are used to correct the deviations from proportional national distribution that may arise when allocating the fixed constituency seats. There is a constraint in the system that means that only a party that has received at least four per cent of the votes in the whole country participates in the distribution of seats. However, a party that has received at least twelve per cent of the votes in a constituency participates in the distribution of the fixed constituency seats in that constituency.[1][2]

Apportionment of fixed constituency seats


Constituency 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Stockholms kommun31292726262525252526272728292929
Stockholms län24272829303132323334353637383940
Uppsala län[3]889999991010101111111112
Södermanlands län9999999999999999
Östergötlands län15151515151515151515151414141414
Jönköpings län12111111111111111112111111111111
Kronobergs län6666766666666666
Kalmar län10999999999888888
Gotlands län2222222222222222
Blekinge län6666666666555555
Kristianstads län[4]101010111111111111-------
Fyrstadskretsen[5]1818181717171717--------
Malmöhus län1010101111111111--------
Malmöhus läns norra--------9-------
Malmöhus läns södra--------11-------
Malmö kommun--------89999101010
Skåne läns västra---------9999999
Skåne läns södra---------11111112121212
Skåne läns norra och östra---------10101010101010
Hallands län78899999910101010101010
Göteborgs kommun17171717161616161516171717171717
Bohuslän[6]101010101011111111-------
Älvsborgs läns norra999999999-------
Älvsborgs läns södra777777676-------
Skaraborgs län101010101010101010-------
Västra Götalands läns västra[7]---------11111112121111
Västra Götalands läns norra---------9999988
Västra Götalands läns södra---------6666677
Västra Götalands läns östra---------9999998
Värmlands län1111111111111110101010109999
Örebro län1111111110101010101010109999
Västmanlands län9999999999988888
Dalarnas län[8]11111111111111111110101010999
Gävleborgs län12121211111111111110101010999
Västernorrlands län1111111010101010109998888
Jämtlands län5555555555554444
Västerbottens län9999999999999998
Norrbottens län1010101010101010109999888
Total fixed constituency seats310310310310310310310310310310310310310310310310

Notes

  1. ↑ See e.g.: SOU 2008:125 En reformerad grundlag (Constitutional Reform), Prime Ministers Office.
  2. ↑ For the general election of 2010, See e.g.: Länet tappar ett mandat, Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, March 20, 2009.
  3. ↑ By the election in 2006, Heby Municipality was transferred from Västmanlands län to Uppsala län.
  4. ↑ Kristianstads län was abolished by the election of 1998. The constituency is now referred to as Skåne läns norra, and Skåne läns östra.
  5. ↑ Fyrstadskretsen and Malmöhus län were adjusted by the election of 1994.
  6. ↑ Västra Götalands län was created by the election of 1998. At the same time, Habo and Mullsjö Municipalities were transferred to Jönköpings län.
  7. ↑ The borders of electoral districts within the Västra Götaland county underwent minor modifications in 2018. See: Fördelning av fasta valkretsmandat 2018, Valmyndigheten.
  8. ↑ The constituency was named Kopparbergs län before the election of 1998.
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