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Sweden.

Parliament · 349 seats · 2026

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CURRENT NATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Ulf Kristersson

Prime Minister

Leadership & photo sources ↗

Source checked 30 Oct 2026. Current officeholder snapshot; independent of the election year selected below.

Government leadership source (opens in a new tab)

Ulf Kristersson portrait (opens in a new tab) · European Commission (Christophe Licoppe) · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Display crop; original colours retained.

Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister
As of 30 Oct 2026

2026-09-13 / Local vote reporting units

Party votes by area.

Archived election snapshot

Colours show the largest reported party/list vote total in each reporting unit, not elected seats or government formation. Boundaries follow the source crosswalk; these are not necessarily parliamentary constituencies.

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Loading Sweden’s local results290 matched geographic units · saved locally
290 mapped / 290 reporting unitsColour = largest party vote, not seats
SMSDVCKDMP (1981)LTied / independent / unverified

Map coverage, vote definitions & attribution

Colours show the largest reported party/list vote total in each reporting unit, not elected seats or government formation. Boundaries follow the source crosswalk; these are not necessarily parliamentary constituencies.

These local votes are separate from the IPU national seat archive. Shares use the sum of source-listed party votes, not registered voters. First-preference, list and candidate ballots are distinct. Names and counts are preserved from the published compilation.

290 of 290 reporting units have source-matched displayable boundaries. Non-geographic ballots, unmatched units and excluded overseas geography remain selectable. A missing boundary never becomes a zero vote or fabricated polygon.

Party colours are preserved from source identity records. Ties, independents and unverified identities use neutral grey. Text abbreviations are not official logos. Display simplification does not create legal boundary documents.

S artwork (opens in a new tab) · Quinnnnnby · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Resized to fit.

M artwork (opens in a new tab) · by GeMet · Public domain. Resized to fit.

SD artwork (opens in a new tab) · Sverigedemokraterna · Public domain. Resized to fit.

Data: BLUE_DB (Hublet & Chiecchio 2026), CC BY 4.0, modified from official sources. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 and public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence. Geometry licences remain separate: © European Union / EuroGeographics, © OpenStreetMap contributors where applicable and national publishers listed below.

National seat results · 2026-09-13 · 349 seats

THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT

Parliament

IPU-reported election snapshot
ELECTION SNAPSHOT2026-09-137 listed elections since 2000
SEATS AT STAKE349For this election
SOURCE-ITEMISED SEATS349Seat sum reconciles
VOTER TURNOUT84.9%As reported by the source
CHAMBER DESIGNProportional representation · List proportional representationChamber profile · not a historical rules model
COUNTRY GEOGRAPHY

Simplified geographic reference. This is not a constituency or electoral district map.

Natural Earth · public domain

SEATS WON AT THIS ELECTION

Parties & coalitions.

8 source-listed groups

Neutral chart colours compare seat counts; they do not represent official party colours.

Party / electoral coalitionSeats wonShare of seats
Social Democratic Party (SAP)9928.4%
Moderate Party (M)7020.1%
Sweden Democrats (SD)6217.8%
Left Party (VP)308.6%
Centre Party (CP)257.2%
Christian Democrats (KD)226.3%
Green Party (Mpg)226.3%
Liberal Party (L)195.4%

Largest party means most seats in this table; it is not a declaration of who formed the government. Coalitions remain grouped as published.

This national seat summary does not include constituency-level results or a riding map. Electoral boundary verification remains pending for this election.

Chambers, official links & source information

Election figures are dated snapshots. Statutory chamber membership and the current electoral-system description come from the chamber profile; they may differ from seats contested at an earlier election. A largest-party result does not establish the governing coalition.

IPU Parline election record (opens in a new tab)

Saved source check: 2026-10-29. Collection is manual; no European live feed is active.

National summary data: © Inter-Parliamentary Union, Parline. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Terms of use (opens in a new tab). Download the attributed archive .

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PARTIES

Party leadership.

8 source-reported records

Each leadership record carries its own date and source. Undated records are not verified for the election date. These names do not identify every constituency candidate or establish who governs; member-party leaders are not automatically a coalition’s joint leaders.

More party leadership records
MP (1981)

Green Party

Daniel Helldén

Party chair / leadership record · from 2023-11-18

Amanda Lind

Party chair / leadership record · from 2024-04-28Leadership recorded for 2026-09-13Leadership source (opens in a new tab)

Structured leadership source: Wikidata, CC0; primary supplements are linked individually. Missing or ambiguous records stay unassigned. Download leadership records

European Parliament · election archive

A DIFFERENT BALLOT

Europe, through Sweden.

European Parliament · historical archive
2014 European Parliament election20 seats · Constitutive session
National party / coalitionVote shareSeatsEuropean group allocation
SArbetarepartiet–Socialdemokraterna24.19%5S&D · 5
MPMiljöpartiet de gröna15.41%4Greens/EFA · 4
MModerata Samlingspartiet13.65%3EPP · 3
FPFolkpartiet liberalerna9.91%2ALDE · 2
SDSverigedemokraterna9.67%2EFDD · 2
CCenterpartiet6.49%1ALDE · 1
VVänsterpartiet6.30%1GUE/NGL · 1
KDKristdemokraterna5.93%1EPP · 1
FIFeministiskt initiativ5.49%1S&D · 1
Other partiesOther parties2.96%0No group seats

A dash means the source supplies no vote share. European Parliament source JSON (opens in a new tab)

These are European Parliament results, not national parliamentary elections or current membership.

Coverage, boundaries and source notes

WHAT IS AVAILABLE

Coverage, clearly labelled.

National election results

7 dated election records since 2000. Party breakdowns appear only when supplied by the source; gaps are labelled.

Constituency boundaries

290 source-matched local reporting boundaries for 2026-09-13. These are not necessarily parliamentary constituencies; unmatched units remain in the list.

Parties & identities

National party and coalition names are preserved from the source. Official party colours and logo verification remain incomplete.

National summaries are separate from regional, local and constituency results. Those detailed records require their own source and boundary checks. No European live feed is active.

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Data labelsLiveOfficial preliminaryProjectionSimulatedArchived
How to read the data
Live
Unofficial counts arriving now.
Official preliminary
Accepted official preliminary counts, subject to verification and final count.
Projection
Model output, not an election result.
Simulated
A rehearsal or what-if scenario, not a result.
Archived
Saved past results; the original source status still applies. Archived does not mean certified.
Methodology