Local elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 20 county councils and 290 municipal councils. Advance voting was allowed between 22 August and 9 September 2018. The elections took place alongside the general elections.
Sweden held 20 elections for the Regional Councils.[2] This was the first election where all counties' administrative title had been or were officially being shifted into regions.
Gotland County is made up of one municipal council responsible for both local and regional matters and does not count towards the regional elections.[4]
Municipal councils
The total number of seats nationwide totalled to 12,700, down from 12,780 in the 2014 elections. Turnout was 84.1%.
Linda Berg & Henrik Oscarsson (2020) The Swedish regional elections 2018, Regional & Federal Studies
References
^Registered party abbreviations - Valmyndigheten
^"Val till landstingsfullmäktige - Röster" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^"Val till landstingsfullmäktige - Valda" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^"Gotlands län - Valda 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
Regional elections - Votes Archived 2020-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Swedish Election Authority
Municipal elections - Votes Archived 2019-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Swedish Election Authority
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