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Sweden elects on national level a unicameral legislature. The Riksdag has 349 members, elected every four years (every three years between 1970 and 1994) by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies. County Council and Municipal Council elections take place at the same time.

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Most Recent Election

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European Parliament Election 2009

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Sweden was held on 7 June and determined the makeup of the Swedish delegation to the European Parliament. Sweden was allocated 18 seats in the European Parliament for this term, a reduction from the 19 they were allocated in the 2004 election. The new party Piratpartiet (Pirate Party, PP) polled at 7.1 percent giving the party one seat. The EU sceptic Junilistan (The June List, JL) saw the biggest slump in support, falling nearly 11 percent and loosing all three seats. Turnout increased compared to the last election, from 37.9 percent to 45.5 percent.

Past Elections

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General Elections 2006

A general election (Swedish: Allmänna riksdagsvalet) was held in Sweden on September 17, 2006 to elect members to the Riksdag. Three hours after the polls closed, the result was clear enough for Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt to declare himself the victor and for Göran Persson to announce his resignation as Prime Minister and as leader of the Social Democratic Party. The four centre-right parties of Alliance for Sweden formed a government with Fredrik Reinfeldt as Prime Minister, who was officially asked on September 19 to form a government by the Speaker of the Riksdag.

The election result is historic in being the worst result for the Social Democrats ever in a general election with universal suffrage (introduced in 1921) and the best result for the Moderates since 1928.

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