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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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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.