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King: Carl XVI. Gustav · State Minister: Ulf Kristersson (M) · Governing parties: M, KD, L
Legislative elections: Riksdag, 4-year term, 349 seats, 4% threshold, party-list PR:

  2026 2022 2018 2014

Party

Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Socialdemokratiska Arbetarepartiet (S)
Social Democratic Workers' Party
Social democracy     30,3 107 28,3 100 31,0 113
Sverigedemokraterna (SD)
Sweden Democrats
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
    20,5 73 17,5 62 12,9 49
Moderata Samlingspartiet (M)
Moderate Coalition Party
Liberal conservatism     19,1 68 19,8 70 23,3 84
Centerpartiet (C)
Centre Party
Liberalism
Agrarianism
    6,7 24 8,6 31 6,1 22
Vänsterpartiet (V)
Left Party
Socialism
Euroscepticism
    6,7 24 8,0 28 5,7 21
Kristdemokraterna (KD)
Christian Democrats
Christian democracy
Conservatism
    5,3 19 6,3 22 4,6 16
Miljöpartiet De Gröna (MP)
Environment Party The Greens
Green politics     5,1 18 4,4 16 6,9 25
Liberalerna (L)
Liberals (a)
Liberalism     4,6 16 5,5 20 5,4 19
Others     1,5 -  1,6 - - 4,0
Total     - 349 - 349 - 349
Turnout   83,8 87,1 85,8

© 2026 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Valmyndigheten (www.val.se). For full coverage, click here (1948-present). Note: (a) 2014: Liberal People's Party (FP).