Blekinge County held a regional council election on 9 September 2018 at the same time as the general and municipal elections.
Results There were 57 seats, ten more than in 2014. The Social Democrats remained the largest party but suffered nearly seven points of a deficit from the 2014 results, going from 39.3% to 32.5%. In spite of this the increased numbers of seats meant the party remained at 19 seats. This was still a sizeably lower share. The Sweden Democrats recorded 20.6% and became the second largest party, while the Moderates made gains in spite of a nationwide drop.
PartyVotes%Seats± Social Democrats 33,974 32.5 19 0 Sweden Democrats 21,509 20.6 12 +5 Moderates 20,969 20.0 12 +3 Centre Party 7,937 7.6 5 +2 Left Party 5,967 5.7 3 0 Christian Democrats 5,349 5.1 3 +1 Liberals 5,034 4.8 3 +1 Green Party 2,925 2.8 0 –2 Others 929 0.9 0 0Invalid/blank votes1,937 Total104,593 10057+10Source:val.se
Municipal results
Percentage LocationTurnoutShareVotesSSDMCVKDLMPOtherKarlshamn 85.3 20.4 21,339 31.7 19.2 22.8 7.3 6.0 3.8 5.0 3.4 0.8Karlskrona 87.0 42.3 44,238 33.2 17.7 20.3 7.6 5.8 5.8 5.8 3.3 0.5Olofström 81.2 8.1 8,458 39.0 23.2 12.7 9.0 5.9 5.8 2.4 1.4 0.6Ronneby 85.4 18.0 18,875 30.6 23.6 19.2 8.4 6.2 4.6 4.3 2.4 0.8Sölvesborg 85.8 11.2 11,683 29.5 27.3 20.7 5.7 4.0 5.1 3.2 1.6 2.9Total85.7100.0104,59332.520.620.07.65.75.14.82.80.9Source: val.se
By votes LocationTurnoutShareVotesSSDMCVKDLMPOtherKarlshamn 85.3 20.4 21,339 6,761 4,089 4,857 1,559 1,281 819 1,076 716 181Karlskrona 87.0 42.3 44,238 14,688 7,819 8,995 3,368 2,548 2,571 2,578 1,454 217Olofström 81.2 8.1 8,458 3,299 1,963 1,076 763 500 487 201 117 52Ronneby 85.4 18.0 18,875 5,785 4,452 3,624 1,579 1,169 873 805 446 142Sölvesborg 85.8 11.2 11,683 3,441 3,186 2,417 668 469 599 374 192 337Total85.7100.0104,59333,97421,50920,9697,9375,9675,3495,0342,925929Source: val.se
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