Blekinge County () is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It is conterminous with the county of Blekinge. The constituency currently elects five of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2026 general election it had 123,336 registered electors.

Electoral system Blekinge County currently elects five of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. Constituency seats are allocated using the modified Sainte-Laguë method. Only parties that reach the 4% national threshold and parties that receive at least 12% of the vote in the constituency compete for constituency seats. Supplementary Levelling seats may also be allocated at the constituency level to parties that reach the 4% national threshold.

Prior to 1997 voters could cast any ballot paper they wanted, though it had to contain the name of a party and the name of at least one candidate nominated by that party in the constituency. It was common for parties to hand out ballot papers with their name and list of candidates at the entrance of polling stations. Voters could delete the names of candidates or write-in the names of other candidates but in practice these options weren't used enough by voters to have any significant impact on the results and consequently elections operated as a closed system.

Since 1997, elections in Sweden follow the French model in having separate ballot papers for each party/list in a constituency. There are two ballot papers for each party - a party ballot paper () with just the name of the party and a name ballot paper () with the name of the party and its list of candidates. There are also blank ballot papers (). Voters can initially pick as many ballot papers as they wish and then, in the secrecy of the voting booth, they select a single ballot paper of their choice. If they chose a name ballot paper they have the option of casting a preferential vote for one of their chosen party's candidates. If they chose a blank ballot paper they can write the name of any party including unregistered parties and, optionally, they can write the name of any person as their preferred candidate, even one that does not belong to their chosen party. They then place their chosen ballot paper in an envelope which is placed in the ballot box, discarding all other ballot papers they picked.

Seats won by each party/list in a constituency are allocated to its candidates in order of preference votes (a personal mandate), provided that the candidate has received at least 8% of votes cast for their party in the constituency (5% since January 2011). Any unfilled seats are then allocated to the party's remaining candidates in the order they appear on the party list (a party mandate).

Election results Summary

Election LeftV / VPK SocialDemocratsS GreensMP CentreC LiberalsL / FP / F ModeratesM ChristianDemocratsKD / KDS SwedenDemocratsSD colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats2026 6,113 5.86% 0 29,892 28.66% 2 3,985 3.82% 0 5,672 5.44% 0 5,066 4.86% 0 19,092 18.30% 1 7,601 7.29% 0 25,467 24.41% 22022 4,600 4.44% 0 32,255 31.14% 2 3,015 2.91% 0 5,014 4.84% 0 3,637 3.51% 0 18,500 17.86% 1 5,735 5.54% 0 29,556 28.53% 22018 5,699 5.45% 0 32,824 31.41% 2 3,025 2.89% 0 7,094 6.79% 0 4,197 4.02% 0 18,038 17.26% 1 5,954 5.70% 0 26,342 25.20% 22014 4,746 4.64% 0 37,981 37.15% 3 4,969 4.86% 0 5,792 5.67% 0 3,984 3.90% 0 19,824 19.39% 1 3,483 3.41% 0 18,960 18.55% 12010 5,075 5.07% 0 36,520 36.46% 3 5,289 5.28% 0 5,771 5.76% 0 5,431 5.42% 0 27,387 27.34% 2 3,973 3.97% 0 9,830 9.81% 02006 5,193 5.42% 0 40,532 42.32% 3 3,505 3.66% 0 6,855 7.16% 0 6,105 6.37% 0 21,109 22.04% 2 4,964 5.18% 0 5,945 6.21% 02002 7,827 8.28% 0 43,178 45.66% 3 3,631 3.84% 0 5,777 6.11% 0 10,470 11.07% 1 12,467 13.18% 1 8,319 8.80% 0 2,634 2.79% 01998 12,282 13.10% 1 39,762 42.41% 3 3,672 3.92% 0 4,923 5.25% 0 3,401 3.63% 0 18,040 19.24% 1 10,330 11.02% 1 1994 6,505 6.49% 0 53,000 52.88% 4 4,430 4.42% 0 7,629 7.61% 0 5,178 5.17% 0 18,573 18.53% 2 3,285 3.28% 0 1991 4,114 4.15% 0 45,679 46.04% 4 2,808 2.83% 0 8,975 9.05% 1 7,403 7.46% 0 17,986 18.13% 1 6,170 6.22% 0 1988 4,713 4.79% 0 51,412 52.24% 4 5,235 5.32% 0 11,120 11.30% 1 9,466 9.62% 0 13,573 13.79% 1 2,746 2.79% 0 1985 4,550 4.43% 0 53,026 51.61% 3 1,365 1.33% 0 12,791 12.45% 1 12,778 12.44% 1 18,067 17.58% 1 with C 1982 4,151 4.02% 0 54,462 52.74% 4 1,194 1.16% 0 16,134 15.62% 1 5,802 5.62% 0 19,457 18.84% 1 1,961 1.90% 0 1979 4,023 3.90% 0 51,443 49.93% 3 16,967 16.47% 1 11,638 11.29% 1 17,134 16.63% 1 1,448 1.41% 0 1976 3,435 3.33% 0 51,122 49.51% 3 22,674 21.96% 1 10,852 10.51% 1 13,024 12.61% 1 1,545 1.50% 0 1973 4,082 4.15% 0 48,778 49.56% 3 22,515 22.88% 2 9,264 9.41% 0 11,784 11.97% 1 1,744 1.77% 0 1970 3,963 4.15% 0 48,021 50.24% 4 17,908 18.74% 1 14,550 15.22% 1 9,458 9.90% 0 1,545 1.62% 0

(Excludes levelling seats. Figures in italics represent alliances/joint lists.)

Detailed

2020s 2026 Results of the 2026 general election held on 13 September 2026:

Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsKarls-hamn Karls-krona Olof-ström Ronne-by Sölves-borg Swedish Social Democratic Party S 6,121 13,387 2,385 5,159 2,840 29,892 28.66% 2 0 2 Sweden Democrats SD 5,236 9,130 2,322 4,900 3,879 25,467 24.41% 2 0 2 Moderate Party M 3,596 9,055 1,242 2,945 2,254 19,092 18.30% 1 0 1 Christian Democrats KD 1,445 3,307 465 1,490 894 7,601 7.29% 0 0 0 Left Party V 1,315 2,533 486 1,336 443 6,113 5.86% 0 0 0 Centre Party C 1,084 2,708 362 1,056 462 5,672 5.44% 0 0 0 Liberals L 898 2,406 286 865 611 5,066 4.86% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 882 2,006 173 661 263 3,985 3.82% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 98 214 52 83 47 494 0.47% 0 0 0 Örebro Party ÖP 58 141 53 92 58 402 0.39% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 12 53 12 20 5 102 0.10% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 11 40 15 18 17 101 0.10% 0 0 0 Ambition Sweden AS 11 41 18 12 15 97 0.09% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 19 41 1 13 10 84 0.08% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 29 17 0 3 8 57 0.05% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 6 4 3 6 1 20 0.02% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 3 9 2 2 1 17 0.02% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 3 4 0 0 2 9 0.01% 0 0 0 United Voice ER 0 5 1 1 1 8 0.01% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 1 1 0 2 1 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Donald Duck Party 0 2 1 1 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 0 2 0 0 2 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Animal Lovers' Party 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 For the Good of All 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 A Good Sweden 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 AI Party 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 O 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 RegleraAI.nu 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Resource Democracy 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 20,830 45,110 7,881 18,671 11,817 104,309 100.00% 5 0 5Blank votes 263 437 90 212 154 1,156 1.09% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 7 9 1 1 2 20 0.02% Rejected votes – other 15 57 5 19 11 107 0.10% Total polled 21,115 45,613 7,977 18,903 11,984 105,592 85.61% Registered electors 24,947 52,206 9,924 22,186 14,073 123,336 Turnout 84.64% 87.37% 80.38% 85.20% 85.16% 85.61%

The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Heléne Björklund (S), 2,200 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - (M), 761 votes; (S), 595 votes; Richard Jomshof (SD), 373 votes; and (SD), 92 votes.

2022 Results of the 2022 general election held on 11 September 2022:

Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsKarls-hamn Karls-krona Olof-ström Ronne-by Sölves-borg Swedish Social Democratic Party S 6,671 14,051 2,678 5,699 3,156 32,255 31.14% 2 0 2 Sweden Democrats SD 6,051 10,737 2,817 5,762 4,189 29,556 28.53% 2 0 2 Moderate Party M 3,737 8,386 1,083 3,024 2,270 18,500 17.86% 1 0 1 Christian Democrats KD 1,032 2,603 401 999 700 5,735 5.54% 0 0 0 Centre Party C 992 2,376 365 846 435 5,014 4.84% 0 0 0 Left Party V 967 2,014 375 865 379 4,600 4.44% 0 0 0 Liberals L 640 1,875 165 604 353 3,637 3.51% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 692 1,494 162 456 211 3,015 2.91% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 55 138 27 61 31 312 0.30% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 25 70 8 117 6 226 0.22% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 25 99 5 23 20 172 0.17% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 30 63 10 20 11 134 0.13% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 20 41 6 3 13 83 0.08% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 28 22 6 12 10 78 0.08% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 16 34 3 5 17 75 0.07% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 6 13 5 26 2 52 0.05% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 14 13 0 7 3 37 0.04% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 3 16 0 5 1 25 0.02% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 3 9 0 6 1 19 0.02% 0 0 0 Climate Alliance KA 4 6 0 2 6 18 0.02% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 3 7 0 2 0 12 0.01% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 3 1 0 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Donald Duck Party 1 3 0 0 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Volt Sweden Volt 0 3 0 0 1 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 0 1 0 0 2 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Hard Line Sweden 0 2 0 1 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 National Law of Sweden 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Socialist Welfare Party S-V 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Freedom Party 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 21,015 44,082 8,117 18,546 11,820 103,580 100.00% 5 0 5Blank votes 263 468 104 171 145 1,151 1.10% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 3 2 1 4 5 15 0.01% Rejected votes – other 15 44 7 18 16 100 0.10% Total polled 21,296 44,596 8,229 18,739 11,986 104,846 86.09% Registered electors 24,986 50,805 10,168 21,933 13,897 121,789 Turnout 85.23% 87.78% 80.93% 85.44% 86.25% 86.09%

The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Heléne Björklund (S), 2,227 votes; and Camilla Brunsberg (M), 1,693 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Ann-Christine From Utterstedt (SD), 0 votes; Richard Jomshof (SD), 181 votes; and Magnus Manhammar (S), 1,304 votes.

2010s 2018 Results of the 2018 general election held on 9 September 2018: