Västernorrland 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 Västernorrland. The constituency currently elects eight of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 188,542 registered electors.
Electoral system Västernorrland County currently elects eight 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 % Seats2022 9,123 5.75% 0 62,562 39.42% 4 5,437 3.43% 0 11,822 7.45% 1 4,348 2.74% 0 22,176 13.97% 1 8,591 5.41% 0 32,829 20.68% 22018 13,335 8.18% 1 64,882 39.80% 4 4,366 2.68% 0 16,108 9.88% 1 5,601 3.44% 0 22,255 13.65% 1 8,816 5.41% 0 25,360 15.56% 12014 9,211 5.68% 0 74,977 46.25% 5 7,073 4.36% 0 10,922 6.74% 0 5,440 3.36% 0 25,833 15.94% 2 6,097 3.76% 0 17,569 10.84% 12010 9,642 6.03% 0 70,341 43.97% 5 8,757 5.47% 0 11,185 6.99% 1 8,253 5.16% 0 34,550 21.60% 2 6,983 4.37% 0 7,264 4.54% 02006 10,229 6.67% 1 70,515 45.96% 5 5,871 3.83% 0 16,197 10.56% 1 8,288 5.40% 0 26,319 17.16% 2 8,674 5.65% 0 3,400 2.22% 02002 14,902 9.87% 1 74,486 49.34% 5 5,672 3.76% 0 14,566 9.65% 1 13,974 9.26% 1 12,842 8.51% 1 11,450 7.58% 0 1,269 0.84% 01998 23,304 14.76% 2 71,257 45.13% 5 6,415 4.06% 0 10,491 6.64% 0 5,678 3.60% 0 21,616 13.69% 1 16,072 10.18% 1 1994 11,666 6.74% 1 95,266 55.00% 6 8,392 4.84% 0 15,913 9.19% 1 10,432 6.02% 0 22,535 13.01% 2 6,686 3.86% 0 1991 8,781 5.06% 0 83,224 47.95% 6 5,346 3.08% 0 19,612 11.30% 1 12,741 7.34% 1 22,543 12.99% 1 12,287 7.08% 1 1988 10,377 5.98% 0 89,625 51.64% 6 8,862 5.11% 0 25,861 14.90% 2 15,355 8.85% 1 16,242 9.36% 1 6,240 3.60% 0 1985 9,811 5.36% 0 97,384 53.21% 6 2,401 1.31% 0 32,140 17.56% 2 18,306 10.00% 1 22,416 12.25% 1 with C 1982 9,843 5.29% 0 99,968 53.69% 6 2,582 1.39% 0 38,992 20.94% 3 6,997 3.76% 0 23,109 12.41% 1 4,247 2.28% 0 1979 10,042 5.40% 0 95,156 51.22% 5 43,892 23.62% 3 12,120 6.52% 1 19,994 10.76% 1 3,262 1.76% 0 1976 9,359 5.02% 0 93,935 50.37% 6 53,048 28.44% 3 12,661 6.79% 1 13,586 7.28% 1 3,277 1.76% 0 1973 11,346 6.35% 1 90,613 50.68% 6 49,518 27.70% 3 10,101 5.65% 0 12,037 6.73% 1 4,227 2.36% 0 1970 11,693 6.58% 1 92,790 52.24% 6 40,922 23.04% 3 16,846 9.48% 1 10,432 5.87% 0 4,486 2.53% 0 (Excludes levelling seats. Figures in italics represent alliances/joint lists.)
Detailed
2020s 2022 Results of the 2022 general election held on 11 September 2022:
Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsÅnge Härnö-sand Kram-fors Örns-köldsvik Sollef-teå Sunds-vall Timrå Swedish Social Democratic Party S 2,265 6,318 4,807 15,160 4,681 24,488 4,843 62,562 39.42% 4 0 4 Sweden Democrats SD 1,816 3,144 2,529 6,246 3,007 12,984 3,103 32,829 20.68% 2 0 2 Moderate Party M 751 1,957 1,099 5,195 889 10,795 1,490 22,176 13.97% 1 0 1 Centre Party C 335 1,214 962 3,543 1,056 4,122 590 11,822 7.45% 1 0 1 Left Party V 292 1,017 917 1,635 996 3,662 604 9,123 5.75% 0 1 1 Christian Democrats KD 367 743 536 2,437 719 3,212 577 8,591 5.41% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 91 953 357 1,052 276 2,463 245 5,437 3.43% 0 0 0 Liberals L 106 408 182 859 179 2,358 256 4,348 2.74% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 25 43 42 121 39 195 23 488 0.31% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 2 15 18 50 5 126 12 228 0.14% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 1 32 22 49 9 71 8 192 0.12% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 13 17 24 31 20 48 18 171 0.11% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 3 6 8 65 9 40 21 152 0.10% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 1 21 25 46 17 36 2 148 0.09% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 11 17 7 30 44 24 1 134 0.08% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 2 18 1 11 5 47 3 87 0.05% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 2 7 5 14 4 15 3 50 0.03% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 3 2 2 13 4 17 3 44 0.03% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 1 5 3 5 2 22 4 42 0.03% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 0 1 2 7 9 12 0 31 0.02% 0 0 0 Socialist Welfare Party S-V 0 1 0 1 0 15 0 17 0.01% 0 0 0 Climate Alliance KA 0 3 0 0 1 7 1 12 0.01% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 0 7 2 1 1 1 0 12 0.01% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Donald Duck Party 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Freedom Party 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Change Party Revolution 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Green Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Hard Line Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 New Social Party 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Now That Will Be Enough 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Volt Sweden Volt 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 6,090 15,950 11,550 36,572 11,979 64,770 11,810 158,721 100.00% 8 1 9Blank votes 61 164 165 356 184 632 92 1,654 1.03% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 3 1 5 9 0 20 3 41 0.03% Rejected votes – other 6 10 9 23 14 66 14 142 0.09% Total polled 6,160 16,125 11,729 36,960 12,177 65,488 11,919 160,558 85.16% Registered electors 7,292 19,103 14,021 43,029 14,489 76,665 13,943 188,542 Turnout 84.48% 84.41% 83.65% 85.90% 84.04% 85.42% 85.48% 85.16%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (party mandates) - Jörgen Berglund (M), 1,012 votes; Peder Björk (S), 1,303 votes; Peter Hedberg (S), 681 votes; David Lång (SD), 1 vote; Malin Larsson (S), 2,089 votes; Ulf Lindholm (SD), 10 votes; Anne-Li Sjölund (C), 509 votes; and Anna-Belle Strömberg (S), 1,070 votes. Levelling seats (personal mandates) - Isabell Mixter (V), 561 votes.
Permanent substitutions: David Lång (SD) resigned on 19 June 2024 and was replaced by Mats Hellhoff (SD) on 20 June 2024.
2010s 2018 Results of the 2018 general election held on 9 September 2018:
Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsÅnge Härnö-sand Kram-fors Örns-köldsvik Sollef-teå Sunds-vall Timrå Swedish Social Democratic Party S 2,630 5,971 4,955 16,850 4,453 24,834 5,189 64,882 39.80% 4 0 4 Sweden Democrats SD 1,390 2,743 1,902 4,328 2,357 10,305 2,335 25,360 15.56% 1 0 1 Moderate Party M 707 2,131 1,124 4,814 1,132 10,914 1,433 22,255 13.65% 1 0 1 Centre Party C 537 1,618 1,503 4,562 1,622 5,448 818 16,108 9.88% 1 0 1 Left Party V 429 1,443 1,423 2,233 1,933 4,915 959 13,335 8.18% 1 0 1 Christian Democrats KD 306 862 480 2,716 550 3,305 597 8,816 5.41% 0 0 0 Liberals L 100 522 247 1,016 202 3,146 368 5,601 3.44% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 68 702 226 838 190 2,118 224 4,366 2.68% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 18 143 61 69 57 314 26 688 0.42% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 23 49 48 119 50 184 32 505 0.31% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 43 21 22 65 39 74 9 273 0.17% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 4 16 9 39 5 107 18 198 0.12% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 2 11 11 19 15 59 6 123 0.08% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 4 13 1 27 5 65 3 118 0.07% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 6 16 8 28 7 48 4 117 0.07% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 8 6 5 9 2 36 2 68 0.04% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 1 4 11 27 7 11 1 62 0.04% 0 0 0 Norrland Party NORRP 1 4 26 2 0 3 0 36 0.02% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 2 1 0 8 1 16 7 35 0.02% 0 0 0 Animal Party DjuP 1 0 2 3 2 8 0 16 0.01% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 9 0.01% 0 0 0 Initiative INI 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 8 0.00% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 6 0.00% 0 0 0 European Workers Party EAP 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Parties not on the ballot 0 1 1 9 0 4 0 15 0.01% 0 0 0Valid votes 6,280 16,284 12,066 37,786 12,631 65,922 12,032 163,001 100.00% 8 0 8Blank votes 68 142 124 346 123 493 93 1,389 0.84% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 1 2 4 14 21 26 1 69 0.04% Rejected votes – other 3 10 7 18 3 38 11 90 0.05% Total polled 6,352 16,438 12,201 38,164 12,778 66,479 12,137 164,549 87.76% Registered electors 7,417 18,829 14,153 43,087 14,780 75,358 13,876 187,500 Turnout 85.64% 87.30% 86.21% 88.57% 86.45% 88.22% 87.47% 87.76%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Jörgen Berglund (M), 1,285 votes; Emil Källström (C), 2,136 votes; and Stefan Löfven (S), 10,235 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Christina Höj Larsen (V), 605 votes; Malin Larsson (S), 606 votes; Ingemar Nilsson (S), 187 votes; Kristina Nilsson (S), 413 votes; and Johnny Skalin (SD), 104 votes.
Permanent substitutions: Ingemar Nilsson (S) resigned on 31 August 2021 and was replaced by Jasenko Omanović (S) on 1 September 2021. Emil Källström (C) resigned on 13 September 2021 and was replaced by Anne-Li Sjölund (C) on 14 September 2021. Stefan Löfven (S) resigned on 16 November 2021 and was replaced by Anna-Belle Strömberg (S) on the same day.
2014 Results of the 2014 general election held on 14 September 2014: