Västra Götaland County South () is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established as Älvsborg County South () in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It was renamed Västra Götaland County South in 1998 when the counties of Älvsborg, Gothenburg and Bohus and Skaraborg were merged to create Västra Götaland. The constituency consists of the municipalities of Bollebygd, Borås, Herrljunga, Mark, Svenljunga, Tranemo, Ulricehamn and Vårgårda. The constituency currently elects seven of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 170,107 registered electors.

Electoral system Västra Götaland County North 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 7,583 5.34% 0 41,350 29.14% 2 5,053 3.56% 0 10,063 7.09% 1 5,445 3.84% 0 26,846 18.92% 2 9,871 6.96% 0 33,477 23.59% 22018 9,213 6.42% 0 40,234 28.04% 2 4,891 3.41% 0 13,760 9.59% 1 7,624 5.31% 0 27,197 18.95% 2 10,445 7.28% 0 28,221 19.67% 22014 6,520 5.22% 0 38,791 31.06% 3 7,534 6.03% 0 9,423 7.54% 0 6,145 4.92% 0 27,795 22.26% 2 6,376 5.11% 0 18,773 15.03% 12010 6,136 5.06% 0 37,817 31.21% 3 7,315 6.04% 0 9,273 7.65% 0 8,883 7.33% 0 34,334 28.33% 3 7,745 6.39% 0 8,350 6.89% 02006 6,233 5.50% 0 40,429 35.69% 3 4,488 3.96% 0 10,726 9.47% 1 7,373 6.51% 0 27,238 24.05% 2 9,093 8.03% 0 3,600 3.18% 02002 8,188 7.48% 0 44,822 40.94% 3 4,224 3.86% 0 8,790 8.03% 0 11,951 10.92% 1 15,218 13.90% 1 13,546 12.37% 1 1,341 1.23% 01998 12,719 11.58% 1 39,791 36.24% 3 5,079 4.63% 0 7,781 7.09% 0 4,004 3.65% 0 22,144 20.17% 1 16,775 15.28% 1 1994 5,961 5.06% 0 53,754 45.59% 3 6,029 5.11% 0 12,763 10.82% 1 7,249 6.15% 0 25,002 21.20% 2 5,372 4.56% 0 1991 3,865 3.29% 0 43,710 37.21% 3 3,259 2.77% 0 13,507 11.50% 1 9,641 8.21% 0 24,109 20.52% 2 11,390 9.70% 1 1988 4,573 3.94% 0 50,092 43.12% 3 5,890 5.07% 0 17,432 15.01% 1 12,970 11.16% 1 20,923 18.01% 1 4,197 3.61% 0 1985 4,475 3.73% 0 50,458 42.02% 3 1,366 1.14% 0 20,474 17.05% 1 16,838 14.02% 1 26,140 21.77% 2 with C 1982 4,602 3.82% 0 50,772 42.18% 3 1,702 1.41% 0 23,741 19.72% 2 6,787 5.64% 0 30,318 25.19% 2 2,339 1.94% 0 1979 4,344 3.66% 0 47,560 40.02% 3 26,672 22.44% 2 11,792 9.92% 0 26,419 22.23% 2 1,719 1.45% 0 1976 3,444 2.90% 0 46,174 38.94% 3 33,734 28.45% 2 11,174 9.42% 1 22,467 18.95% 1 1,431 1.21% 0 1973 3,708 3.27% 0 44,741 39.44% 3 32,874 28.98% 2 8,611 7.59% 0 21,385 18.85% 2 1,782 1.57% 0 1970 3,215 2.87% 0 44,649 39.91% 3 27,070 24.20% 2 15,283 13.66% 1 19,952 17.83% 1 1,376 1.23% 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 % SeatsBolle-bygd Borås Herrl-junga Mark Svenl-junga Trane-mo Ulrice-hamn Vår-gårda Swedish Social Democratic Party S 1,627 20,724 1,638 6,909 1,721 2,280 4,365 2,086 41,350 29.14% 2 0 2 Sweden Democrats SD 1,763 14,652 1,664 5,627 2,144 1,850 3,860 1,917 33,477 23.59% 2 0 2 Moderate Party M 1,278 13,753 1,029 3,733 1,194 1,455 3,202 1,202 26,846 18.92% 2 0 2 Centre Party C 412 4,043 574 1,713 455 663 1,454 749 10,063 7.09% 1 0 1 Christian Democrats KD 420 4,305 592 1,557 534 496 1,155 812 9,871 6.96% 0 1 1 Left Party V 272 4,197 294 1,212 249 309 714 336 7,583 5.34% 0 0 0 Liberals L 258 2,889 233 722 209 217 648 269 5,445 3.84% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 248 2,563 172 773 185 231 564 317 5,053 3.56% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 3 438 1 8 2 8 16 15 491 0.35% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 21 167 30 111 20 14 51 22 436 0.31% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 24 108 10 50 8 19 30 15 264 0.19% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 11 147 9 28 11 19 15 10 250 0.18% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 5 64 21 44 2 9 28 6 179 0.13% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 2 75 6 32 2 15 15 11 158 0.11% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 1 59 9 44 2 0 8 6 129 0.09% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 0 1 5 11 25 5 13 11 71 0.05% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 4 21 4 12 2 1 9 1 54 0.04% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 0 20 2 6 1 7 4 0 40 0.03% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 3 10 1 11 0 4 5 4 38 0.03% 0 0 0 Socialist Welfare Party S-V 0 23 0 2 0 0 0 2 27 0.02% 0 0 0 Climate Alliance KA 2 3 1 9 0 0 4 0 19 0.01% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 0 6 2 2 1 2 2 1 16 0.01% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 0 1 5 6 0 1 0 2 15 0.01% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 1 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 9 0.01% 0 0 0 Sweden Out of the EU/Free Justice Party 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Evil Chicken Party OKP 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Freedom Party 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Donald Duck Party 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Freedom of the Family 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Green Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Hard Line Sweden 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Political Shift 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 United Democratic Party 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 6,356 68,283 6,302 22,632 6,768 7,607 16,163 7,795 141,906 100.00% 7 1 8Blank votes 54 668 80 290 106 103 199 83 1,583 1.10% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 1 17 2 3 2 1 4 2 32 0.02% Rejected votes – other 3 56 10 22 13 5 9 4 122 0.08% Total polled 6,414 69,024 6,394 22,947 6,889 7,716 16,375 7,884 143,643 84.44% Registered electors 7,202 83,786 7,313 26,700 8,140 8,981 18,972 9,013 170,107 Turnout 89.06% 82.38% 87.43% 85.94% 84.63% 85.91% 86.31% 87.47% 84.44%

The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Mikael Larsson (C), 572 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Anders Alftberg (SD), 126 votes; Jan Ericson (M), 1,083 votes; Patrik Jönsson (SD), 0 votes; Petter Löberg (S), 1,339 votes; Ulrik Nilsson (M), 438 votes; and Jessica Rodén (S), 1,065 votes. Levelling seats (party mandates) - Ingemar Kihlström (KD), 210 votes.

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

Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsBolle-bygd Borås Herrl-junga Mark Svenl-junga Trane-mo Ulrice-hamn Vår-gårda Swedish Social Democratic Party S 1,452 20,640 1,578 6,624 1,774 2,296 3,982 1,888 40,234 28.04% 2 0 2 Sweden Democrats SD 1,482 12,840 1,389 4,515 1,760 1,519 3,154 1,562 28,221 19.67% 2 0 2 Moderate Party M 1,256 14,354 1,066 3,640 1,199 1,377 3,167 1,138 27,197 18.95% 2 0 2 Centre Party C 551 5,077 787 2,426 821 1,077 2,081 940 13,760 9.59% 1 0 1 Christian Democrats KD 480 4,629 562 1,608 466 479 1,278 943 10,445 7.28% 0 1 1 Left Party V 321 4,905 384 1,653 283 348 891 428 9,213 6.42% 0 0 0 Liberals L 348 3,984 311 1,243 295 293 821 329 7,624 5.31% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 254 2,559 175 754 148 210 520 271 4,891 3.41% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 20 239 27 73 20 16 36 19 450 0.31% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 10 214 24 59 19 25 69 28 448 0.31% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 6 120 11 23 6 5 17 9 197 0.14% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 11 96 13 41 6 8 12 8 195 0.14% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 1 21 8 7 61 8 23 5 134 0.09% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 4 51 7 23 7 8 14 6 120 0.08% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 7 44 5 18 3 7 6 6 96 0.07% 0 0 0 Animal Party DjuP 2 35 1 21 7 2 13 13 94 0.07% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 2 51 9 19 4 0 3 3 91 0.06% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 0 19 2 7 0 3 4 0 35 0.02% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 1 17 0 4 2 0 2 1 27 0.02% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 1 5 2 2 3 1 1 0 15 0.01% 0 0 0 Initiative INI 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 European Workers Party EAP 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Scania Party SKÅ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Security Party TRP 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Parties not on the ballot 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 6,209 69,904 6,362 22,770 6,884 7,682 16,096 7,598 143,505 100.00% 7 1 8Blank votes 59 528 76 247 84 90 146 67 1,297 0.89% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 1 21 1 10 2 3 5 0 43 0.03% Rejected votes – other 4 32 7 10 4 3 10 3 73 0.05% Total polled 6,273 70,485 6,446 23,037 6,974 7,778 16,257 7,668 144,918 87.44% Registered electors 6,915 81,563 7,255 26,180 8,014 8,821 18,404 8,573 165,725 Turnout 90.72% 86.42% 88.85% 87.99% 87.02% 88.18% 88.33% 89.44% 87.44%

The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Mikael Larsson (C), 826 votes; and Cecilie Tenfjord-Toftby (M), 1,799 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Ann-Christin Ahlberg (S), 1,748 votes; Jan Ericson (M), 760 votes; Patrik Jönsson (SD), 2 votes; Petter Löberg (S), 1,017 votes; and Caroline Nordengrip (SD), 181 votes. Levelling seats (party mandates) - Ingemar Kihlström (KD), 102 votes.

2014 Results of the 2014 general election held on 14 September 2014: