Västra Götaland County West () is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established as Gothenburg and Bohus County Municipality () in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It was renamed Bohus County () in 1973. It was renamed Västra Götaland County West in 1998 when the counties of Älvsborg, Gothenburg and Bohus and Skaraborg were merged to create Västra Götaland. The constituency currently consists of the municipalities of Ale, Alingsås, Härryda, Kungälv, Lerum, Lilla Edet, Mölndal, Öckerö, Partille, Stenungsund and Tjörn. The constituency currently elects 11 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 285,927 registered electors.
Electoral system Västra Götaland County West currently elects 11 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 14,089 5.68% 1 69,468 28.03% 3 12,846 5.18% 0 15,881 6.41% 1 13,467 5.43% 1 50,707 20.46% 2 15,571 6.28% 1 52,558 21.20% 22018 16,607 6.83% 1 58,966 24.24% 3 12,166 5.00% 0 19,932 8.19% 1 16,757 6.89% 1 52,958 21.77% 2 18,724 7.70% 1 43,848 18.02% 22014 12,132 5.16% 0 63,552 27.05% 3 15,971 6.80% 1 14,091 6.00% 1 16,134 6.87% 1 60,129 25.59% 3 13,486 5.74% 1 31,401 13.37% 22010 10,506 4.67% 0 59,477 26.43% 3 15,794 7.02% 1 13,563 6.03% 1 20,194 8.97% 1 73,853 32.82% 4 16,525 7.34% 1 12,504 5.56% 12006 10,877 5.24% 0 66,705 32.11% 4 10,086 4.86% 0 15,135 7.29% 1 19,937 9.60% 1 54,970 26.46% 4 18,101 8.71% 1 6,074 2.92% 02002 15,389 7.86% 1 72,450 37.00% 5 8,409 4.29% 0 10,556 5.39% 0 31,260 15.96% 2 29,467 15.05% 2 22,831 11.66% 1 3,069 1.57% 01998 22,101 11.51% 1 64,784 33.73% 4 8,575 4.46% 0 8,509 4.43% 0 10,758 5.60% 1 41,380 21.55% 3 29,206 15.21% 2 1994 11,904 5.90% 1 86,079 42.67% 5 11,257 5.58% 0 14,688 7.28% 1 18,077 8.96% 1 44,807 22.21% 3 10,255 5.08% 0 1991 7,741 3.95% 0 65,706 33.55% 4 6,908 3.53% 0 16,221 8.28% 1 22,662 11.57% 1 43,195 22.05% 3 17,081 8.72% 1 1988 9,320 4.96% 0 73,744 39.23% 5 12,271 6.53% 1 21,207 11.28% 1 31,064 16.53% 2 32,824 17.46% 2 6,604 3.51% 0 1985 8,553 4.48% 0 77,075 40.33% 5 3,329 1.74% 0 24,319 12.72% 2 37,468 19.60% 2 39,783 20.82% 2 with C 1982 8,634 4.63% 0 75,513 40.45% 4 3,263 1.75% 0 30,558 16.37% 2 17,394 9.32% 1 47,197 25.28% 3 3,653 1.96% 0 1979 7,765 4.34% 0 67,460 37.67% 4 35,395 19.76% 2 27,196 15.19% 2 38,160 21.31% 2 2,137 1.19% 0 1976 6,473 3.70% 0 65,809 37.59% 4 45,153 25.79% 2 28,454 16.25% 2 27,151 15.51% 2 1,864 1.06% 0 1973 6,588 4.08% 0 61,139 37.84% 4 40,488 25.06% 2 26,114 16.16% 2 24,500 15.16% 2 2,209 1.37% 0 1970 5,980 3.84% 0 57,967 37.24% 4 29,294 18.82% 2 41,069 26.38% 3 18,964 12.18% 1 2,003 1.29% 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 % SeatsAle Aling-sås Härryda Kun-gälv Lerum LillaEdet Möln-dal Öckerö Partille Stenung-sund Tjörn Swedish Social Democratic Party S 5,834 8,256 6,776 9,098 7,495 2,502 12,496 2,271 6,826 5,042 2,872 69,468 28.03% 3 0 3 Sweden Democrats SD 5,015 5,295 5,146 7,359 5,506 3,064 7,820 2,023 4,248 4,328 2,754 52,558 21.20% 2 1 3 Moderate Party M 3,568 4,979 5,612 6,640 6,105 1,151 9,399 1,810 5,179 4,009 2,255 50,707 20.46% 2 1 3 Centre Party C 1,029 1,930 1,760 2,028 1,819 423 3,168 442 1,610 1,046 626 15,881 6.41% 1 0 1 Christian Democrats KD 1,100 2,023 1,244 2,112 1,683 473 2,153 1,294 1,276 1,088 1,125 15,571 6.28% 1 0 1 Left Party V 1,301 1,811 1,183 1,594 1,498 499 3,087 381 1,551 768 416 14,089 5.68% 1 0 1 Liberals L 648 1,416 1,558 1,639 1,751 219 2,825 413 1,396 882 720 13,467 5.43% 1 0 1 Green Party MP 694 1,607 1,401 1,389 1,756 196 2,728 407 1,482 728 458 12,846 5.18% 0 1 1 Alternative for Sweden AfS 64 75 55 80 48 36 136 21 40 63 25 643 0.26% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 108 61 22 110 16 23 103 0 83 32 2 560 0.23% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 44 45 62 61 53 20 94 12 43 43 19 496 0.20% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 16 40 18 36 41 15 90 2 29 25 7 319 0.13% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 25 57 32 28 25 9 35 5 23 28 7 274 0.11% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 16 40 3 54 20 11 40 49 14 8 17 272 0.11% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 11 22 18 30 14 16 26 5 22 28 10 202 0.08% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 21 14 13 20 18 5 35 6 5 10 2 149 0.06% 0 0 0 Climate Alliance KA 3 19 10 20 6 1 12 1 2 5 1 80 0.03% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 2 6 14 19 8 1 7 0 3 11 2 73 0.03% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 8 12 3 9 3 3 9 1 0 3 1 52 0.02% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 0 5 2 6 1 0 4 0 3 2 2 25 0.01% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 1 2 1 1 0 6 4 0 3 2 0 20 0.01% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 0 6 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 3 1 20 0.01% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 0 2 1 2 8 2 2 1 0 0 1 19 0.01% 0 0 0 United Democratic Party 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 14 0.01% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 1 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 12 0.00% 0 0 0 Donald Duck Party 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 8 0.00% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0.00% 0 0 0 Hard Line Sweden 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Socialist Welfare Party S-V 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Volt Sweden Volt 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Freedom Party 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Political Shift 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Change Party Revolution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Electoral Cooperation Party 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Evil Chicken Party OKP 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Humanist Democracy HD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Naturist Party 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 NY Reform NR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Scania Party SKÅ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Social Libertarians 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Sweden Party 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Swexit Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 The Anarchists 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 19,517 27,734 24,947 32,340 27,881 8,684 44,287 9,146 23,845 18,154 11,328 247,863 100.00% 11 3 14Blank votes 180 251 201 305 257 101 406 81 205 179 97 2,263 0.90% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 6 9 13 4 4 2 9 0 6 2 6 61 0.02% Rejected votes – other 27 10 17 20 23 9 21 5 17 15 10 174 0.07% Total polled 19,730 28,004 25,178 32,669 28,165 8,796 44,723 9,232 24,073 18,350 11,441 250,361 87.56% Registered electors 23,187 31,871 28,334 36,928 31,378 10,601 51,607 10,173 28,286 20,770 12,792 285,927 Turnout 85.09% 87.87% 88.86% 88.47% 89.76% 82.97% 86.66% 90.75% 85.11% 88.35% 89.44% 87.56%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Roland Utbult (KD), 785 votes; and Jessica Wetterling (V), 840 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Anders Ådahl (C), 588 votes; Alexander Christiansson (SD), 127 votes; Rashid Farivar (SD), 56 votes; Aylin Fazelian (S), 946 votes; Kenneth G. Forslund (S), 1,228 votes; Helena Gellerman (L), 493 votes; Joakim Järrebring (S), 749 votes; Ellen Juntti (M), 427 votes; and Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (M), 1,240 votes. Levelling seats (party mandates) - Janine Alm Ericson (MP), 418 votes; Yasmine Eriksson (SD), 141 votes; and Johanna Rantsi (M), 839 votes.
2010s 2018 Results of the 2018 general election held on 9 September 2018: