Kalmar 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 Kalmar. The constituency currently elects seven of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2026 general election it had 191,157 registered electors.

Electoral system Kalmar County currently elects seven 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 9,930 6.14% 0 46,974 29.03% 2 6,686 4.13% 0 10,365 6.41% 0 6,888 4.26% 0 30,324 18.74% 2 13,575 8.39% 1 34,565 21.36% 22022 7,484 4.64% 0 51,179 31.74% 3 5,427 3.37% 0 10,523 6.53% 0 5,126 3.18% 0 28,672 17.78% 2 11,226 6.96% 1 39,516 24.50% 22018 9,851 6.12% 0 50,178 31.19% 3 4,645 2.89% 0 15,774 9.81% 1 6,038 3.75% 0 27,733 17.24% 1 11,583 7.20% 1 33,075 20.56% 22014 7,235 4.56% 0 56,370 35.49% 3 7,435 4.68% 0 13,867 8.73% 1 5,611 3.53% 0 32,313 20.35% 2 7,448 4.69% 0 24,260 15.27% 22010 7,679 4.96% 0 55,116 35.62% 4 8,713 5.63% 0 13,829 8.94% 1 7,847 5.07% 0 41,631 26.90% 3 9,341 6.04% 0 8,964 5.79% 02006 7,426 5.03% 0 61,007 41.35% 4 5,687 3.85% 0 16,306 11.05% 1 7,680 5.21% 0 31,430 21.30% 2 10,513 7.13% 1 4,675 3.17% 02002 10,519 7.29% 0 63,089 43.74% 4 5,210 3.61% 0 15,360 10.65% 1 12,865 8.92% 1 18,331 12.71% 1 16,112 11.17% 1 1,157 0.80% 01998 16,742 11.51% 1 57,275 39.36% 4 5,669 3.90% 0 13,409 9.22% 1 4,116 2.83% 0 26,651 18.32% 2 19,408 13.34% 1 1994 8,805 5.56% 0 75,379 47.58% 5 6,891 4.35% 0 20,559 12.98% 2 6,910 4.36% 0 30,044 18.96% 2 6,880 4.34% 0 1991 6,099 3.85% 0 62,692 39.57% 4 4,297 2.71% 0 22,839 14.41% 1 9,269 5.85% 0 28,905 18.24% 2 12,449 7.86% 1 1988 7,072 4.51% 0 71,092 45.38% 4 6,792 4.34% 0 28,361 18.10% 2 12,684 8.10% 1 24,839 15.85% 2 5,549 3.54% 0 1985 6,263 3.82% 0 75,298 45.97% 4 2,102 1.28% 0 31,499 19.23% 2 16,001 9.77% 1 32,364 19.76% 2 with C 1982 6,302 3.80% 0 76,527 46.13% 5 2,151 1.30% 0 35,982 21.69% 2 6,481 3.91% 0 34,480 20.79% 2 3,807 2.30% 0 1979 6,513 3.96% 0 72,549 44.11% 4 39,438 23.98% 2 11,737 7.14% 1 30,650 18.64% 2 3,069 1.87% 0 1976 5,351 3.24% 0 71,489 43.33% 4 48,860 29.62% 3 11,059 6.70% 0 24,843 15.06% 2 3,127 1.90% 0 1973 6,075 3.87% 0 68,928 43.87% 5 47,022 29.93% 3 8,566 5.45% 0 22,454 14.29% 1 3,765 2.40% 0 1970 5,423 3.53% 0 69,136 45.04% 5 39,027 25.42% 3 14,711 9.58% 1 20,636 13.44% 1 4,189 2.73% 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 % SeatsBorg-holm Emma-boda Högsby Hults-fred Kalmar Mönste-rås Mörby-långa Nybro Oskars-hamn Torsås Väster-vik Vimmer-by Swedish Social Democratic Party S 1,876 1,729 820 2,390 14,215 2,541 2,887 3,624 5,149 1,121 7,732 2,890 46,974 29.03% 2 0 2 Sweden Democrats SD 1,692 1,368 816 1,865 8,275 2,407 2,177 2,994 4,440 1,322 4,977 2,232 34,565 21.36% 2 0 2 Moderate Party M 1,560 885 358 1,086 10,338 1,279 2,459 2,151 3,195 813 4,321 1,879 30,324 18.74% 2 0 2 Christian Democrats KD 721 396 464 1,042 3,287 828 919 999 1,764 411 1,765 979 13,575 8.39% 1 0 1 Centre Party C 689 328 179 489 2,996 434 1,002 761 794 358 1,586 749 10,365 6.41% 0 1 1 Left Party V 320 384 167 636 3,403 439 467 1,001 968 219 1,377 549 9,930 6.14% 0 0 0 Liberals L 384 209 88 244 2,250 304 577 466 745 219 1,069 333 6,888 4.26% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 447 165 89 182 2,636 227 712 346 407 188 953 334 6,686 4.13% 0 0 0 Örebro Party ÖP 39 32 17 54 240 50 38 95 101 38 104 73 881 0.54% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 22 16 10 38 178 32 43 62 84 31 113 33 662 0.41% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 12 6 3 24 56 10 10 40 45 2 31 18 257 0.16% 0 0 0 Ambition Sweden AS 12 5 2 9 33 13 7 15 14 4 40 22 176 0.11% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 4 8 2 7 62 8 4 18 6 2 14 10 145 0.09% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 2 1 0 5 32 5 11 13 18 4 33 10 134 0.08% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 3 6 2 1 8 7 4 12 25 0 6 1 75 0.05% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 1 3 0 3 13 2 1 2 1 0 5 0 31 0.02% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 0 2 0 1 12 2 0 2 1 2 4 1 27 0.02% 0 0 0 United Voice ER 3 0 1 2 5 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 20 0.01% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 0 0 0 3 1 7 0 1 2 0 3 2 19 0.01% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 10 0.01% 0 0 0 Volt Sweden Volt 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 9 0.01% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0.00% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.00% 0 0 0 99 Black Balloons 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Donald Duck Party 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 United Sweden 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Origin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 RegleraAI.nu 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 A Good Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Architecture Uprising Party 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Pax 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Profit Party 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Responsible Intelligence in Politics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Security Party 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Socialist Party 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 The Anarchists 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 7,791 5,547 3,020 8,082 48,061 8,597 11,322 12,611 17,763 4,738 24,143 10,121 161,796 100.00% 7 1 8Blank votes 70 74 35 86 516 103 110 135 199 58 282 111 1,779 1.09% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 5 2 4 0 18 0.01% Rejected votes – other 4 4 4 4 109 1 19 8 10 2 22 4 191 0.12% Total polled 7,865 5,625 3,059 8,172 48,690 8,701 11,453 12,755 17,977 4,800 24,451 10,236 163,784 85.68% Registered electors 9,059 6,678 3,740 9,962 56,273 10,110 12,798 15,087 20,952 5,502 29,041 11,955 191,157 Turnout 86.82% 84.23% 81.79% 82.03% 86.52% 86.06% 89.49% 84.54% 85.80% 87.24% 84.19% 85.62% 85.68%

The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Lena Hallengren (S), 5,836 votes; 5,189 votes; Olle Olson (M), 1,895 votes; and Carl-Wiktor Svensson (KD), 953 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Mattias Bäckström Johansson (SD), 232 votes; (S), 601 votes; Marie Nicholson (M), 852 votes; and Johnny Svedin (SD), 104 votes. Levelling seats (personal mandates) - Emmy Ahlstedt (C), 1,058 votes.

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