Dalarna County () is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established as Kopparberg County in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It was renamed Dalarna County in 1998. It is conterminous with the county of Dalarna. The constituency currently elects nine of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2026 general election it had 223,713 registered electors.
Electoral system Dalarna County currently elects nine 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 10,814 5.76% 0 55,451 29.52% 3 8,913 4.74% 0 12,200 6.49% 1 7,579 4.03% 0 34,477 18.35% 2 13,294 7.08% 1 41,863 22.29% 22022 9,937 5.33% 0 59,080 31.66% 3 7,087 3.80% 0 12,131 6.50% 1 5,786 3.10% 0 30,664 16.43% 2 11,231 6.02% 0 47,931 25.69% 32018 13,654 7.26% 1 57,776 30.73% 3 6,249 3.32% 0 18,813 10.01% 1 6,848 3.64% 0 31,320 16.66% 2 11,522 6.13% 0 39,029 20.76% 22014 10,672 5.77% 0 65,543 35.45% 4 9,352 5.06% 0 14,371 7.77% 1 6,350 3.43% 0 35,087 18.98% 2 6,427 3.48% 0 31,043 16.79% 22010 10,533 5.88% 0 67,139 37.47% 4 10,652 5.95% 1 14,086 7.86% 1 8,747 4.88% 0 44,997 25.11% 3 7,925 4.42% 0 12,470 6.96% 12006 11,251 6.65% 1 68,218 40.34% 5 7,361 4.35% 0 18,197 10.76% 1 8,681 5.13% 0 35,615 21.06% 3 9,159 5.42% 0 4,723 2.79% 02002 15,482 9.50% 1 71,364 43.78% 5 7,599 4.66% 0 16,093 9.87% 1 15,880 9.74% 1 18,862 11.57% 1 12,506 7.67% 1 1,793 1.10% 01998 25,118 14.80% 2 66,696 39.29% 4 8,636 5.09% 0 10,908 6.43% 1 5,731 3.38% 0 28,691 16.90% 2 19,373 11.41% 1 1994 12,813 6.96% 1 91,037 49.46% 6 11,022 5.99% 1 18,564 10.09% 1 10,710 5.82% 0 29,757 16.17% 2 6,868 3.73% 0 1991 8,567 4.68% 0 76,566 41.82% 5 5,986 3.27% 0 21,297 11.63% 1 13,504 7.38% 1 29,372 16.04% 2 12,371 6.76% 1 1988 10,802 6.00% 1 84,653 47.00% 6 10,286 5.71% 0 26,945 14.96% 2 18,917 10.50% 1 22,265 12.36% 1 5,626 3.12% 0 1985 9,965 5.21% 0 92,860 48.53% 6 3,610 1.89% 0 31,216 16.31% 2 22,542 11.78% 1 30,610 16.00% 2 with C 1982 9,611 4.95% 0 97,316 50.10% 6 3,658 1.88% 0 38,674 19.91% 3 8,473 4.36% 0 32,969 16.97% 2 3,263 1.68% 0 1979 9,751 5.13% 0 90,475 47.64% 5 45,537 23.98% 3 14,075 7.41% 1 25,986 13.68% 2 2,896 1.52% 0 1976 8,038 4.25% 0 87,669 46.32% 5 57,205 30.22% 4 15,425 8.15% 1 17,604 9.30% 1 2,698 1.43% 0 1973 8,813 4.95% 0 83,642 46.96% 5 56,031 31.46% 4 11,645 6.54% 1 14,089 7.91% 1 3,123 1.75% 0 1970 8,414 4.86% 0 84,858 48.98% 6 46,290 26.72% 3 18,706 10.80% 1 11,457 6.61% 1 3,136 1.81% 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 % SeatsÄlv-dalen Avesta Bor-länge Falun Gagnef Hede-mora Lek-sand Lud-vika Malung-Sälen Mora Orsa Rättvik Säter Smedje-backen Vans-bro Swedish Social Democratic Party S 1,133 4,643 10,840 11,782 1,736 2,720 2,982 5,233 1,696 3,736 1,168 2,014 2,153 2,484 1,131 55,451 29.52% 3 0 3 Sweden Democrats SD 1,468 3,526 6,823 6,623 1,686 2,421 2,038 3,975 1,849 3,437 1,265 1,913 1,805 1,903 1,131 41,863 22.29% 2 0 2 Moderate Party M 620 2,700 5,903 7,956 1,136 1,652 2,221 2,721 1,468 2,532 705 1,492 1,426 1,261 684 34,477 18.35% 2 0 2 Christian Democrats KD 419 853 1,683 2,755 700 717 1,124 914 616 1,045 329 642 580 396 521 13,294 7.08% 1 0 1 Centre Party C 346 713 1,698 3,386 542 608 945 760 334 917 303 504 566 290 288 12,200 6.49% 1 0 1 Left Party V 151 900 2,518 2,414 272 556 528 1,197 235 603 288 263 344 326 219 10,814 5.76% 0 1 1 Green Party MP 124 380 1,498 3,131 333 415 606 529 156 578 204 352 299 213 95 8,913 4.74% 0 1 1 Liberals L 155 518 1,279 1,849 285 323 556 508 286 635 201 309 300 241 134 7,579 4.03% 0 0 0 Örebro Party ÖP 18 70 298 242 51 99 56 147 23 79 55 54 51 74 45 1,362 0.73% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 15 41 117 123 26 53 32 80 20 66 34 39 24 40 20 730 0.39% 0 0 0 Ambition Sweden AS 18 22 39 67 9 33 24 17 19 28 29 22 9 8 9 353 0.19% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 5 19 21 41 5 15 14 13 6 5 9 13 5 0 19 190 0.10% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 5 19 47 28 5 5 3 22 4 10 8 2 4 2 1 165 0.09% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 2 25 20 19 2 6 9 9 3 6 4 5 14 4 0 128 0.07% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 1 5 26 33 9 6 3 4 0 12 8 5 2 3 1 118 0.06% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 3 3 7 16 5 1 4 3 4 2 0 1 2 1 2 54 0.03% 0 0 0 RegleraAI.nu 0 0 22 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 38 0.02% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 10 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 23 0.01% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 1 4 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 0.01% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 15 0.01% 0 0 0 United Voice ER 0 1 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.01% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 11 0.01% 0 0 0 Donald Duck Party 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0.00% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Party for Justice and Equality PRJ 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Communist Party K 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 NY Reform NR 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 United Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 A Good Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Anti-Authoritarian Action Party 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Forest People 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Pax 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Pensioners' Party 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Space Rockets 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Volt Sweden Volt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 4,486 14,446 32,868 40,494 6,807 9,636 11,150 16,144 6,723 13,699 4,612 7,637 7,590 7,254 4,304 187,850 100.00% 9 2 11Blank votes 62 153 337 392 95 122 111 201 99 148 54 108 102 93 68 2,145 1.13% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 0 2 10 5 2 3 5 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 36 0.02% Rejected votes – other 3 12 26 21 9 16 7 12 2 6 3 4 8 7 3 139 0.07% Total polled 4,551 14,613 33,241 40,912 6,913 9,777 11,273 16,359 6,824 13,854 4,673 7,750 7,700 7,354 4,376 190,170 85.01% Registered electors 5,399 17,400 39,713 46,903 8,023 11,836 12,907 19,689 7,999 16,334 5,614 9,091 8,830 8,643 5,332 223,713 Turnout 84.29% 83.98% 83.70% 87.23% 86.16% 82.60% 87.34% 83.09% 85.31% 84.82% 83.24% 85.25% 87.20% 85.09% 82.07% 85.01%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M), 2,793 votes; and Peter Hultqvist (S), 3,223 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Mathias Bengtsson (KD), 533 votes; (M), 482 votes; Liselotte Forsberg (SD), 147 votes; Rasmus Giertz (SD), 120 votes; Lars Isacsson (S), 1,572 votes; Ulrika Liljeberg (C), 520 votes; Marie Olsson (S), 538 votes; Levelling seats (personal mandates) - Mohamed Ali (V), 648 votes; and (MP), 511 votes.
2022 Results of the 2022 general election held on 11 September 2022: