Värmland 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 Värmland. The constituency currently elects nine of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 216,666 registered electors.

Electoral system Värmland 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 % Seats2022 9,126 5.01% 0 63,034 34.59% 4 6,635 3.64% 0 11,557 6.34% 1 6,766 3.71% 0 31,068 17.05% 2 10,590 5.81% 0 41,555 22.80% 22018 12,779 6.95% 1 62,369 33.90% 3 6,133 3.33% 0 17,071 9.28% 1 8,168 4.44% 0 30,219 16.43% 2 11,657 6.34% 0 33,118 18.00% 22014 9,517 5.23% 0 71,173 39.09% 5 9,398 5.16% 0 13,521 7.43% 1 7,531 4.14% 0 35,687 19.60% 2 7,263 3.99% 0 22,978 12.62% 12010 10,231 5.77% 0 68,520 38.66% 5 9,997 5.64% 0 13,379 7.55% 1 10,652 6.01% 0 45,578 25.72% 3 8,312 4.69% 0 8,502 4.80% 02006 10,810 6.42% 1 70,754 42.01% 5 6,519 3.87% 0 16,808 9.98% 1 10,061 5.97% 1 35,201 20.90% 2 9,823 5.83% 0 4,825 2.86% 02002 14,361 8.68% 1 71,715 43.36% 5 6,608 3.99% 0 15,161 9.17% 1 18,963 11.46% 1 20,499 12.39% 1 13,406 8.10% 1 2,268 1.37% 01998 23,894 14.08% 2 69,674 41.05% 5 6,910 4.07% 0 10,815 6.37% 0 6,828 4.02% 0 31,146 18.35% 2 18,219 10.73% 1 1994 12,658 6.84% 1 92,052 49.72% 6 8,071 4.36% 0 17,319 9.35% 1 11,423 6.17% 0 34,455 18.61% 2 6,211 3.35% 0 1991 8,546 4.62% 0 79,199 42.85% 5 4,862 2.63% 0 19,833 10.73% 1 13,851 7.49% 1 33,124 17.92% 2 11,585 6.27% 0 1988 9,914 5.43% 0 89,678 49.16% 6 8,305 4.55% 0 25,639 14.05% 2 18,489 10.14% 1 26,840 14.71% 2 3,364 1.84% 0 1985 9,344 4.84% 0 95,203 49.36% 6 2,683 1.39% 0 26,111 13.54% 2 23,398 12.13% 1 35,914 18.62% 2 with C 1982 9,364 4.77% 0 98,986 50.40% 6 2,757 1.40% 0 33,335 16.97% 2 10,380 5.28% 0 39,268 19.99% 3 2,087 1.06% 0 1979 9,507 4.86% 0 93,306 47.68% 6 39,607 20.24% 2 16,848 8.61% 1 33,749 17.24% 2 1,477 0.75% 0 1976 7,843 4.00% 0 90,503 46.13% 5 50,630 25.81% 3 19,286 9.83% 1 25,918 13.21% 2 1,466 0.75% 0 1973 9,261 4.91% 0 91,054 48.29% 6 49,121 26.05% 3 16,658 8.83% 1 19,893 10.55% 1 1,798 0.95% 0 1970 8,920 4.85% 0 93,739 51.01% 6 38,436 20.92% 3 22,847 12.43% 1 17,243 9.38% 1 2,099 1.14% 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 % SeatsÅrjäng Arvika Eda Filip-stad Fors-haga Grums Hag-fors Ham-marö Karl-stad Kil Kristine-hamn Munk-fors Säffle Stor-fors Sunne Torsby Swedish Social Democratic Party S 1,341 5,796 1,441 2,249 2,861 2,178 3,113 4,114 22,067 2,603 5,776 991 2,744 938 2,468 2,354 63,034 34.59% 4 0 4 Sweden Democrats SD 1,714 3,859 1,292 1,863 2,023 1,693 1,993 1,776 10,961 2,234 3,690 560 2,869 802 2,150 2,076 41,555 22.80% 2 0 2 Moderate Party M 707 2,804 607 891 1,079 820 678 2,269 12,409 1,326 2,361 232 1,633 365 1,723 1,164 31,068 17.05% 2 0 2 Centre Party C 392 991 267 188 379 294 307 758 4,116 525 945 125 887 120 839 424 11,557 6.34% 1 0 1 Christian Democrats KD 998 920 395 303 448 251 360 579 3,040 446 800 99 735 113 643 460 10,590 5.81% 0 1 1 Left Party V 141 901 131 315 322 248 396 372 3,910 309 912 115 348 112 295 299 9,126 5.01% 0 1 1 Liberals L 158 484 92 150 177 102 152 598 2,999 273 730 55 266 53 309 168 6,766 3.71% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 110 693 59 100 210 104 127 483 3,243 272 510 47 203 54 272 148 6,635 3.64% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 13 30 5 28 37 21 26 27 156 21 24 10 17 9 18 21 463 0.25% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 5 15 5 6 10 16 5 21 95 10 17 3 24 3 11 11 257 0.14% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 0 23 1 8 5 4 3 7 111 4 20 1 4 3 7 6 207 0.11% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 2 6 0 1 0 3 5 5 108 4 10 0 18 0 22 2 186 0.10% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 4 7 4 4 6 7 8 15 59 3 37 0 3 9 11 9 186 0.10% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 12 17 4 2 10 0 1 3 29 8 17 0 8 6 4 2 123 0.07% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 0 12 4 0 4 3 14 12 40 2 10 3 6 0 3 7 120 0.07% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 5 7 5 14 3 0 11 0 3 1 1 3 12 7 4 8 84 0.05% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 1 7 2 2 3 1 0 3 27 1 7 2 2 1 5 3 67 0.04% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 1 9 1 0 1 2 0 2 17 1 11 0 0 0 4 4 53 0.03% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 1 9 0 3 0 0 1 5 3 30 0.02% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 8 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 23 0.01% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 22 0.01% 0 0 0 Climate Alliance KA 2 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 20 0.01% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 13 0.01% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 12 0.01% 0 0 0 Socialist Welfare Party S-V 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0.00% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Evil Chicken Party OKP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Scania Party SKÅ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Donald Duck Party 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Free Wermland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Now That Will Be Enough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Sweden Out of the EU/Free Justice Party FRP 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 European Workers Party EAP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Freedom Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Hard Line Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Love 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Referendum Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Security Party TRP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 The Least Bad Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Volt Sweden Volt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 5,607 16,593 4,320 6,132 7,582 5,749 7,210 11,052 63,445 8,044 15,890 2,250 9,786 2,597 8,797 7,177 182,231 100.00% 9 2 11Blank votes 71 209 62 102 78 90 93 96 657 95 187 30 96 28 144 114 2,152 1.17% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 1 8 2 3 1 5 1 1 26 1 5 0 1 0 1 3 59 0.03% Rejected votes – other 6 8 2 7 11 5 3 9 67 4 7 1 13 5 9 2 159 0.09% Total polled 5,685 16,818 4,386 6,244 7,672 5,849 7,307 11,158 64,195 8,144 16,089 2,281 9,896 2,630 8,951 7,296 184,601 85.20% Registered electors 6,896 19,885 5,458 7,763 8,824 6,952 8,852 12,337 74,827 9,297 18,945 2,714 11,665 3,092 10,393 8,766 216,666 Turnout 82.44% 84.58% 80.36% 80.43% 86.94% 84.13% 82.55% 90.44% 85.79% 87.60% 84.92% 84.05% 84.83% 85.06% 86.13% 83.23% 85.20%

The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Daniel Bäckström (C), 978 votes; and Pål Jonson (M), 1,589 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Mikael Dahlqvist (S), 747 votes; Runar Filper (SD), 234 votes; Lars Mejern Larsson (S), 2,937 votes; Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M), 802 votes; Charlotte Quensel (SD), 0 votes; Sofia Skönnbrink (S), 708 votes; and Gunilla Svantorp (S), 883 votes. Levelling seats (personal mandates) - Kjell-Arne Ottosson (KD), 874 votes; and Håkan Svenneling (V), 725 votes.

Permanent substitutions: Gunilla Svantorp (S) resigned on 28 February 2025 and was replaced by Blåvitt Elofsson (S) on 1 March 2025.

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