Västerbotten 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 Västerbotten. The constituency currently elects eight of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 209,485 registered electors.

Electoral system Västerbotten County 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 15,097 8.50% 1 72,318 40.73% 4 9,653 5.44% 0 13,827 7.79% 1 5,544 3.12% 0 25,121 14.15% 1 8,368 4.71% 0 25,666 14.46% 12018 22,696 12.69% 1 68,197 38.13% 4 6,925 3.87% 0 18,078 10.11% 1 7,038 3.94% 0 24,139 13.50% 2 9,376 5.24% 0 19,571 10.94% 12014 19,214 10.96% 1 73,661 42.03% 5 10,341 5.90% 0 11,660 6.65% 1 7,606 4.34% 0 24,158 13.78% 1 7,477 4.27% 0 12,979 7.40% 12010 17,034 9.98% 1 72,008 42.21% 4 12,246 7.18% 1 12,699 7.44% 1 10,296 6.04% 0 30,184 17.69% 2 9,125 5.35% 0 4,651 2.73% 02006 13,599 8.37% 1 71,260 43.86% 5 9,544 5.87% 0 19,154 11.79% 1 10,310 6.35% 0 22,213 13.67% 1 10,497 6.46% 1 1,832 1.13% 02002 17,822 11.47% 1 72,176 46.45% 5 6,938 4.47% 0 17,448 11.23% 1 15,673 10.09% 1 10,083 6.49% 0 13,135 8.45% 1 540 0.35% 01998 24,800 15.71% 2 68,225 43.22% 5 7,730 4.90% 0 10,487 6.64% 0 8,530 5.40% 0 18,518 11.73% 1 16,925 10.72% 1 1994 12,133 7.29% 1 86,568 52.04% 5 9,716 5.84% 0 15,689 9.43% 1 13,445 8.08% 1 18,444 11.09% 1 8,389 5.04% 0 1991 8,774 5.43% 0 73,103 45.28% 5 5,250 3.25% 0 20,333 12.59% 1 15,974 9.89% 1 17,514 10.85% 1 13,882 8.60% 1 1988 9,381 5.89% 0 77,054 48.37% 5 7,331 4.60% 0 22,818 14.32% 2 19,127 12.01% 1 14,160 8.89% 1 8,318 5.22% 0 1985 9,335 5.67% 0 79,958 48.53% 5 2,045 1.24% 0 29,745 18.05% 2 23,955 14.54% 1 18,671 11.33% 1 with C 1982 9,153 5.54% 0 81,480 49.28% 5 2,045 1.24% 0 31,805 19.23% 2 12,842 7.77% 1 21,050 12.73% 1 6,402 3.87% 0 1979 8,759 5.41% 0 75,233 46.46% 5 34,075 21.04% 2 20,204 12.48% 1 17,279 10.67% 1 5,357 3.31% 0 1976 6,480 4.06% 0 72,186 45.28% 4 42,009 26.35% 3 18,679 11.72% 1 13,972 8.76% 1 5,241 3.29% 0 1973 5,792 3.86% 0 67,516 45.00% 4 39,246 26.16% 3 17,653 11.77% 1 12,815 8.54% 1 5,952 3.97% 0 1970 4,208 2.89% 0 67,177 46.09% 4 31,509 21.62% 2 25,325 17.38% 2 11,412 7.83% 1 5,434 3.73% 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 % SeatsÅsele Bjur-holm Doro-tea Lyck-sele Malå Nord-maling Norsjö Roberts-fors Skellef-teå Sorsele Storu-man Umeå Vännäs Vilhel-mina Vindeln Swedish Social Democratic Party S 651 447 641 3,054 724 1,724 1,034 1,703 21,649 571 1,248 34,233 2,049 1,438 1,152 72,318 40.73% 4 0 4 Sweden Democrats SD 386 364 351 1,374 441 994 461 661 7,338 317 836 9,328 1,029 1,051 735 25,666 14.46% 1 0 1 Moderate Party M 222 301 104 1,111 171 628 335 567 6,386 166 474 12,824 838 430 564 25,121 14.15% 1 0 1 Left Party V 93 42 131 404 163 263 160 272 3,184 107 259 9,074 447 319 179 15,097 8.50% 1 0 1 Centre Party C 173 121 116 396 79 426 153 556 3,536 113 232 6,826 509 265 326 13,827 7.79% 1 0 1 Green Party MP 30 29 26 163 26 118 30 184 1,903 33 115 6,566 250 83 97 9,653 5.44% 0 1 1 Christian Democrats KD 92 137 78 776 105 282 214 219 2,123 103 288 3,102 273 364 212 8,368 4.71% 0 0 0 Liberals L 55 45 58 216 86 122 91 90 1,266 32 142 3,073 123 59 86 5,544 3.12% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 6 6 2 9 5 11 4 12 84 2 9 222 15 16 12 415 0.23% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 1 2 0 17 1 1 5 5 129 3 3 172 9 3 3 354 0.20% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 5 2 1 1 2 9 0 5 40 0 3 135 5 11 7 226 0.13% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 7 2 0 10 1 14 4 8 60 3 3 72 21 10 5 220 0.12% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 5 47 0 0 95 4 5 1 169 0.10% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 101 0 0 2 113 0.06% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 5 49 1 6 25 12 7 0 110 0.06% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 22 2 0 51 2 3 0 85 0.05% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 1 0 10 10 1 2 5 4 10 3 3 4 6 6 3 68 0.04% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 21 0 1 26 1 1 0 54 0.03% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 2 22 0.01% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 9 0 2 1 20 0.01% 0 0 0 Climate Alliance KA 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 11 0 2 0 19 0.01% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 0 0 0 17 0.01% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 12 0.01% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 9 0.01% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 0.00% 0 0 0 Socialist Welfare Party S-V 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.00% 0 0 0 National Law of Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Sweden Out of the EU/Free Justice Party FRP 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Donald Duck Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Hard Line Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 United Democratic Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Volt Sweden Volt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Electoral Cooperation Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Evil Chicken Party OKP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Social Libertarians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 The Least Bad Party 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 1,725 1,500 1,523 7,555 1,807 4,605 2,504 4,302 47,884 1,457 3,624 85,994 5,594 4,080 3,389 177,543 100.00% 8 1 9Blank votes 18 17 43 104 45 47 28 53 652 42 56 709 49 77 38 1,978 1.10% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 12 0 0 22 3 1 2 44 0.02% Rejected votes – other 0 1 0 7 1 6 0 4 48 0 5 66 4 4 1 147 0.08% Total polled 1,743 1,518 1,566 7,668 1,853 4,659 2,533 4,359 48,596 1,499 3,685 86,791 5,650 4,162 3,430 179,712 85.79% Registered electors 2,126 1,832 1,937 9,233 2,259 5,523 3,048 5,172 56,888 1,843 4,515 99,226 6,699 5,093 4,091 209,485 Turnout 81.98% 82.86% 80.85% 83.05% 82.03% 84.36% 83.10% 84.28% 85.42% 81.33% 81.62% 87.47% 84.34% 81.72% 83.84% 85.79%

The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Helena Lindahl (C), 1,489 votes; and Edward Riedl (M), 2,309 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Pontus Andersson (SD), 1 vote; Isak From (S), 1,866 votes; Åsa Karlsson (S), 1,001 votes; Gudrun Nordborg (V), 565 votes; Helén Pettersson (S), 1,231 votes; and Björn Wiechel (S), 955 votes. Levelling seats (personal mandates) - Elin Söderberg (MP), 867 votes.

Permanent substitutions: Elin Söderberg (MP) resigned on 2 December 2024 and was replaced by (MP) on the same day.

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