The Swedish Church Assembly elections were held on 19 September 2021. All 251 seats in the General Synod of the Church of Sweden were up for election, as well as local governing bodies.
In church elections in Sweden all members of the Church of Sweden over the age of 16 may vote. It takes through proportional representation by lists presented by nominating groups, many of which are political parties or affiliated with political parties. The election is for the governing bodies of the Church of Sweden at the parish, diocese, and national level.
Results + Nominating group Votes Seats # % ± # ± Swedish Social Democratic Party (S) 243,246 27.50% –2.84% 70 –6 Non-Partisans in the Church of Sweden (POSK) 170,946 19.33% +2.27% 47 +4 Centre Party (C) 96,797 10.94% –2.75% 30 –4 (BorgA) 71,046 8.03% –0.77% 20 –2 Sweden Democrats (SD) 68,941 7.79% –1.48% 19 –5 The Left in the Church of Sweden (ViSK) 67,519 7.63% +3.88% 19 +10 (ÖKA) 48,692 5.50% +1.08% 13 +2 Bold Church (FK) 30,666 3.47% –0.50% 8 –2 Greens in the Church of Sweden (MPSKDG) 28,806 3.26% +0.88% 8 +2 (KR) 24,170 2.73% –0.24% 7 +0 Free Liberals in the Church of Sweden (FiSK) 14,211 1.61% –1.33% 4 –3 Alternative for Sweden (AfS) 11,112 1.26% – 3 New Heaven and Earth (HoJ) 5,344 0.60% – 1 New Green Christians (GK) 2,011 0.23% +0.06% 0 +0 1,067 0.12% -0.00% 0 +0 Abroad voters 2 +0 Totals 884,574 100.0 – 251 ±0 Blank and invalid votes 16,179 – – Registered voters/turnout 4,898,123 18.39 -0.69 – –Source: kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se
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