With 40 fixed seats, Stockholm County sends the highest number of parliamentarians to the Swedish Parliament Riksdagen. Stockholm Commune has the second highest number of seats, followed by Gothenburg Commune. The number of seats generally follow the number of eligible voters, reflecting Sweden's proportional representation election system.
Number of fixed seats in the Swedish Parliament in 2022, by electoral district
The 349 seats in the Swedish Parliament are elected every four years. 310 of these are elected through a proportional representation system, while the remaining 39 are so-called 'adjustment seats'. Through this system, the political parties that pass the four percent threshold will gain roughly the same amount of seats as share of votes.
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Valmyndigheten. (April 8, 2022). Number of fixed seats in the Swedish Parliament in 2022, by electoral district [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1332116/number-seats-parliament-sweden-electoral-district/
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