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Åsele

Västerbottens län

2,683 residents · 2025

−4.3%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 30,242/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 272 of 290, Median earned income

16.4%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 238 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Åsele

Voter turnout and parliamentary election results in Åsele, election year 2022.

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

75.8%

Sweden: 80.5%

4.7 percentage points below Sweden

Regional election

75.3%

Sweden: 80.2%

4.9 percentage points below Sweden

Parliamentary election results

Parties’ shares of valid votes in the 2022 parliamentary election.

Social Democratic Party had the largest share of valid votes.

Social Democratic Party 651 votes

Åsele 37.7%
Sweden 30.3%

Sweden Democrats 386 votes

Åsele 22.4%
Sweden 20.5%

Moderate Party 222 votes

Åsele 12.9%
Sweden 19.1%

Centre Party 173 votes

Åsele 10.0%
Sweden 6.7%

Left Party 93 votes

Åsele 5.4%
Sweden 6.7%

Christian Democrats 92 votes

Åsele 5.3%
Sweden 5.3%

Liberal Party 55 votes

Åsele 3.2%
Sweden 4.6%

Green Party 30 votes

Åsele 1.7%
Sweden 5.1%

Other parties 23 votes

Åsele 1.3%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Åsele Sweden
Åsele. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.8%85.9%93.0%1973198219912002201420221973, Åsele: 89.9%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Åsele: 90.9%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Åsele: 88.7%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Åsele: 89.3%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Åsele: 88.0%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Åsele: 86.2%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Åsele: 83.2%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Åsele: 85.1%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Åsele: 81.2%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Åsele: 80.0%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Åsele: 80.7%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Åsele: 83.3%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Åsele: 84.9%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Åsele: 85.4%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Åsele: 82.0%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.

Åsele Sweden
Social Democratic Party. Social Democratic Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.Social Democratic Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.25.1%44.1%63.1%1973198219912002201420221973, Åsele: 51.8%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Åsele: 54.1%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Åsele: 55.9%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Åsele: 58.3%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Åsele: 56.7%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Åsele: 57.9%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Åsele: 53.7%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Åsele: 59.9%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Åsele: 50.5%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Åsele: 52.4%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Åsele: 50.6%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Åsele: 51.2%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Åsele: 44.8%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Åsele: 40.3%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Åsele: 37.7%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

The municipal boundary between Dorotea and Åsele changed before the 1979 election.

Source: SCB · TAB2707 · TAB2707 · 1973–2022 · updated November 21, 2022.

Source: SCB · TAB2706 · TAB2706 · 1973–2022 · updated November 21, 2022.