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Democracy in Borås

Västra Götalands län

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Parliamentary election

82.4%

Sweden: 84.2%

1.8 percentage points below Sweden

Municipal election

78.4%

Sweden: 80.5%

2.1 percentage points below Sweden

Regional election

78.3%

Sweden: 80.2%

1.9 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 20,724 votes

Borås 30.4%
Sweden 30.3%

Sweden Democrats 14,652 votes

Borås 21.5%
Sweden 20.5%

Moderate Party 13,753 votes

Borås 20.1%
Sweden 19.1%

Christian Democrats 4,305 votes

Borås 6.3%
Sweden 5.3%

Left Party 4,197 votes

Borås 6.1%
Sweden 6.7%

Centre Party 4,043 votes

Borås 5.9%
Sweden 6.7%

Liberal Party 2,889 votes

Borås 4.2%
Sweden 4.6%

Green Party 2,563 votes

Borås 3.8%
Sweden 5.1%

Other parties 1,157 votes

Borås 1.7%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Borås Sweden
Borås. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.8%86.6%94.4%1973198219912002201420221973, Borås: 92.5%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Borås: 93.1%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Borås: 91.8%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Borås: 92.5%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Borås: 91.1%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Borås: 87.6%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Borås: 88.0%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Borås: 87.8%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Borås: 82.1%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Borås: 80.8%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Borås: 81.7%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Borås: 84.6%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Borås: 84.9%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Borås: 86.4%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Borås: 82.4%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Borås 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, 1973–2022.26.3%38.3%50.3%1973198219912002201420221973, Borås: 42.0%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Borås: 41.5%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Borås: 42.6%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Borås: 44.9%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Borås: 44.3%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Borås: 45.4%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Borås: 39.2%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Borås: 48.3%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Borås: 37.1%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Borås: 42.2%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Borås: 36.4%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Borås: 31.9%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Borås: 31.4%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Borås: 29.5%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Borås: 30.4%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

The municipal boundary between Bollebygd and Borås changed before the 1994 election.

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

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