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Essunga

Västra Götalands län

5,559 residents · 2025

−2.3%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 31,475/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 206 of 290, Median earned income

15.2%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 260 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Essunga

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

84.9%

Sweden: 80.5%

4.4 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

83.9%

Sweden: 80.2%

3.7 percentage points above Sweden

Parliamentary election results

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

Sweden Democrats had the largest share of valid votes.

Sweden Democrats 1,133 votes

Essunga 29.9%
Sweden 20.5%

Social Democratic Party 1,021 votes

Essunga 27.0%
Sweden 30.3%

Moderate Party 767 votes

Essunga 20.2%
Sweden 19.1%

Centre Party 309 votes

Essunga 8.2%
Sweden 6.7%

Christian Democrats 225 votes

Essunga 5.9%
Sweden 5.3%

Left Party 134 votes

Essunga 3.5%
Sweden 6.7%

Green Party 93 votes

Essunga 2.5%
Sweden 5.1%

Liberal Party 71 votes

Essunga 1.9%
Sweden 4.6%

Other parties 35 votes

Essunga 0.9%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Essunga Sweden
Essunga. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.8%86.2%93.6%1973198219912002201420221973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Essunga: 92.3%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Essunga: 90.5%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Essunga: 86.1%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Essunga: 87.6%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Essunga: 86.1%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Essunga: 82.6%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Essunga: 81.9%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Essunga: 82.6%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Essunga: 85.6%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Essunga: 86.8%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Essunga: 88.0%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Essunga: 87.4%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Sweden Democrats

Sweden Democrats share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.

The Sweden Democrats are included in Other parties for 1988–1994.

Essunga Sweden
Sweden Democrats. Sweden Democrats share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.Sweden Democrats share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.0.0%16.5%32.9%1973198219912002201420221998, Essunga: 0.2%1998, Sweden: 0.4%2002, Essunga: 0.3%2002, Sweden: 1.4%2006, Essunga: 2.9%2006, Sweden: 2.9%2010, Essunga: 6.2%2010, Sweden: 5.7%2014, Essunga: 16.0%2014, Sweden: 12.9%2018, Essunga: 22.9%2018, Sweden: 17.5%2022, Essunga: 29.9%2022, Sweden: 20.5%

The municipal boundary between Essunga and Vara changed before the 1982 election.

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

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