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Göteborg

Västra Götalands län

613,278 residents · 2025

+5.2%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 33,183/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 88 of 290, Median earned income

40.3%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 16 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Göteborg

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

76.5%

Sweden: 80.5%

4.0 percentage points below Sweden

Regional election

76.3%

Sweden: 80.2%

3.9 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 95,980 votes

Göteborg 27.7%
Sweden 30.3%

Moderate Party 64,157 votes

Göteborg 18.5%
Sweden 19.1%

Sweden Democrats 50,889 votes

Göteborg 14.7%
Sweden 20.5%

Left Party 44,602 votes

Göteborg 12.8%
Sweden 6.7%

Green Party 27,485 votes

Göteborg 7.9%
Sweden 5.1%

Centre Party 20,343 votes

Göteborg 5.9%
Sweden 6.7%

Liberal Party 20,317 votes

Göteborg 5.9%
Sweden 4.6%

Christian Democrats 15,170 votes

Göteborg 4.4%
Sweden 5.3%

Other parties 8,160 votes

Göteborg 2.4%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Göteborg Sweden
Göteborg. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.76.0%84.7%93.3%1973198219912002201420221973, Göteborg: 88.9%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Göteborg: 90.1%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Göteborg: 88.7%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Göteborg: 90.1%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Göteborg: 88.6%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Göteborg: 84.6%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Göteborg: 85.7%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Göteborg: 85.3%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Göteborg: 78.9%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Göteborg: 77.5%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Göteborg: 79.5%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Göteborg: 82.7%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Göteborg: 82.8%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Göteborg: 84.3%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Göteborg: 80.7%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Göteborg 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, 1973–2022.21.5%34.7%47.8%1973198219912002201420221973, Göteborg: 38.2%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Göteborg: 38.9%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Göteborg: 37.6%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Göteborg: 40.8%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Göteborg: 40.1%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Göteborg: 37.1%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Göteborg: 33.2%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Göteborg: 40.2%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Göteborg: 29.3%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Göteborg: 33.2%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Göteborg: 28.9%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Göteborg: 25.2%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Göteborg: 23.7%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Göteborg: 23.8%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Göteborg: 27.7%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

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

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