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Helsingborg

Skåne län

152,776 residents · 2025

+2.3%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 31,908/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 178 of 290, Median earned income

28.5%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 59 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Helsingborg

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

76.9%

Sweden: 80.5%

3.6 percentage points below Sweden

Regional election

76.8%

Sweden: 80.2%

3.4 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 24,659 votes

Helsingborg 28.1%
Sweden 30.3%

Sweden Democrats 23,051 votes

Helsingborg 26.3%
Sweden 20.5%

Moderate Party 18,937 votes

Helsingborg 21.6%
Sweden 19.1%

Left Party 4,363 votes

Helsingborg 5.0%
Sweden 6.7%

Centre Party 4,350 votes

Helsingborg 5.0%
Sweden 6.7%

Christian Democrats 3,925 votes

Helsingborg 4.5%
Sweden 5.3%

Liberal Party 3,855 votes

Helsingborg 4.4%
Sweden 4.6%

Green Party 2,986 votes

Helsingborg 3.4%
Sweden 5.1%

Other parties 1,514 votes

Helsingborg 1.7%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Helsingborg Sweden
Helsingborg. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.74.9%84.2%93.4%1973198219912002201420221973, Helsingborg: 90.7%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Helsingborg: 91.7%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Helsingborg: 90.4%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Helsingborg: 90.7%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Helsingborg: 88.9%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Helsingborg: 84.3%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Helsingborg: 85.0%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Helsingborg: 84.9%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Helsingborg: 78.2%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Helsingborg: 76.5%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Helsingborg: 79.6%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Helsingborg: 81.5%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Helsingborg: 82.7%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Helsingborg: 84.3%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Helsingborg: 80.1%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Helsingborg 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, 1973–2022.24.6%36.5%48.4%1973198219912002201420221973, Helsingborg: 46.1%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Helsingborg: 44.8%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Helsingborg: 44.1%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Helsingborg: 46.4%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Helsingborg: 43.9%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Helsingborg: 44.1%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Helsingborg: 35.8%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Helsingborg: 45.2%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Helsingborg: 34.8%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Helsingborg: 39.0%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Helsingborg: 33.2%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Helsingborg: 27.7%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Helsingborg: 29.5%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Helsingborg: 26.6%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Helsingborg: 28.1%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

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

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