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Kalmar

Kalmar län

73,068 residents · 2025

+3.9%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 32,050/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 164 of 290, Median earned income

32.3%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 40 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Kalmar

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

84.3%

Sweden: 80.5%

3.8 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

84.0%

Sweden: 80.2%

3.8 percentage points above 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 14,874 votes

Kalmar 31.8%
Sweden 30.3%

Moderate Party 9,627 votes

Kalmar 20.6%
Sweden 19.1%

Sweden Democrats 9,419 votes

Kalmar 20.1%
Sweden 20.5%

Centre Party 3,013 votes

Kalmar 6.4%
Sweden 6.7%

Christian Democrats 2,739 votes

Kalmar 5.9%
Sweden 5.3%

Left Party 2,556 votes

Kalmar 5.5%
Sweden 6.7%

Green Party 2,192 votes

Kalmar 4.7%
Sweden 5.1%

Liberal Party 1,828 votes

Kalmar 3.9%
Sweden 4.6%

Other parties 546 votes

Kalmar 1.2%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Kalmar Sweden
Kalmar. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.9%86.0%93.1%1973198219912002201420221973, Kalmar: 91.0%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Kalmar: 91.9%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Kalmar: 90.9%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Kalmar: 91.4%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Kalmar: 89.7%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Kalmar: 86.2%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Kalmar: 87.8%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Kalmar: 87.7%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Kalmar: 82.7%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Kalmar: 82.3%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Kalmar: 84.0%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Kalmar: 86.3%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Kalmar: 87.6%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Kalmar: 89.2%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Kalmar: 87.0%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Kalmar 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, 1973–2022.26.4%37.5%48.6%1973198219912002201420221973, Kalmar: 45.8%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Kalmar: 44.2%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Kalmar: 44.5%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Kalmar: 46.7%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Kalmar: 46.5%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Kalmar: 45.9%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Kalmar: 39.2%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Kalmar: 46.7%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Kalmar: 38.0%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Kalmar: 42.9%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Kalmar: 39.5%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Kalmar: 32.9%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Kalmar: 32.7%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Kalmar: 30.4%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Kalmar: 31.8%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

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

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