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Democracy in Malmö

Skåne län

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Parliamentary election

77.2%

Sweden: 84.2%

7.0 percentage points below Sweden

Municipal election

73.4%

Sweden: 80.5%

7.1 percentage points below Sweden

Regional election

73.4%

Sweden: 80.2%

6.8 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 56,789 votes

Malmö 29.6%
Sweden 30.3%

Moderate Party 34,313 votes

Malmö 17.9%
Sweden 19.1%

Sweden Democrats 31,433 votes

Malmö 16.4%
Sweden 20.5%

Left Party 23,986 votes

Malmö 12.5%
Sweden 6.7%

Green Party 14,386 votes

Malmö 7.5%
Sweden 5.1%

Centre Party 10,546 votes

Malmö 5.5%
Sweden 6.7%

Liberal Party 8,706 votes

Malmö 4.5%
Sweden 4.6%

Other parties 6,133 votes

Malmö 3.2%
Sweden 1.5%

Christian Democrats 5,753 votes

Malmö 3.0%
Sweden 5.3%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Malmö Sweden
Malmö. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.74.5%84.0%93.4%1973198219912002201420221973, Malmö: 90.8%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Malmö: 91.5%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Malmö: 90.1%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Malmö: 90.7%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Malmö: 89.1%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Malmö: 85.8%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Malmö: 85.2%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Malmö: 84.5%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Malmö: 77.3%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Malmö: 76.1%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Malmö: 77.6%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Malmö: 79.6%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Malmö: 79.7%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Malmö: 82.0%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Malmö: 77.2%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Malmö 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, 1973–2022.26.1%39.2%52.2%1973198219912002201420221973, Malmö: 49.2%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Malmö: 47.6%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Malmö: 47.0%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Malmö: 50.0%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Malmö: 46.4%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Malmö: 45.9%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Malmö: 39.0%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Malmö: 48.8%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Malmö: 41.9%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Malmö: 42.4%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Malmö: 35.2%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Malmö: 28.7%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Malmö: 29.3%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Malmö: 29.1%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Malmö: 29.6%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

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

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