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Motala

Östergötlands län

43,131 residents · 2025

−1.2%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 31,833/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 187 of 290, Median earned income

19.7%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 164 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Motala

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

82.4%

Sweden: 80.5%

1.9 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

82.0%

Sweden: 80.2%

1.8 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 9,611 votes

Motala 34.2%
Sweden 30.3%

Sweden Democrats 6,989 votes

Motala 24.9%
Sweden 20.5%

Moderate Party 5,259 votes

Motala 18.7%
Sweden 19.1%

Christian Democrats 1,547 votes

Motala 5.5%
Sweden 5.3%

Centre Party 1,433 votes

Motala 5.1%
Sweden 6.7%

Left Party 1,245 votes

Motala 4.4%
Sweden 6.7%

Liberal Party 988 votes

Motala 3.5%
Sweden 4.6%

Green Party 762 votes

Motala 2.7%
Sweden 5.1%

Other parties 270 votes

Motala 1.0%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Motala Sweden
Motala. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.6%86.1%93.6%1973198219912002201420221973, Motala: 91.3%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Motala: 92.3%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Motala: 91.4%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Motala: 92.0%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Motala: 90.5%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Motala: 86.5%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Motala: 86.8%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Motala: 87.4%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Motala: 81.8%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Motala: 79.9%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Motala: 82.3%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Motala: 86.0%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Motala: 87.0%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Motala: 88.2%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Motala: 85.3%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Motala 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, 1973–2022.25.5%41.9%58.3%1973198219912002201420221973, Motala: 52.1%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Motala: 51.0%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Motala: 53.4%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Motala: 55.2%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Motala: 53.9%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Motala: 52.9%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Motala: 47.9%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Motala: 55.5%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Motala: 44.2%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Motala: 49.4%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Motala: 44.1%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Motala: 42.9%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Motala: 39.8%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Motala: 32.7%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Motala: 34.2%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

The municipal boundary between Vadstena and Motala changed before the 1979 election.

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

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