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Ovanåker

Gävleborgs län

11,272 residents · 2025

−3.4%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 31,042/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 228 of 290, Median earned income

17.6%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 206 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Ovanåker

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

81.9%

Sweden: 80.5%

1.4 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

81.0%

Sweden: 80.2%

0.8 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 2,363 votes

Ovanåker 31.5%
Sweden 30.3%

Sweden Democrats 1,820 votes

Ovanåker 24.2%
Sweden 20.5%

Moderate Party 1,043 votes

Ovanåker 13.9%
Sweden 19.1%

Christian Democrats 864 votes

Ovanåker 11.5%
Sweden 5.3%

Centre Party 747 votes

Ovanåker 9.9%
Sweden 6.7%

Left Party 271 votes

Ovanåker 3.6%
Sweden 6.7%

Green Party 185 votes

Ovanåker 2.5%
Sweden 5.1%

Liberal Party 154 votes

Ovanåker 2.1%
Sweden 4.6%

Other parties 63 votes

Ovanåker 0.8%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Ovanåker Sweden
Ovanåker. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.6%86.1%93.6%1973198219912002201420221973, Ovanåker: 91.3%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Ovanåker: 92.1%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Ovanåker: 92.1%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Ovanåker: 92.3%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Ovanåker: 90.6%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Ovanåker: 86.9%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Ovanåker: 87.2%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Ovanåker: 87.2%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Ovanåker: 81.5%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Ovanåker: 80.8%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Ovanåker: 79.9%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Ovanåker: 80.9%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Ovanåker: 85.1%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Ovanåker: 86.2%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Ovanåker: 84.3%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Ovanåker 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, 1973–2022.26.5%37.0%47.5%1973198219912002201420221973, Ovanåker: 44.5%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Ovanåker: 40.1%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Ovanåker: 42.4%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Ovanåker: 44.0%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Ovanåker: 44.6%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Ovanåker: 43.5%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Ovanåker: 38.4%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Ovanåker: 45.7%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Ovanåker: 37.7%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Ovanåker: 35.7%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Ovanåker: 37.0%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Ovanåker: 37.8%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Ovanåker: 36.5%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Ovanåker: 32.3%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Ovanåker: 31.5%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

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

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