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Pajala

Norrbottens län

5,706 residents · 2025

−4.4%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 34,317/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 51 of 290, Median earned income

15.6%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 253 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Pajala

Voter turnout and parliamentary election results in Pajala, 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

75.8%

Sweden: 80.2%

4.4 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 1,295 votes

Pajala 35.3%
Sweden 30.3%

Sweden Democrats 855 votes

Pajala 23.3%
Sweden 20.5%

Left Party 553 votes

Pajala 15.1%
Sweden 6.7%

Moderate Party 351 votes

Pajala 9.6%
Sweden 19.1%

Christian Democrats 306 votes

Pajala 8.3%
Sweden 5.3%

Centre Party 127 votes

Pajala 3.5%
Sweden 6.7%

Green Party 78 votes

Pajala 2.1%
Sweden 5.1%

Liberal Party 55 votes

Pajala 1.5%
Sweden 4.6%

Other parties 49 votes

Pajala 1.3%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Pajala Sweden
Pajala. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.75.6%84.5%93.3%1973198219912002201420221973, Pajala: 88.5%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Pajala: 88.7%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Pajala: 89.0%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Pajala: 88.3%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Pajala: 87.4%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Pajala: 81.9%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Pajala: 81.8%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Pajala: 84.8%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Pajala: 80.6%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Pajala: 78.2%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Pajala: 77.1%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Pajala: 81.5%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Pajala: 80.9%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Pajala: 81.4%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Pajala: 79.5%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Pajala 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, 1973–2022.25.7%41.2%56.6%1973198219912002201420221973, Pajala: 44.6%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Pajala: 46.7%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Pajala: 45.9%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Pajala: 50.3%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Pajala: 53.0%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Pajala: 51.1%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Pajala: 50.1%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Pajala: 54.0%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Pajala: 42.4%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Pajala: 35.5%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Pajala: 45.9%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Pajala: 51.3%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Pajala: 46.2%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Pajala: 37.7%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Pajala: 35.3%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

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

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