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Salem

Stockholms län

17,370 residents · 2025

+2.4%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 37,250/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 30 of 290, Median earned income

32.5%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 36 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Salem

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

80.8%

Sweden: 80.5%

0.3 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

80.5%

Sweden: 80.2%

0.3 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 2,806 votes

Salem 27.9%
Sweden 30.3%

Moderate Party 2,395 votes

Salem 23.8%
Sweden 19.1%

Sweden Democrats 1,969 votes

Salem 19.6%
Sweden 20.5%

Centre Party 674 votes

Salem 6.7%
Sweden 6.7%

Christian Democrats 577 votes

Salem 5.7%
Sweden 5.3%

Liberal Party 513 votes

Salem 5.1%
Sweden 4.6%

Green Party 499 votes

Salem 5.0%
Sweden 5.1%

Left Party 485 votes

Salem 4.8%
Sweden 6.7%

Other parties 152 votes

Salem 1.5%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Salem Sweden
Salem. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.9%86.1%93.3%1973198219912002201420221973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Salem: 92.1%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Salem: 91.5%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Salem: 86.9%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Salem: 88.6%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Salem: 88.4%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Salem: 84.7%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Salem: 83.7%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Salem: 85.5%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Salem: 87.3%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Salem: 87.8%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Salem: 87.8%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Salem: 85.0%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Salem 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, 1973–2022.20.3%34.1%47.9%1973198219912002201420221973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Salem: 38.3%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Salem: 37.1%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Salem: 34.8%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Salem: 28.3%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Salem: 37.3%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Salem: 31.8%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Salem: 36.2%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Salem: 28.8%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Salem: 22.6%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Salem: 24.9%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Salem: 23.1%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Salem: 27.9%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

The municipal boundary between Salem and Botkyrka changed before the 1982 election.

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

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