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Umeå

Västerbottens län

135,273 residents · 2025

+3.9%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 32,525/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 127 of 290, Median earned income

42.9%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 12 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Umeå

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

84.1%

Sweden: 80.5%

3.6 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

83.8%

Sweden: 80.2%

3.6 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 34,233 votes

Umeå 39.8%
Sweden 30.3%

Moderate Party 12,824 votes

Umeå 14.9%
Sweden 19.1%

Sweden Democrats 9,328 votes

Umeå 10.8%
Sweden 20.5%

Left Party 9,074 votes

Umeå 10.6%
Sweden 6.7%

Centre Party 6,826 votes

Umeå 7.9%
Sweden 6.7%

Green Party 6,566 votes

Umeå 7.6%
Sweden 5.1%

Christian Democrats 3,102 votes

Umeå 3.6%
Sweden 5.3%

Liberal Party 3,073 votes

Umeå 3.6%
Sweden 4.6%

Other parties 968 votes

Umeå 1.1%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Umeå Sweden
Umeå. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.9%86.0%93.1%1973198219912002201420221973, Umeå: 90.7%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Umeå: 91.8%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Umeå: 90.9%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Umeå: 91.9%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Umeå: 90.3%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Umeå: 87.0%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Umeå: 87.7%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Umeå: 87.9%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Umeå: 82.7%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Umeå: 82.1%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Umeå: 84.8%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Umeå: 87.0%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Umeå: 88.7%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Umeå: 89.6%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Umeå: 87.5%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Umeå 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, 1973–2022.26.2%38.4%50.5%1973198219912002201420221973, Umeå: 43.1%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Umeå: 42.4%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Umeå: 43.0%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Umeå: 45.8%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Umeå: 45.1%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Umeå: 44.8%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Umeå: 42.0%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Umeå: 48.4%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Umeå: 39.7%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Umeå: 43.9%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Umeå: 38.6%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Umeå: 35.3%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Umeå: 36.2%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Umeå: 34.5%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Umeå: 39.8%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

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

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