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Democracy in Umeå

Västerbottens län

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Parliamentary election

87.5%

Sweden: 84.2%

3.3 percentage points above Sweden

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.