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Uppsala

Uppsala län

249,726 residents · 2025

+6.8%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 31,908/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 178 of 290, Median earned income

45.4%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 8 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Uppsala

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

82.1%

Sweden: 80.5%

1.6 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

82.0%

Sweden: 80.2%

1.8 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 44,118 votes

Uppsala 29.4%
Sweden 30.3%

Moderate Party 26,357 votes

Uppsala 17.6%
Sweden 19.1%

Sweden Democrats 19,520 votes

Uppsala 13.0%
Sweden 20.5%

Left Party 15,294 votes

Uppsala 10.2%
Sweden 6.7%

Green Party 13,366 votes

Uppsala 8.9%
Sweden 5.1%

Centre Party 11,729 votes

Uppsala 7.8%
Sweden 6.7%

Liberal Party 8,905 votes

Uppsala 5.9%
Sweden 4.6%

Christian Democrats 8,060 votes

Uppsala 5.4%
Sweden 5.3%

Other parties 2,796 votes

Uppsala 1.9%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Uppsala Sweden
Uppsala. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.9%86.0%93.0%1973198219912002201420221973, Uppsala: 90.0%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Uppsala: 91.0%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Uppsala: 90.5%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Uppsala: 91.8%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Uppsala: 90.3%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Uppsala: 86.5%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Uppsala: 87.2%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Uppsala: 88.1%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Uppsala: 82.3%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Uppsala: 81.7%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Uppsala: 84.0%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Uppsala: 86.6%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Uppsala: 88.2%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Uppsala: 89.5%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Uppsala: 86.3%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Uppsala 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, 1973–2022.21.8%34.8%47.8%1973198219912002201420221973, Uppsala: 38.8%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Uppsala: 38.1%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Uppsala: 38.1%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Uppsala: 40.7%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Uppsala: 39.3%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Uppsala: 36.5%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Uppsala: 31.0%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Uppsala: 38.5%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Uppsala: 30.4%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Uppsala: 33.7%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Uppsala: 26.9%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Uppsala: 24.0%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Uppsala: 25.9%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Uppsala: 26.5%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Uppsala: 29.4%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

The municipal boundary between Knivsta and Uppsala changed before the 2002 election.

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

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