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Vara

Västra Götalands län

16,011 residents · 2025

−0.5%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 31,300/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 214 of 290, Median earned income

15.7%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 250 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Vara

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

81.7%

Sweden: 80.5%

1.2 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

81.4%

Sweden: 80.2%

1.2 percentage points above Sweden

Parliamentary election results

Parties’ shares of valid votes in the 2022 parliamentary election.

Sweden Democrats had the largest share of valid votes.

Sweden Democrats 3,088 votes

Vara 29.9%
Sweden 20.5%

Social Democratic Party 2,584 votes

Vara 25.0%
Sweden 30.3%

Moderate Party 2,277 votes

Vara 22.0%
Sweden 19.1%

Centre Party 775 votes

Vara 7.5%
Sweden 6.7%

Christian Democrats 665 votes

Vara 6.4%
Sweden 5.3%

Left Party 393 votes

Vara 3.8%
Sweden 6.7%

Liberal Party 273 votes

Vara 2.6%
Sweden 4.6%

Green Party 189 votes

Vara 1.8%
Sweden 5.1%

Other parties 85 votes

Vara 0.8%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Vara Sweden
Vara. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.77.2%85.4%93.6%1973198219912002201420221973, Vara: 91.6%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Vara: 92.2%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Vara: 90.7%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Vara: 91.1%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Vara: 89.4%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Vara: 85.7%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Vara: 86.6%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Vara: 85.3%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Vara: 80.4%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Vara: 78.6%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Vara: 81.3%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Vara: 83.9%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Vara: 86.0%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Vara: 87.4%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Vara: 85.6%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Sweden Democrats

Sweden Democrats share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.

The Sweden Democrats are included in Other parties for 1988–1994.

Vara Sweden
Sweden Democrats. Sweden Democrats share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.Sweden Democrats share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.0.0%16.5%32.9%1973198219912002201420221998, Vara: 0.3%1998, Sweden: 0.4%2002, Vara: 1.0%2002, Sweden: 1.4%2006, Vara: 2.2%2006, Sweden: 2.9%2010, Vara: 5.8%2010, Sweden: 5.7%2014, Vara: 17.1%2014, Sweden: 12.9%2018, Vara: 23.7%2018, Sweden: 17.5%2022, Vara: 29.9%2022, Sweden: 20.5%

The municipal boundary between Essunga and Vara 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.