Elections in Sweden

Elections in Sweden gives information on election and election results in Sweden.

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Election - Sweden

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Sweden elects on national level a legislature. The Diet (Riksdag) has 349 members, elected every four years (every three years before 1994) by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies. County Council and Municipal Council elections take place at the same time. There is a barrier rule intended to prevent very small parties from gaining representation in Parliament. A party must thus receive at least 4 percent of the votes in the entire country or 12 percent in a single electoral district to qualify for any seats. Every five years there is also an election to the European Parliament.

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Legislature - Diet - 1994 - Proportional representation - Constituencies - County Council - Municipal Council - European Parliament

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Sweden has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

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Multi-party - Parties - Coalition government

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