Skåne Northern and Eastern (constituency)

Skåne Northern and Eastern is one of the multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. As of the 2018 Swedish general election, Skåne Northern and Eastern elected 11 of the 349 members of the Riksdag.[2]

Skåne Northern and Eastern
Constituency
for the Riksdag
Outline map
Location of Skåne Northern and Eastern within Sweden
CountySkåne
Population~320,141 (2019-2020)[a]
Electorate237,178 (2018)
Current constituency
Seats11
Member of the Riksdag[1]
List
Notes
  1. ^ When adding the population of the all municipalities of the constituency together, the number that come out is 320,141. With counts from both 31 December 2018 and a count in 2020 in Perstorp Municipality.

Skåne Northern and Eastern contains 13 municipalities: Båstad, Ängelholm, Klippan, Hässleholm, Osby, Åstorp, Perstorp, Örkelljunga, Östra Göinge, Bromölla, Kristianstad, Tomelilla and Simrishamn.

Skåne Northern and Eastern is one of the four constituencies in Skåne County, along with Skåne Southern, Skåne Western and Malmö Municipality.

Results edit

2018 edit

Party Votes % % +/– Seats +/−
Sweden Democrats SD 58,360 28.82   6.66 3 0
Social Democrats S 50,610 24.99   4.97 3 0
Moderates M 40,881 20.19   1.93 2 −1
Centre Party C 13,855 6.84   0.83 1 0
Christian Democrats KD 13,150 6.49   2.36 1 +1
Liberals L 8,984 4.44   0.08 1 0
Left Party V 8,275 4.09   1.00 0 0
Green Party MP 5,816 2.87   2.62 0 –1
Other parties 2,571 1.27   1.24 0 0
Valid votes 202,502
Invalid/blank votes 2,296
Total 204,978 100 11 –2
Registered voters/turnout 237,178 86.35   1.74
Source: VAL

References edit

  1. ^ "Members and parties". Stockholm, Sweden: Riksdag. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Valda - Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 11 January 2020.