Skåne Northern and Eastern (constituency)

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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 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 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 Increase 6.66 3 0
Social Democrats S 50,610 24.99 Decrease 4.97 3 0
Moderates M 40,881 20.19 Decrease 1.93 2 −1
Centre Party C 13,855 6.84 Increase 0.83 1 0
Christian Democrats KD 13,150 6.49 Increase 2.36 1 +1
Liberals L 8,984 4.44 Decrease 0.08 1 0
Left Party V 8,275 4.09 Increase 1.00 0 0
Green Party MP 5,816 2.87 Decrease 2.62 0 –1
Other parties 2,571 1.27 Decrease 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 Increase 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.