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The 2022 Swedish general election was held on 11 September to determine the 349 seats of Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, for the term lasting until 2026.The opposition right-wing bloc won a majority of seats and later formed the Tidö Agreement.
During the counting of the preliminary results and later on, Sweden's Election Authority said that the right overtook the left (S, V, C, MP) by three seats. Andersson conceded the election three days later, and resigned the day after that. The election saw massive swings between the two blocs in different regions.
In Riksdag elections, 310 of the members are elected using a party-list proportional representation system within each of Sweden's 29 electoral constituencies. The remaining 39 seats in the Riksdag are " adjustment seats ", distributed amongst the parties in numbers that will ensure that the party distribution in the Riksdag matches the ...
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The Riksdag (Swedish: [ˈrɪ̌ksdɑː(ɡ)] ⓘ, lit. transl. "diet of the realm"; also Swedish: riksdagen [ˈrɪ̌ksdan] ⓘ or Sveriges riksdag [ˈsvæ̌rjɛs ˈrɪ̌ksdɑː(ɡ)] ⓘ) is the parliament and the supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members ...
Stockholm County (Swedish: Stockholms Län) is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden.The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature.
[3] [4] [5] It is the first time the Sweden Democrats exert direct government influence. [6] Some European Union lawmakers criticised the centre-right and the Moderate Party in particular, as a member of the European People's Party , for allying with the far right, [ 7 ] as did Swedish opposition leaders.
The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It is conterminous with the county of Blekinge. The constituency currently elects five of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system.