National apportionment of MP seats in the Riksdag

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The electoral system in Sweden is proportional. Of the 349 seats in the national diet, the unicameral Riksdag, 310 are fixed constituency seats (Swedish: valkretsmandat) allocated to constituencies in relation to the number of people entitled to vote in each constituency (Swedish: valkrets). The remaining 39 leveling seats (Swedish: utjämningsmandat) are used to correct the deviations from proportional national distribution that may arise when allocating the fixed constituency seats. There is a constraint in the system that means that only a party that has received at least four per cent of the votes in the whole country participates in the distribution of seats. However, a party that has received at least twelve per cent of the votes in a constituency participates in the distribution of the fixed constituency seats in that constituency.^[1]^[2]

Apportionment of fixed constituency seats

Constituency	1970	1973	1976	1979	1982	1985	1988	1991	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014
Stockholms kommun	31	29	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	28	29
Stockholms län	24	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Uppsala län^[3]	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11
Södermanlands län	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Östergötlands län	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Jönköpings län	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Kronobergs län	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Kalmar län	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Gotlands län	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Blekinge län	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5
Kristianstads län^[4]	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-
Fyrstadskretsen^[5]	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malmöhus län	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malmöhus läns norra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-
Malmöhus läns södra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
Malmö kommun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	9	10
Skåne läns västra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9
Skåne läns södra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	12	12
Skåne läns norra och östra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10
Hallands län	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Göteborgs kommun	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	17	17
Bohuslän^[6]	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-
Älvsborgs läns norra	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
Älvsborgs läns södra	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	-	-	-	-	-
Skaraborgs län	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Västra Götalands läns västra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	12	12
Västra Götalands läns norra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9
Västra Götalands läns södra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6
Västra Götalands läns östra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9
Värmlands län	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Örebro län	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Västmanlands län	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Dalarnas län^[7]	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9
Gävleborgs län	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9
Västernorrlands län	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8
Jämtlands län	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Västerbottens län	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Norrbottens län	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8
Total fixed constituency seats	310	310	310	310	310	310	310	310	310	310	310	310	310	310

Notes

↑ See e.g.: SOU 2008:125 En reformerad grundlag (Constitutional Reform), Prime Ministers Office.
↑ For the general election of 2010, See e.g.: Länet tappar ett mandat, Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, March 20, 2009.
↑ By the election in 2006, Heby Municipality was transferred from Västmanlands län to Uppsala län.
↑ Kristianstads län was abolished by the election of 1998. The constituency is now referred to as Skåne läns norra, and Skåne läns östra.
↑ Fyrstadskretsen and Malmöhus län were adjusted by the election of 1994.
↑ Västra Götalands län was created by the election of 1998. At the same time, Habo and Mullsjö Municipalities were transferred to Jönköpings län.
↑ The constituency was named Kopparbergs län before the election of 1998.

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