2002 Stockholm municipal election

The 2002 Stockholm municipal election was held on Sunday, 15 September 2002. The election used a party-list proportional representation system to allocate the 101-seats of the Stockholm City Council (Stockholms stadsfullmäktige) to the various Swedish political parties. This election was held concurrently with the 2002 Swedish parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 77.7%.

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This election marks the first time since the election of 1976 that the Stockholm Party failed to win any seats, ending their 23-year streak of representation on the City Council.

Results

Party Votes Seats
# % + – # + –
Social Democrats
Socialdemokraterna (s)
149,871 32.1% +6.5% 35 +6
Moderate Party
Moderaterna (m)
121,405 26.0% –6.9% 28 –8
Liberal People's Party
Folkpartiet liberalerna (fp)
73,736 15.8% +8.0% 17 +8
Left Party
Vänsterpartiet (v)
52,325 11.2% –1.1% 11 –2
Green Party
Miljöpartiet (mp)
24,965 5.3% –0.6% 6 ±0
Christian Democrats
Kristdemokratiska samlingspartiet (kd)
20,746 4.4% –1.9% 5 –1
Stockholm Party
Stockholmspartiet (sp)
9,137 2.0% –2.4% 0 –3
Centre Party
Centerpartiet (c)
5,939 1.3% –0.8% 0 ±0
Other parties 8,772 1.9% –0.8% 0 ±0
Total 466,896 100% 101 ±0
Invalid ballots 8,469

See also

References

  • Statistics Sweden, "Kommunfullmäktigval – valresultat" (Swedish)
  • Statistics Sweden, "Kommunfullmäktigval – erhållna mandat efter kommun och parti. Valår 1973–2006" (Swedish)
  • Swedish Election Authority (Valmyndigheten) "Kommunfullmäktigval i Stockholm"
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