Swedish Elections - Municipal Elections

Municipal Elections

Elections to the municipal assemblies also occur on the second Sunday of September, and also use the same system for distributing seats, with a few differences:

  • Voter eligibility requirements differ from those of general elections. (Discussed above)
  • There is no minimum threshold for winning seats.
  • All seats on municipal assemblies are permanent. There are no adjustment seats. This can cause the distribution of seats in the municipal assemblies to differ somewhat from the actual distribution of votes in the election.

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