Electoral Results
The party does not participate in elections to the national nor the European parliaments. It doesn't participate in the national elections due to financial and tactical reasons, whereas it advocates boycott of the European parliament elections. It does, however, participate in the municipal elections in some Swedish municipalities. In 2010 it participated in the elections in 18 municipalities, which is the largest number of municipalities so far. The electoral results have fluctuated during the party's history, with high results in various cities during the late 1990s (second largest party in Karlshamn for example). In the 2 latest elections, the party has reduced its electoral result.
| Municipality | Votes 2010 | Seats 2010 | Votes 2006 | Seats 2006 | Votes 2002 | Seats 2002 | Votes 1998 | Seats 1998 |
| Alingsås | 180 | 0 | 243 | 0 | 204 | 0 | 164 | 0 |
| Gislaved | 610 | 2 | 794 | 2 | 1,099 | 3 | 1,545 | 4 |
| Gnosjö | - | - | 65 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Göteborg | 2,512 | 0 | 3,701 | 0 | 4,296 | 0 | 3,797 | 0 |
| Helsingborg | 180 | 0 | 211 | 0 | 427 | 0 | - | - |
| Jönköping | 332 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 328 | 0 | - | - |
| Karlshamn | 520 | 1 | 847 | 2 | 2,092 | 6 | 2,469 | 7 |
| Kristianstad | 169 | 0 | 231 | 0 | 308 | 0 | 177 | 0 |
| Ludvika | 161 | 0 | 166 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Lund | 101 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lysekil | 682 | 3 | 525 | 2 | 429 | 2 | 414 | 2 |
| Malmö | 324 | 0 | 451 | 0 | 477 | 0 | 319 | 0 |
| Norrköping | 261 | 0 | 362 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Stockholm | 402 | 0 | 449 | 0 | 511 | 0 | 765 | 0 |
| Trelleborg | 53 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Uppsala | 337 | 0 | 497 | 0 | 451 | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| Värnamo | 97 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Växjö | 300 | 0 | 323 | 0 | 301 | 0 | - | - |
| Örebro | 191 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Östersund | - | - | 267 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Total: | 7,412 | 6 | 9,432 | 6 | 10,923 | 11 | 9.846 | 13 |
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