Politics and Government
The municipality has a municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige), consisting of 81 members, elected for four years. There are eight political parties represented in the council elected in 2010:
- Socialdemokraterna (Social Democratic Party), 25
- Moderaterna (Moderate Party), 23
- Miljöpartiet (Green Party), 9
- Folkpartiet (Liberal People's Party), 7
- Vänsterpariet (Left Party), 7
- Vägvalet, 5
- Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden Democrats), 3
- Kristdemokraterna (Christian Democrats), 2
The municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) has 13 members, representing the six parties from the two major political coalitions who have seats in the assembly.
The chairman of the municipal assembly is Rolf Lindén and the chairman of the municipal executive committee (sometimes titled mayor) is Anneli Hulthén from the Social Democratic Party.
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