Government and Politics
Distribution of the 41 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:
- Social Democratic Party 14
- Liberal People's Party 10
- Moderate Party 5
- Communist Party 3
- Lysekilspartiet 2
- Centre Party 2
- Green Party 2
- Left Party 1
- Skaftöpartiet 1
- Sweden Democrats 1
Results of the Swedish general election, 2010 in Lysekil:
- Social Democratic Party 36.7%
- Moderate Party 25.6%
- Liberal People's Party 10.0%
- Green Party 6.5%
- Sweden Democrats 5.8%
- Left Party 5.6%
- Christian Democrats 4.7%
- Centre Party 4.2%
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