2010 Stockholm municipal election

2010 Stockholm municipal election

September 30, 2010 (2010-09-30)
101 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	81.6%
First party Second party Third party   Party Moderate Social Democrats Green Alliance The Alliance Red-Greens Red-Greens Last election 41 seats, 37.2% 27 seats, 24.4% 10 seats, 9.2% Seats won 38 25 16 Seat change –3 –2 +6 Popular vote 184,533 121,273 74,437 Percentage 34.4% 22.6% 13.9% Swing –2.9 –1.8 +4.7   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberals Left Centre Alliance The Alliance Red-Greens The Alliance Last election 10 seats, 9.6% 9 seats, 7.8% 1 seat, 3.1% Seats won 10 8 3 Seat change ±0 –1 +2 Popular vote 53,770 39,920 21,335 Percentage 10.0% 7.4% 4.0% Swing +0.4 –0.5 +0.8   Seventh party   Party Christian Democrats Alliance The Alliance Last election 3 seats, 3.9% Seats won 1 Seat change –2 Popular vote 18,705 Percentage 3.5% Swing –0.4
Chairperson before election Bo Bladholm Moderate Elected Chairperson Margareta Björk Moderate

The 2010 Stockholm municipal election was held on 19 September 2010, concurrently with the 2010 Swedish general election. The election determined how many seats each party would be allocated on the 101-member Stockholm city council (Stockholms kommunfullmäktige) through a system of proportional representation. A total of 541,716 votes were cast in this election, for a total voter turnout of 81.58%

This election confirmed the trend of the Green Party winning voters in the Swedish capital and other major urban areas in Sweden. The Sweden Democrats - for the first time winning seats in the national parliament - had a significantly lower share of votes in the Stockholm election, receiving only 2.62% of the votes (5.70% on national level).

Results

Election results

Party		Votes			Seats
		%	±	#	#	±	%
m	Moderate Party Moderaterna	34.38%	2.86	184,533	38	3	37.6%
s	Social Democrats Socialdemokraterna	22.60%	1,82	121,273	25	2	24.8%
mp	Green Party Miljöpartiet	13.87%	4.67	74,437	16	6	15.8%
fp	People's Party Folkpartiet	10.02%	0.38	53,770	10	±0	9.9%
v	Left Party Vänsterpartiet	7.44%	0.47	39,920	8	1	7.9%
c	Centre Party Centerpartiet	3.98%	0.83	21,335	3	2	3.0%
kd	Christian Democrats Kristdemokraterna	3.49%	0.42	18,705	1	2	1.0%
Parties that failed to win seats:
sd	Swedish Democrats Sverigedemokraterna	2.62%	0.99	14,085	0	±0	—
fi	Feminist Initiative Feminist initiativ	1.16%	0.02	6,216	0	±0	—
rs	Socialist Justice Party Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna	0.15%	0.08	790	0	±0	—
k	Communist Party Kommunistiska partiet	0.07%	0.02	402	0	±0	—
	Popvox	0.05%	0.05	258	0	±0	—
nd	National Democrats Nationaldemokraterna	0.03%	0.04	147	0	±0	—
	Communist League Kommunistiska förbundet	—	—	16	0	±0	—
	Mosebacke Democrats Mosebackedemokraterna	—	—	4	0	±0	—
	Write-in parties	0.15%	1.25	792	0	±0	—
Party blocs:
Alliance/coalition		Votes			Seats
		%	±	#	#	±	%
	The Alliance Alliansen m + fp + c+ kd	51.8%	2.08	278,343	52	3	51.5%
	Red-Greens De rödgröna s + mp + v	43.9%	2.37	235,630	48	3	48.5%

See also

• Elections in Sweden
• List of political parties in Sweden
• City of Stockholm