Region Blekinge
Blekinge Regional Council Region Blekinge | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | of the Blekinge County |
| Leadership | |
President of the Regional Council | Birgitta Ståhl (M) |
| Elections | |
| Proportional representation | |
Last election | 2018 |
| Meeting place | |
| Karlskrona | |
| Website | |
| regionblekinge.se | |
Blekinge Regional Council is the regional council of Blekinge County, Sweden. The council was created in 1863.
The county council has 159,362 inhabitants and consists of 5 municipalities. The Blekinge council is responsible for maintaining health and dental care services as well as the public transport system.[1]
A regional institution has been formed in a cooperation project between the primary municipalities and county councils in order to take coordinated responsibility for development in the county. In the framework of this project, Blekinge Region, for example, municipal and county councils have coordinated cultural activities and are responsible for, among others, music and the allocation of funding for the county's cultural associations.
Councillors
The council (Swedish: regionfullmäktige) consists of 57 elected councillors, led by:[2]
- Birgitta Ståhl (M): Chairman of the County Council
- Peter Christensen (L): First Deputy Chairman of the County Council
- Kalle Sandström (S): Second Deputy Chairman of the County Council.
Politics
As of the 2018 regional election, the following political parties are represented in the Blekinge regional council.[3]
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color | | Social Democratic Party | 19 | 33,974 | 32.48% |
| bgcolor=Template:Sweden Democrats/meta/color | | Sweden Democrats | 12 | 21,509 | 20.56% |
| bgcolor=Template:Moderate Party/meta/color | | Moderate Party | 12 | 20,969 | 20.05% |
| bgcolor=Template:Centre Party (Sweden)/meta/color | | Centre Party | 5 | 7,937 | 7.59% |
| bgcolor=Template:Left Party (Sweden)/meta/color | | Left Party | 3 | 5,967 | 5.70% |
| bgcolor=Template:Christian Democrats (Sweden)/meta/color | | Christian Democrats | 3 | 5,349 | 5.11% |
| bgcolor=Template:Liberals (Sweden)/meta/color | | Liberals | 3 | 5,034 | 4.81% |
| Others | - | 3,654 | 3.49% | |
| Total | 57 | 104,593 | 100% | |
| Turnout | 106,530 | 85.74% | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Om Region Blekinge". Region Blekinge (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ "Regionfullmäktige". Region Blekinge (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-07-07.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Blekinge län - Valda 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
