2018 Blekinge regional election

Blekinge County held a regional council election on 9 September 2018 at the same time as the general and municipal elections.[1][2]

Blekinge Regional Council Composition

Results

There were 57 seats, ten more than in 2014.[3] The Social Democrats remained the largest party but suffered nearly seven points of a deficit from the 2014 results, going from 39.3% to 32.5%.[1] In spite of this the increased numbers of seats meant the party remained at 19 seats.[3] This was still a sizeably lower share. The Sweden Democrats recorded 20.6% and became the second largest party, while the Moderates made gains in spite of a nationwide drop.[1]

Party Votes % Seats ±
Social Democrats33,97432.5190
Sweden Democrats21,50920.612+5
Moderates20,96920.012+3
Centre Party7,9377.65+2
Left Party5,9675.730
Christian Democrats5,3495.13+1
Liberals5,0344.83+1
Green Party2,9252.80–2
Others9290.900
Invalid/blank votes1,937
Total104,59310057+10
Source:val.se [1]

Municipal results

Percentage
Location Turnout Share Votes S SD M C V KD L MP Other
Karlshamn 85.3 20.4 21,339 31.7 19.2 22.8 7.3 6.0 3.8 5.0 3.4 0.8
Karlskrona 87.0 42.3 44,238 33.2 17.7 20.3 7.6 5.8 5.8 5.8 3.3 0.5
Olofström 81.2 8.1 8,458 39.0 23.2 12.7 9.0 5.9 5.8 2.4 1.4 0.6
Ronneby 85.4 18.0 18,875 30.6 23.6 19.2 8.4 6.2 4.6 4.3 2.4 0.8
Sölvesborg 85.8 11.2 11,683 29.5 27.3 20.7 5.7 4.0 5.1 3.2 1.6 2.9
Total 85.7 100.0 104,593 32.5 20.6 20.0 7.6 5.7 5.1 4.8 2.8 0.9
Source: val.se[1]

By votes
Location Turnout Share Votes S SD M C V KD L MP Other
Karlshamn 85.3 20.4 21,339 6,761 4,089 4,857 1,559 1,281 819 1,076 716 181
Karlskrona 87.0 42.3 44,238 14,688 7,819 8,995 3,368 2,548 2,571 2,578 1,454 217
Olofström 81.2 8.1 8,458 3,299 1,963 1,076 763 500 487 201 117 52
Ronneby 85.4 18.0 18,875 5,785 4,452 3,624 1,579 1,169 873 805 446 142
Sölvesborg 85.8 11.2 11,683 3,441 3,186 2,417 668 469 599 374 192 337
Total 85.7 100.0 104,593 33,974 21,509 20,969 7,937 5,967 5,349 5,034 2,925 929
Source: val.se[1]

References
  1. "Blekinge län - Val 2018 - Röster" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. "Röster - Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. "Blekinge län - Valda - Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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