Skåne County Western () is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established as Malmöhus County North () in 1994 from parts of Fyrstadskretsen and Malmöhus County following the reorganisation of the constituencies in Malmöhus County. It was renamed Skåne County Western in 1998 when the counties of Kristianstad and Malmöhus were merged to create Skåne. The constituency currently consists of the municipalities of Bjuv, Eslöv, Helsingborg, Höganäs, Höör, Hörby, Landskrona and Svalöv. The constituency currently elects nine of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 236,712 registered electors.
Electoral system Skåne County Western currently elects nine of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. Constituency seats are allocated using the modified Sainte-Laguë method. Only parties that reach the 4% national threshold and parties that receive at least 12% of the vote in the constituency compete for constituency seats. Supplementary levelling seats may also be allocated at the constituency level to parties that reach the 4% national threshold.
Prior to 1997 voters could cast any ballot paper they wanted though it had to contain the name of a party and the name of at least one candidate nominated by that party in the constituency. It was common for parties to hand out ballot papers with their name and list of candidates at the entrance of polling stations. Voters could delete the names of candidates or write-in the names of other candidates but in practice these options weren't used enough by voters to have any significant impact on the results and consequently elections operated as a closed system.
Since 1997, elections in Sweden follow the French model in having separate ballot papers for each party/list in a constituency. There are two ballot papers for each party - a party ballot paper () with just the name of the party and a name ballot paper () with the name of the party and its list of candidates. There are also blank ballot papers (). Voters can initially pick as many ballot papers as they wish and then, in the secrecy of the voting booth, they select a single ballot paper of their choice. If they chose a name ballot paper they have the option of casting a preferential vote for one of their chosen party's candidates. If they chose a blank ballot paper they can write the name of any party including unregistered parties and, optionally, they can write the name of any person as their preferred candidate, even one that does not belong to their chosen party. They then place their chosen ballot paper in an envelope which is placed in the ballot box, discarding all other ballot papers they picked.
Seats won by each party/list in a constituency are allocated to its candidates in order of preference votes (a personal mandate), provided that the candidate has received at least 8% of votes cast for their party in the constituency (5% since January 2011). Any unfilled seats are then allocated to the party's remaining candidates in the order they appear on the party list (a party mandate).
Election results Summary Election LeftV SocialDemocratsS GreensMP CentreC LiberalsL / FP ModeratesM ChristianDemocratsKD SwedenDemocratsSD colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats2022 8,832 4.61% 0 52,402 27.34% 3 6,779 3.54% 0 9,524 4.97% 1 8,592 4.48% 0 37,982 19.82% 2 9,055 4.72% 0 55,104 28.75% 32018 9,074 4.74% 0 50,041 26.13% 3 6,788 3.54% 0 12,298 6.42% 1 9,930 5.19% 0 40,284 21.04% 2 10,257 5.36% 0 50,069 26.14% 32014 6,962 3.83% 0 55,185 30.32% 4 11,032 6.06% 0 8,380 4.60% 0 9,470 5.20% 0 44,558 24.48% 3 5,860 3.22% 0 35,180 19.33% 22010 5,847 3.37% 0 49,900 28.77% 3 9,869 5.69% 0 8,164 4.71% 0 13,967 8.05% 1 58,628 33.80% 4 6,989 4.03% 0 17,448 10.06% 12006 5,409 3.34% 0 56,580 34.94% 4 5,961 3.68% 0 9,184 5.67% 0 13,757 8.50% 1 46,393 28.65% 4 7,869 4.86% 0 11,549 7.13% 02002 8,295 5.51% 0 60,464 40.19% 4 5,015 3.33% 0 6,908 4.59% 0 20,551 13.66% 2 26,420 17.56% 2 12,154 8.08% 1 6,711 4.46% 01998 12,347 8.27% 1 55,545 37.21% 4 4,913 3.29% 0 6,227 4.17% 0 6,210 4.16% 0 39,903 26.73% 3 14,963 10.02% 1 1994 5,672 3.54% 0 75,002 46.75% 5 6,365 3.97% 0 10,887 6.79% 1 8,904 5.55% 0 43,002 26.81% 3 4,541 2.83% 0 (Excludes levelling seats. Figures in italics represent alliances/joint lists.)
Detailed
2020s 2022 Results of the 2022 general election held on 11 September 2022:
Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsBjuv Eslöv Helsing-borg Höga-näs Höör Hörby Lands-krona Svalöv Sweden Democrats SD 3,644 6,340 23,051 4,375 3,340 3,933 7,308 3,113 55,104 28.75% 3 0 3 Swedish Social Democratic Party S 2,347 5,853 24,659 4,505 2,523 2,129 8,286 2,100 52,402 27.34% 3 0 3 Moderate Party M 1,304 3,666 18,937 4,658 1,923 1,642 4,623 1,229 37,982 19.82% 2 0 2 Centre Party C 255 1,059 4,350 1,223 579 565 1,002 491 9,524 4.97% 1 0 1 Christian Democrats KD 356 970 3,925 1,058 649 692 954 451 9,055 4.72% 0 0 0 Left Party V 319 975 4,363 579 566 376 1,275 379 8,832 4.61% 0 0 0 Liberals L 155 747 3,855 1,099 471 373 1,626 266 8,592 4.48% 0 1 1 Green Party MP 118 742 2,986 834 677 283 828 311 6,779 3.54% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 84 101 755 6 4 6 544 46 1,546 0.81% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 35 69 200 45 37 28 59 37 510 0.27% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 7 45 135 28 45 14 26 11 311 0.16% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 15 50 76 21 12 18 27 11 230 0.12% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 1 12 102 19 18 1 20 3 176 0.09% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 7 11 60 25 15 5 23 9 155 0.08% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 1 9 36 18 9 16 19 6 114 0.06% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 4 4 29 9 8 3 4 7 68 0.04% 0 0 0 Climate Alliance KA 0 5 20 0 6 0 5 3 39 0.02% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 0 7 3 11 4 1 5 1 32 0.02% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 2 4 11 2 1 1 6 1 28 0.01% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 2 3 11 2 0 0 4 4 26 0.01% 0 0 0 Sweden Out of the EU/Free Justice Party FRP 0 1 0 23 1 0 0 0 25 0.01% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 0 3 9 4 5 1 0 2 24 0.01% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 1 2 3 4 0 6 2 1 19 0.01% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 1 16 0.01% 0 0 0 My Sweden 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.01% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 0 0 10 0 2 0 1 0 13 0.01% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 7 0.00% 0 0 0 Volt Sweden Volt 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0.00% 0 0 0 Hard Line Sweden 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.00% 0 0 0 Socialist Welfare Party S-V 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Scania Party SKÅ 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Security Party TRP 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 United Democratic Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Evil Chicken Party OKP 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Freedom Party 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 National Socialist Reformist Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Neotechnocrats 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 8,661 20,683 87,626 18,548 10,904 10,094 26,654 8,485 191,655 100.00% 9 1 10Blank votes 107 226 830 134 120 101 326 122 1,966 1.01% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 2 6 23 4 10 1 4 1 51 0.03% Rejected votes – other 6 11 71 13 8 3 45 8 165 0.09% Total polled 8,776 20,926 88,550 18,699 11,042 10,199 27,029 8,616 193,837 81.89% Registered electors 10,979 24,959 110,550 21,308 12,804 11,943 34,011 10,158 236,712 Turnout 79.93% 83.84% 80.10% 87.76% 86.24% 85.40% 79.47% 84.82% 81.89%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Jonny Cato (C), 483 votes; and Niklas Karlsson (S), 2,798 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Yasmine Bladelius (S), 1,204 votes; Bo Broman (SD), 152 votes; Ann-Charlotte Hammar Johnsson (M), 282 votes; Ulrika Heindorff (M), 1,787 votes; Linda Lindberg (SD), 214 votes; Ola Möller (S), 1,625 votes; and Carina Ståhl Herrstedt (SD), 112 votes. Levelling seats (party mandates) - Mauricio Rojas (L), 100 votes.
Permanent substitutions: Carina Ståhl Herrstedt (SD) resigned on 28 February 2025 and was replaced by (SD) on 1 March 2025. Yasmine Bladelius (S) resigned on 8 March 2025 and was replaced by Agneta Nilsson (S) on 9 March 2025. Jonny Cato (C) resigned on 29 November 2025 and was replaced by Madeleine Atlas (C) on 30 November 2025.
2010s 2018 Results of the 2018 general election held on 9 September 2018:
Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsBjuv Eslöv Helsing-borg Höga-näs Höör Hörby Lands-krona Svalöv Sweden Democrats SD 3,318 5,780 21,048 3,603 3,024 3,566 6,800 2,930 50,069 26.14% 3 0 3 Swedish Social Democratic Party S 2,627 5,673 23,562 3,591 2,074 1,957 8,591 1,966 50,041 26.13% 3 0 3 Moderate Party M 1,241 3,644 20,811 4,813 2,029 1,740 4,722 1,284 40,284 21.04% 2 0 2 Centre Party C 312 1,510 5,299 1,513 833 839 1,196 796 12,298 6.42% 1 0 1 Christian Democrats KD 363 999 4,706 1,321 690 660 1,084 434 10,257 5.36% 0 1 1 Liberals L 226 902 4,488 1,173 588 435 1,803 315 9,930 5.19% 0 1 1 Left Party V 314 1,072 4,206 599 664 449 1,374 396 9,074 4.74% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 158 682 3,228 784 605 256 854 221 6,788 3.54% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 17 88 344 60 67 50 133 60 819 0.43% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 34 78 281 35 34 28 63 39 592 0.31% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 14 63 158 34 34 20 36 14 373 0.19% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 8 44 81 24 21 15 41 20 254 0.13% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 6 11 73 11 9 6 12 7 135 0.07% 0 0 0 Animals' Party DjuP 0 61 21 4 5 9 6 19 125 0.07% 0 0 0 Security Party TRP 0 4 62 5 19 2 26 1 119 0.06% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 1 18 38 6 24 9 13 10 119 0.06% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 4 11 5 9 10 13 0 13 65 0.03% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 3 6 16 4 1 3 6 2 41 0.02% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 2 0 7 13 0 3 11 0 36 0.02% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 10 11 1 0 2 9 3 36 0.02% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 0 3 4 7 1 1 0 2 18 0.01% 0 0 0 Initiative INI 0 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 9 0.00% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.00% 0 0 0 Scania Party SKÅ 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Parties not on the ballot ÖVR 1 4 3 1 0 0 2 1 12 0.01% 0 0 0Valid votes 8,649 20,665 88,462 17,613 10,737 10,064 26,783 8,533 191,506 100.00% 9 2 11Blank votes 93 240 675 127 117 93 253 88 1,686 0.87% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 3 2 12 6 4 2 6 1 36 0.02% Rejected votes – other 7 10 36 12 5 1 15 6 92 0.05% Total polled 8,752 20,917 89,185 17,758 10,863 10,160 27,057 8,628 193,320 85.21% Registered electors 10,581 24,227 105,779 19,975 12,325 11,722 32,424 9,843 226,876 Turnout 82.71% 86.34% 84.31% 88.90% 88.14% 86.67% 83.45% 87.66% 85.21%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Ulrika Heindorff (M), 2,110 votes; and Niklas Karlsson (S), 3,131 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Jonny Cato (C), 529 votes; Ann-Charlotte Hammar Johnsson (M), 473 votes; Ebba Hermansson (SD), 4 votes; Yasmine Larsson (S), 1,665 votes; Linda Lindberg (SD), 157 votes; Ola Möller (S), 1,864 votes; and Carina Ståhl Herrstedt (SD), 158 votes. Levelling seats (personal mandates) - Torkild Strandberg (L), 640 votes. Levelling seats (party mandates) - (KD), 9 votes.
Permanent substitutions: Torkild Strandberg (L) resigned on 25 September 2018 and was replaced by Tina Acketoft (L) on 26 September 2018. Ebba Hermansson (SD) resigned on 16 December 2021 and was replaced by Pontus Andersson (SD) on 17 December 2021.
2014 Results of the 2014 general election held on 14 September 2014: