2009 Swedish Church Assembly elections
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On September 20, 2009,[1] elections were held for all 251 seats in the General Synod of the Church of Sweden. Since the 1930s, nominating groups have often been directly affiliated with national political parties, but many groups are now established separately from political parties.
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 186,234 | 28.32 | 71 | 0 | |
| Centre Party | 90,620 | 13.78 | 34 | −7 | |
| Non-partisans in the Church of Sweden | 86,567 | 13.16 | 33 | −1 | |
| Folkpartister i Svenska kyrkan | 34,580 | 5.26 | 13 | −2 | |
| Frimodig kyrka | 33,425 | 5.08 | 13 | +6 | |
| Christian Democrats in the Church of Sweden | 45,991 | 6.99 | 18 | +1 | |
| Kyrklig samverkan i Visby stift | 1,090 | 0.17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Miljöpartister i Svenska kyrkan | 20,764 | 3.16 | 8 | +4 | |
| Moderate Party | 106,383 | 16.18 | 41 | −4 | |
| Senior Party | 2,872 | 0.44 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sweden Democrats | 18,815 | 2.86 | 7 | +3 | |
| Vänstern i Svenska kyrkan | 8,218 | 1.25 | 3 | 0 | |
| Open Church – a Church for All | 21,568 | 3.28 | 8 | +1 | |
| Skanör Falsterbo Kyrkans Väl | 499 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 657,626 | 100.00 | 251 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 657,626 | 97.90 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 14,086 | 2.10 | |||
| Total votes | 671,712 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: [2] | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Svenska kyrkan i Umeå: Fler har förtidsröstat i årets kyrkoval i Umeå" (in Swedish). My Newsdesk. 17 September 2005. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ "Val till Kyrkomöte - valresultat".