2002 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 2002,[1] alongside municipal and county council elections. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 144 of the 349 seats.[2]

2002 Swedish general election

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All 349 seats in the Riksdag
175 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Göran Persson Bo Lundgren Lars Leijonborg
Party Social Democrats Moderate Liberals
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right Centre-right
Last election 131 seats 82 seats 17 seats
Seats won 144 55 48
Seat change Increase13 Decrease27 Increase31
Popular vote 2,113,560 809,041 710,312
Percentage 39.9% 15.3% 13.4%
Swing Increase3.5pp Decrease7.6pp Increase8.7pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Alf Svensson Gudrun Schyman Maud Olofsson
Party Christian Democrats Left Centre
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left Centre-right
Last election 42 seats 43 seats 18 seats
Seats won 33 30 22
Seat change Decrease9 Decrease13 Increase4
Popular vote 485,235 444,854 328,428
Percentage 9.2% 8.4% 6.2%
Swing Decrease2.6pp Decrease3.6pp Increase1.1pp

  Seventh party
 
Leader Peter Eriksson
Maria Wetterstrand
Party Green
Alliance Centre-left
Last election 16 seats
Seats won 17
Seat change Increase1
Popular vote 246,392
Percentage 4.7%
Swing Increase0.2pp


PM before election

Göran Persson
Social Democrats

Elected PM

Göran Persson
Social Democrats

After securing a confidence and supply agreement with the Left Party and the Green Party, Prime Minister Göran Persson was able to remain in his position for a third consecutive term as a minority government.

Although the bloc compositions were similar to 1998, the complexions of the centre-right bloc shifted radically. Under new party leader Bo Lundgren, the Moderates lost more than seven percentage points and barely held on as the largest party in its coalition. Only eight municipalities in all of Sweden had the Moderates as the largest party, six of which were in the Stockholm area.[3] The Peoples' Party led by Lars Leijonborg, instead more than doubled its parliamentary delegation and received above 13% of the vote. Lundgren resigned in the wake of the election, leading to the selection of future Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as the Moderate leader.

Among the four other Riksdag parties, the Christian Democrats and the Left Party both lost ground, whereas the Centre and Green parties managed to reach the parliamentary threshold of four percentage points.

Among minor parties, the Norrbotten Party reached 9.4% of the vote in its county, polling above 20% in some inland areas. However, this was not enough to gain a Riksdag seat.[3] The Sweden Democrats became the eight largest party for the first time, making sizeable gains and winning more council seats than ever before.

Debates

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2002 Swedish general election debates
Date Time Organizers Moderators  P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee 
S M V KD C L MP Refs
Sveriges Television Stina Lundberg

Erik Fichtelius [sv]

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Göran Persson
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Bo Lundgren
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Gudrun Schyman
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Alf Svensson
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Maud Olofsson
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Lars Leijonborg
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Peter Eriksson
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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party2,113,56039.85144+13
Moderate Party809,04115.2655−27
Liberal People's Party710,31213.3948+31
Christian Democrats485,2359.1533−9
Left Party444,8548.3930−13
Centre Party328,4286.1922+4
Green Party246,3924.6517+1
Sweden Democrats76,3001.4400
Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party37,5730.7100
Norrbotten Party14,8540.280
New Future9,3370.1800
Scania Party4,5640.090
National Democrats4,1220.080
Socialist Party3,2130.0600
Socialist Justice Party1,5190.0300
Communist Party1,1820.0200
Unity6030.0100
Free List2740.010
Voice of the Free People2070.000
European Workers Party1630.000
New Democracy1060.0000
Welfare Party940.000
National Democratic Party870.000
Alliance Party580.000
Skåne Federalists520.000
Communist League460.000
Citizens Party270.000
National Householders170.000
Republicans150.000
Tax Reformists140.000
Popular Democrats120.000
New Swedes D.P.N.S.110.000
Donald Duck Party100.000
Party of Love80.000
Populist Party80.000
Blank Voters Party-A Political Marking70.000
Sports Party70.000
Preschool Party - Children's Voice60.000
God-Trolls-Witches-Beings and Cosmic Powers Party40.000
ATP Pensions And Widows' Pensions Party40.000
Singles Party-Sorry, but we exist too30.000
Cloning, no Thanks I am a Unique Person Party30.000
Animal Welfare Party-A Loving Life for our Animals30.000
Beach Protection Party30.000
Viking Party-Sweden Out of the EU20.000
Dog Party-The Dog, Man's Best Friend20.000
Shaman's Indigenous Party20.000
Crisis10.000
Dust Online10.000
Santa Party: Children's and Animals' Best Friend10.000
Dentist High Cost Party10.000
Land we Inherited Party10.000
The Boiled Frog Dance Party. The Swedish Man Today10.000
Football Party10.000
Other parties10,8610.200
Total5,303,212100.003490
Valid votes5,303,21298.47
Invalid/blank votes82,2181.53
Total votes5,385,430100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,722,15280.11
Source: Val

Seat distribution

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Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
By party By coalition
S M F KD V C MP Red-green Right
Blekinge 6 3 1 1 1 3 3
Dalarna 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4
Gävleborg 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4
Gothenburg 18 6 3 4 2 2 1 9 9
Gotland 2 2 2
Halland 11 4 2 2 1 1 1 5 6
Jämtland 6 3 1 1 1 4 2
Jönköping 13 5 2 1 3 1 1 6 7
Kalmar 9 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 4
Kronoberg 7 3 1 1 1 1 3 4
Malmö 9 5 2 1 1 6 3
Norrbotten 11 6 1 1 1 1 1 8 3
Örebro 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4
Östergötland 17 7 3 2 2 1 1 1 9 8
Skåne North and East 11 5 2 1 1 1 1 6 5
Skåne South 14 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 7 7
Skåne West 10 4 2 2 1 1 5 5
Södermanland 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4
Stockholm County 39 13 9 8 3 3 1 2 18 21
Stockholm Municipality 29 9 7 6 2 3 2 14 15
Uppsala 12 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 6 6
Värmland 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4
Västerbotten 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4
Västernorrland 10 5 1 1 1 1 1 6 4
Västmanland 10 5 1 1 1 1 1 6 4
Västra Götaland East 9 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 4
Västra Götaland North 10 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 4
Västra Götaland South 7 3 1 1 1 1 3 4
Västra Götaland West 13 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 7 6
Total 349 144 55 48 33 30 22 17 191 158
Source: Statistics Sweden

By municipality

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References

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  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1873
  3. ^ a b "Sverige - Valområde - 2002-09-27 09:16:45" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 27 September 2002. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  4. ^ Slutdebatter – Val 2002: Slutdebatten (in Swedish), retrieved 1 February 2024 – via Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm

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