The local elections in Sweden occured on 17th September 2006. These coincided with the General Election.

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All 1656 seats in the County Councils
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Göran Persson Fredrik Reinfeldt Maud Olofsson
Party Social Democrats Moderate Centre
Alliance The Alliance (Sweden) The Alliance
Last election 682 253 139
Seats won 631 376 156
Seat change Decrease51 Increase123 Increase17
Popular vote 1 888 256 1 331 290 427,108
Percentage 34.90% 24.6% 7.9%
Swing Decrease3.6pp Increase8pp Increase0.9pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Lars Leijonborg Göran Hägglund Lars Ohly
Party Liberals Christian Democrats Left
Alliance The Alliance The Alliance
Last election 187 141 145
Seats won 129 116 107
Seat change Decrease58 Decrease25 Decrease38
Popular vote 440 526 360 183 332 791
Percentage 8.1% 6.7% 6.1%
Swing Decrease3.9pp Decrease1.5pp Decrease2.3pp

  Seventh party
 
Leader Peter Eriksson
Maria Wetterstrand
Party Green
Last election 55
Seats won 68
Seat change Increase13
Popular vote 256 547
Percentage 4.7
Swing Increase0.8pp

Prime Minister before election

Göran Persson
Social Democrats

Elected Prime Minister

Fredrik Reinfeldt
Moderate

Elections to the County Councils

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County Council Election Results Total
 
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
The Moderate Party153,13664.22+5.0010New
Guernsey Party63,87326.78New6New
Alliance Party Guernsey21,4619.00−2.000
Independents
Appointed seats20
Total238,470100.00180
Party
Total