District guide · General election 2026
Kalmar County
Covers Kalmar County. The constituency elects 8 of the Riksdag's 349 members. Here is the result, its members, local news and the ways to take part.
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Seats
8
Turnout
85,6 %
Valid votes
161 152
Eligible voters
191 157
The constituency in figures
The constituency covers 12 municipalities in Kalmar County. The key figures come from Kolada (SALAR and RKA) and carry the year they refer to. Percentages are weighted by municipal population.
- Inhabitants
- 245 4832025
- Unemployed, aged 18-65
- 5,3 %2025
- Year 9 pupils eligible for upper secondary
- 82,5 %2026
- Municipal tax rate
- 21,9 %2026
Municipality by municipality
- Högsby5 134 inh.
- Torsås6 919 inh.
- Mörbylånga16 306 inh.
- Hultsfred13 484 inh.
- Mönsterås12 978 inh.
- Emmaboda8 807 inh.
- Kalmar73 068 inh.
- Nybro19 803 inh.
- Oskarshamn26 762 inh.
- Västervik36 269 inh.
- Vimmerby15 327 inh.
- Borgholm10 626 inh.
Current issues
Riksdag business connected to this constituency, with the Riksdag's own status. No editing, no interpretation.
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenUtökad rätt att försvara tamdjur i nationalparkerav Carl Wiktor Svensson (KD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenErsättningsmodell och marksnål teknik vid markintrångav Emmy Ahlstedt (C)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenKrav på solpaneler på kommersiella fastigheterav Emmy Ahlstedt (C)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenÅtgärder för fler deltidsbrandmänav Emmy Ahlstedt (C)
The result here
- Social Democratic Party29,0 %46 800 votes · 2 seats · +1,0 percentage points vs nationally
- Sweden Democrats21,4 %34 434 votes · 2 seats · +3,9 percentage points vs nationally
- Moderate Party18,7 %30 201 votes · 2 seats · −1,1 percentage points vs nationally
- Christian Democrats8,4 %13 515 votes · 1 seats · +2,2 percentage points vs nationally
- Centre Party6,4 %10 348 votes · 1 seats · −0,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Left Party6,1 %9 878 votes · 0 seats · −2,3 percentage points vs nationally
- Liberals4,2 %6 840 votes · 0 seats · −1,1 percentage points vs nationally
- Green Party4,1 %6 665 votes · 0 seats · −2,0 percentage points vs nationally
- Other parties1,5 %2 471 votes · 0 seats
What the numbers say
- The largest party here is Social Democratic Party with 29,0 % of the vote and 2 of the constituency's 8 seats.
- Turnout was 85,6 %, +0,8 percentage points against the national 84,8 %.
- Sweden Democrats does best compared with its national result (+3,9 percentage points), Left Party worst (−2,3 percentage points).
- 2 500 invalid and 1 726 blank ballots were counted here.
- The lines above are calculated straight from the result - no interpretation, no judgement.
Local news
Headlines from SVT News Småland, which covers this area. We summarise nothing ourselves - everything links to the source.
- In SwedishI Bösebo samlas generationerna i bastun: ”Vet hur man fixar en regering”
- In SwedishNyheter från dagen: 3 november
- In SwedishTuristföretagets kameror på Ölandsbron saknar tillstånd: ”Visste inte”
- In SwedishNu får boende i södra Sverige elstöd: ”Känns som spel för galleriet”
- In SwedishFyrhjuling fattade eld i Gunnarsbo – kvinna till sjukhus
- In SwedishPolisen hittade 31 vapen och nazistföremål – rättegången inledd
The constituency's members
- Emmy Ahlstedtemmy.ahlstedt[på]riksdagen.seC
- Mattias Bäckström Johanssonmattias.backstrom.johansson[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Marcus Fridlundmarcus.fridlund[på]riksdagen.seS
- Lena Hallengrenlena.hallengren[på]riksdagen.seS
- Marie Nicholsonmarie.nicholson[på]riksdagen.seM
- Olle Olsonolle.olson[på]riksdagen.seM
- Johnny Svedinjohnny.svedin[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Carl Wiktor Svenssoncarl-wiktor.svensson[på]riksdagen.seKD
How to get involved
- Voting - how it worksThe Election Authority's own guide to voting and advance voting.
- Electoral register and voting card
- The county administrative board, Kalmar CountyThe county administrative board is the regional election authority and counts the county's votes.
- Visit the RiksdagThe public gallery is open. Riksdag switchboard: +46 8 786 40 00
- Constituencies and polling districtsHow the division works, per the Election Authority. Municipal citizen proposals differ between municipalities, so we link to yours only when it can be verified.
The parties locally
- Left Partyno national page for local branches found
- Social Democratic Partylocal branches →
- Green Partycontact page →
- Centre Partylocal branches →
- Liberalscontact page →
- Christian Democratsno national page for local branches found
- Moderate Partylocal branches →
- Sweden Democratslocal branches →
The parties organise in districts and local branches. Links go to the parties' own pages - only pages we could verify are listed.
Contacts in the constituency
Sweden has no mayors. The closest equivalent is the chair of the municipal executive board, an elected politician, with the chief executive on the administrative side. Every name below comes from the municipality's or region's own page - where it is not published we say so and link to the contact page and the register of elected representatives instead.
- BorgholmMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Ilko Corkovic (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0485 880 00Official address: kommun@borgholm.se - EmmabodaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Johan Jonsson (C)
This could not be confirmed against the municipality's own page at the latest reading on 3 Nov 2026. The name stays until a person has checked the source.
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 010 353 10 00Official address: kommunen@emmaboda.se - HultsfredMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 010 354 20 00Official address: kommunen@hultsfred.se - HögsbyMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: not publishedThe website does not answer automated readers - only the link can be checked.
- KalmarMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 010 352 00 00Official address: kommun@kalmar.se - MönsteråsMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Robert Rapakko (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 010 353 70 00Official address: kommun@monsteras.se - MörbylångaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Michael Granstedt (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 010 354 70 00Official address: kommun@morbylanga.se - NybroMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0481 45 000Official address: kommun@nybro.se - OskarshamnMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 010 35 60 000Official address: kommunen@oskarshamn.se - TorsåsMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 010 35 33 100Official address: info@torsas.se - VimmerbyMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Eva Kindstrand Ströberg (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 010 356 90 00Official address: kommun@vimmerby.se - VästervikMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Harald Hjalmarsson (M)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 010 355 40 00Official address: kommun@vastervik.se - Region Kalmar länRegion
Chair of the regional executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: not publishedThe website does not answer automated readers - only the link can be checked.
Checked 2026-09-18 · The constituency's MPs →
Sources: SVT Valresultat 2026, data.riksdagen.se, val.se, lansstyrelsen.se, svt.se, kolada.se, the municipalities' own websites · Data verified 2026-09-17 (links checked 2026-09-18, municipal data 2026-09-18)