District guide · General election 2026
Blekinge County
Covers Blekinge County. The constituency elects 5 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
5
Turnout
85,6 %
Valid votes
103 848
Eligible voters
123 336
The constituency in figures
The constituency covers 5 municipalities in Blekinge County. The key figures come from Kolada (SALAR and RKA) and carry the year they refer to. Percentages are weighted by municipal population.
- Inhabitants
- 156 6202025
- Unemployed, aged 18-65
- 6,1 %2025
- Year 9 pupils eligible for upper secondary
- 76,9 %2026
- Municipal tax rate
- 21,7 %2026
Municipality by municipality
- Olofström12 844 inh.
- Karlskrona66 021 inh.
- Ronneby28 708 inh.
- Karlshamn31 642 inh.
- Sölvesborg17 405 inh.
Current issues
Riksdag business connected to this constituency, with the Riksdag's own status. No editing, no interpretation.
- ·Public inquiry (SOU)No status givenMentions the countyFri rörlighet för ökad delaktighet
- ·Government billNo status givenMentions the countyKommuners och regioners grundläggande beredskap inför kris och krig
- ·Public inquiry (SOU)No status givenMentions the countySveriges flygplatser i en förändrad omvärld
- ·Government billNo status givenMentions the countyEn mer enhetlig reglering av tillsyn och kontroll på miljöbalkens område
The result here
- Social Democratic Party28,6 %29 740 votes · 2 seats · +0,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Sweden Democrats24,4 %25 319 votes · 2 seats · +6,9 percentage points vs nationally
- Moderate Party18,3 %19 018 votes · 1 seats · −1,5 percentage points vs nationally
- Christian Democrats7,3 %7 550 votes · 0 seats · +1,1 percentage points vs nationally
- Left Party5,9 %6 080 votes · 0 seats · −2,5 percentage points vs nationally
- Centre Party5,5 %5 662 votes · 0 seats · −1,5 percentage points vs nationally
- Liberals4,9 %5 084 votes · 0 seats · −0,4 percentage points vs nationally
- Green Party3,8 %3 977 votes · 0 seats · −2,3 percentage points vs nationally
- Other parties1,4 %1 418 votes · 0 seats
What the numbers say
- The largest party here is Social Democratic Party with 28,6 % of the vote and 2 of the constituency's 5 seats.
- Turnout was 85,6 %, +0,8 percentage points against the national 84,8 %.
- Sweden Democrats does best compared with its national result (+6,9 percentage points), Left Party worst (−2,5 percentage points).
- 1 688 invalid and 1 126 blank ballots were counted here.
- The lines above are calculated straight from the result - no interpretation, no judgement.
Local news
Headlines from SVT News Blekinge, which covers this area. We summarise nothing ourselves - everything links to the source.
- In SwedishRättegången inleds – flera år gammalt misstänkt mordförsök prövas
- In SwedishNyheter från dagen: 3 november
- In SwedishAugust, 6 år, lever tack vare donerat hjärta: ”Kan träna och leka”
- In SwedishBeskedet: Köpare klar för Östra Piren i Karlshamn
- In SwedishSkolan utan rinnande vatten hela dagen – när kommunen hade övning
- In SwedishIT-störningar hos Region Blekinge – påverkar telefonsamtal
The constituency's members
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, Blekinge 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.
- KarlshamnMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0454 810 00Official address: info@karlshamn.se - KarlskronaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0455 30 30 00Official address: kundservice@karlskrona.se - OlofströmMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Christoffer Danielsson
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0454 932 38Official address: isak.bergman@edu.olofstrom.se - RonnebyMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Ola Robertsson (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0457 61 80 00Official address: kontakt@ronneby.se - SölvesborgMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0456 81 60 00Official address: info@solvesborg.se - Region BlekingeRegion
Chair of the regional executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0455 73 10 00Official address: region@regionblekinge.se
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)