District guide · General election 2026
Gothenburg Municipality
Part of Västra Götaland County. The constituency elects 18 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
18
Turnout
82,7 %
Valid votes
378 643
Eligible voters
463 162
The constituency in figures
The constituency covers 1 municipality in Västra Götaland County. The key figures come from Kolada (SALAR and RKA) and carry the year they refer to. Percentages are weighted by municipal population.
- Inhabitants
- 613 2782025
- Unemployed, aged 18-65
- 6,6 %2025
- Year 9 pupils eligible for upper secondary
- 76,6 %2026
- Municipal tax rate
- 21,1 %2026
Municipality by municipality
- Göteborg613 278 inh.
Current issues
Riksdag business connected to this constituency, with the Riksdag's own status. No editing, no interpretation.
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenÖkad transparens kring skatter och synliggörande av arbetsgivaravgiftenav Johanna Holmdahl (KD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenUtredning om åldersstruktur och prioritering vid frontnära stridav Johanna Holmdahl (KD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenÖkad kunskap och tidig information om fertilitet och ofrivillig barnlöshetav Johanna Holmdahl (KD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenBlå försörjningsberedskap – yrkesfisket som en del av totalförsvaretav Johanna Holmdahl och Magnus Berntsson (båda KD)
The result here
- Social Democratic Party27,1 %102 727 votes · 5 seats · −0,9 percentage points vs nationally
- Moderate Party18,2 %68 836 votes · 3 seats · −1,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Left Party15,1 %57 237 votes · 3 seats · +6,7 percentage points vs nationally
- Sweden Democrats11,8 %44 727 votes · 2 seats · −5,7 percentage points vs nationally
- Green Party9,1 %34 362 votes · 2 seats · +3,0 percentage points vs nationally
- Centre Party6,5 %24 678 votes · 1 seats · −0,5 percentage points vs nationally
- Liberals5,9 %22 449 votes · 1 seats · +0,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Christian Democrats4,9 %18 394 votes · 1 seats · −1,3 percentage points vs nationally
- Other parties1,4 %5 233 votes · 0 seats
What the numbers say
- The largest party here is Social Democratic Party with 27,1 % of the vote and 5 of the constituency's 18 seats.
- Turnout was 82,7 %, −2,1 percentage points against the national 84,8 %.
- Left Party does best compared with its national result (+6,7 percentage points), Sweden Democrats worst (−5,7 percentage points).
- 4 332 invalid and 2 433 blank ballots were counted here.
- The lines above are calculated straight from the result - no interpretation, no judgement.
Local news
Headlines from SVT News Väst, which covers this area. We summarise nothing ourselves - everything links to the source.
- In SwedishVårdanställd filmade psykiskt sjuk patient – la upp klippen på sociala medier
- In SwedishNyheter från dagen: 3 november
- In SwedishDå kan elsparkcyklar i Göteborg förbjudas
- In SwedishGöteborgaren skrev Sveriges största schlagerhits – men vem var han?
- In SwedishStatyn i Göteborg har börjat hosta – för dubbfria däck
- In SwedishÖver 20 JO-anmälningar efter polisinsats vid derbyt
The constituency's members
- Leila Ali Elmileila.ali.elmi[på]riksdagen.seMP
- Emma Altenhammaremma.altenhammar[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Robert Andersson Hammarstrandrobert.andersson.hammarstrand[på]riksdagen.seS
- Ingrid Andreaeingrid.andreae[på]riksdagen.seS
- Daniel Bernmardaniel.bernmar[på]riksdagen.seV
- Johan Büserjohan.buser[på]riksdagen.seS
- Dennis Dioukarevdennis.dioukarev[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Pär Gustafssonpar.gustafsson[på]riksdagen.seL
- Gustaf Göthberggustaf.gothberg[på]riksdagen.seM
- Johanna Holmdahljohanna.holmdahl[på]riksdagen.seKD
- Marie-Louise Hänel Sandströmmarie-louise.hanel.sandstrom[på]riksdagen.seM
- Mattias Jonssonmattias.jonsson[på]riksdagen.seS
- David Josefssondavid.josefsson[på]riksdagen.seM
- Jennifer Merelaid Hankinsjennifer.merelaid.hankins[på]riksdagen.seV
- Emma Nohrénemma.nohren[på]riksdagen.seMP
- Rickard Nordinrickard.nordin[på]riksdagen.seC
- Amalia Rud Stenlöfamalia.rud.stenlof[på]riksdagen.seS
- Frida Tånghagfrida.tanghag[på]riksdagen.seV
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, Västra Götaland 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.
- GöteborgMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 031 365 00 00Official address: stadsledningskontoret@stadshuset.goteborg.se - Västra GötalandsregionenRegion
Chair of the regional executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 010 441 00 00Official address: regionstyrelsen@vgregion.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)