District guide · General election 2026
Västra Götaland County North
Part of Västra Götaland County. The constituency elects 10 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
10
Turnout
84,8 %
Valid votes
175 653
Eligible voters
210 272
The constituency in figures
The constituency covers 14 municipalities 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
- 271 3192025
- Unemployed, aged 18-65
- 5,5 %2025
- Year 9 pupils eligible for upper secondary
- 81,8 %2026
- Municipal tax rate
- 22,3 %2026
Municipality by municipality
- Orust15 363 inh.
- Sotenäs9 036 inh.
- Munkedal10 272 inh.
- Tanum12 677 inh.
- Dals-Ed4 571 inh.
- Färgelanda6 288 inh.
- Bengtsfors8 955 inh.
- Mellerud9 038 inh.
- Lysekil13 796 inh.
- Uddevalla56 744 inh.
- Strömstad13 557 inh.
- Vänersborg40 078 inh.
- Trollhättan59 265 inh.
- Åmål11 679 inh.
Current issues
Riksdag business connected to this constituency, with the Riksdag's own status. No editing, no interpretation.
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenSkyddsjakt i stadsplanerat områdeav Magnus Jacobsson (KD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenFörtroendeuppdrag och sjukskrivningav Magnus Jacobsson (KD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenStärkande av Sveriges krisberedskapav Magnus Jacobsson (KD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenStärkning av den svenska skärgårdenav Magnus Jacobsson och Magnus Berntsson (båda KD)
The result here
- Social Democratic Party28,6 %50 180 votes · 3 seats · +0,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Sweden Democrats21,6 %37 903 votes · 2 seats · +4,1 percentage points vs nationally
- Moderate Party19,1 %33 463 votes · 2 seats · −0,7 percentage points vs nationally
- Left Party7,1 %12 453 votes · 1 seats · −1,3 percentage points vs nationally
- Christian Democrats6,9 %12 200 votes · 1 seats · +0,7 percentage points vs nationally
- Centre Party5,8 %10 185 votes · 0 seats · −1,2 percentage points vs nationally
- Liberals4,9 %8 646 votes · 1 seats · −0,4 percentage points vs nationally
- Green Party4,5 %7 951 votes · 0 seats · −1,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Other parties1,5 %2 672 votes · 0 seats
What the numbers say
- The largest party here is Social Democratic Party with 28,6 % of the vote and 3 of the constituency's 10 seats.
- Turnout was 84,8 %, +0,0 percentage points against the national 84,8 %.
- Sweden Democrats does best compared with its national result (+4,1 percentage points), Green Party worst (−1,6 percentage points).
- 2 743 invalid and 1 728 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
- Ann-Sofie Almann-sofie.alm[på]riksdagen.seM
- Jennie Bergius Erikssonjennie.bergius.eriksson[på]riksdagen.seM
- Matheus Enholmmatheus.enholm[på]riksdagen.seSD
- David Höglund Velasquezdavid.hoglund.velasquez[på]riksdagen.seV
- Magnus Jacobssonmagnus.jacobsson[på]riksdagen.seKD
- Michael Melbymichael.melby[på]riksdagen.seS
- Cecilia Prinscecilia.prins[på]riksdagen.seL
- Terje Skaarnesterje.skaarnes[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Jonathan Svenssonjonathan.svensson[på]riksdagen.seS
- Louise Thunströmlouise.thunstrom[på]riksdagen.seS
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.
- BengtsforsMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0531 52 60 02Official address: kommun@bengtsfors.se - Dals-EdMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0534 190 00Official address: kommun@dalsed.se - FärgelandaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Christoffer Wallin (SD)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0528 56 71 05Official address: kommun@fargelanda.se - LysekilMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Olof Johansson (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 026 2026 30Official address: kommun@lysekil.se - MellerudMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0530 182 49Official address: kommunen@mellerud.se - MunkedalMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0524 180 00Official address: kommun@munkedal.se - OrustMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0304 33 40 00Official address: kommun@orust.se - SotenäsMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0523 66 40 00Official address: info@sotenas.se - StrömstadMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Kent Hansson (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0526 190 00Official address: kommun@stromstad.se - TanumMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Liselotte Fröjd (M)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0525 180 00Official address: kommun@tanum.se - TrollhättanMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0520 49 50 00Official address: kontaktcenter@trollhattan.se - UddevallaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Martin Pettersson (SD)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0522 69 60 00Official address: kommunen@uddevalla.se - VänersborgMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Benny Augustsson (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0521 72 10 00Official address: kommun@vanersborg.se - ÅmålMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0532 170 00Official address: kommun@amal.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)