District guide · General election 2026
Västra Götaland County South
Part of Västra Götaland County. The constituency elects 7 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
7
Turnout
84,7 %
Valid votes
145 717
Eligible voters
174 222
The constituency in figures
The constituency covers 8 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
- 229 5802025
- Unemployed, aged 18-65
- 5,1 %2025
- Year 9 pupils eligible for upper secondary
- 76,8 %2026
- Municipal tax rate
- 21,4 %2026
Municipality by municipality
- Vårgårda12 472 inh.
- Bollebygd9 784 inh.
- Tranemo11 873 inh.
- Mark35 134 inh.
- Svenljunga10 616 inh.
- Herrljunga9 509 inh.
- Borås115 238 inh.
- Ulricehamn24 954 inh.
Current issues
Riksdag business connected to this constituency, with the Riksdag's own status. No editing, no interpretation.
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenKrav på svenskt medborgarskap för all rösträttav Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenStopp för svenskfientlighetav Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenKrafttag mot otillbörlig påverkan vid röstningav Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenSkolavslutningar och firanden av högtider med konfessionella inslag i kyrkolokalerav Ingemar Kihlström (KD)
The result here
- Social Democratic Party27,3 %39 809 votes · 2 seats · −0,7 percentage points vs nationally
- Sweden Democrats20,7 %30 213 votes · 2 seats · +3,2 percentage points vs nationally
- Moderate Party19,6 %28 503 votes · 2 seats · −0,2 percentage points vs nationally
- Christian Democrats7,9 %11 481 votes · 1 seats · +1,7 percentage points vs nationally
- Left Party7,1 %10 328 votes · 0 seats · −1,3 percentage points vs nationally
- Centre Party6,7 %9 758 votes · 0 seats · −0,3 percentage points vs nationally
- Liberals4,7 %6 792 votes · 0 seats · −0,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Green Party4,3 %6 285 votes · 0 seats · −1,8 percentage points vs nationally
- Other parties1,7 %2 548 votes · 0 seats
What the numbers say
- The largest party here is Social Democratic Party with 27,3 % of the vote and 2 of the constituency's 7 seats.
- Turnout was 84,7 %, −0,1 percentage points against the national 84,8 %.
- Sweden Democrats does best compared with its national result (+3,2 percentage points), Green Party worst (−1,8 percentage points).
- 1 784 invalid and 1 314 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
- Anders Alftberganders.alftberg[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Annelie Hastig Olssonannelie.hastig.olsson[på]riksdagen.seM
- Ingemar Kihlströmingemar.kihlstrom[på]riksdagen.seKD
- Petter Löbergpetter.loberg[på]riksdagen.seS
- Ulrik Nilssonulrik.nilsson[på]riksdagen.seM
- Jessica Rodénjessica.roden[på]riksdagen.seS
- Denice Westerbergdenice.westerberg[på]riksdagen.seSD
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.
- BollebygdMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Daniel Persson (SD)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 033 23 13 00Official address: kommunen@bollebygd.se - BoråsMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Mittsamverkan Ulf Olsson (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 033 35 70 00Official address: boras.stad@boras.se - HerrljungaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0513 170 00Official address: herrljunga.kommun@herrljunga.se - MarkMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Tomas Ekberg (M)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0320 21 70 00Official address: kontaktcenter@mark.se - SvenljungaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0325 180 00Official address: kommun@svenljunga.se - TranemoMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0325 57 60 00Official address: kommun@tranemo.se - UlricehamnMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0321 59 50 00Official address: kommun@ulricehamn.se - VårgårdaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0322 600 600Official address: kommunen@vargarda.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)