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District guide · General election 2026

Västra Götaland County East

Part of Västra Götaland County. The constituency elects 9 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

9

Turnout

86,3 %

Valid votes

178 274

Eligible voters

210 115

The constituency in figures

The constituency covers 15 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
269 4672025
Unemployed, aged 18-65
4,4 %2025
Year 9 pupils eligible for upper secondary
78,9 %2026
Municipal tax rate
21,7 %2026
Municipality by municipality
  • Grästorp5 602 inh.
  • Essunga5 559 inh.
  • Karlsborg7 047 inh.
  • Gullspång4 949 inh.
  • Vara16 011 inh.
  • Götene13 223 inh.
  • Tibro11 326 inh.
  • Töreboda9 093 inh.
  • Mariestad24 421 inh.
  • Lidköping40 359 inh.
  • Skara18 753 inh.
  • Skövde58 272 inh.
  • Hjo9 322 inh.
  • Tidaholm12 736 inh.
  • Falköping32 794 inh.

Current issues

The result here

  • Social Democratic Party28,1 %50 027 votes · 3 seats · +0,1 percentage points vs nationally
  • Sweden Democrats21,4 %38 175 votes · 2 seats · +3,9 percentage points vs nationally
  • Moderate Party20,0 %35 569 votes · 2 seats · +0,2 percentage points vs nationally
  • Christian Democrats8,0 %14 303 votes · 1 seats · +1,8 percentage points vs nationally
  • Centre Party6,5 %11 627 votes · 1 seats · −0,5 percentage points vs nationally
  • Left Party5,8 %10 350 votes · 0 seats · −2,6 percentage points vs nationally
  • Liberals4,4 %7 891 votes · 0 seats · −0,9 percentage points vs nationally
  • Green Party4,1 %7 252 votes · 0 seats · −2,0 percentage points vs nationally
  • Other parties1,7 %3 080 votes · 0 seats

What the numbers say

  • The largest party here is Social Democratic Party with 28,1 % of the vote and 3 of the constituency's 9 seats.
  • Turnout was 86,3 %, +1,5 percentage points against the national 84,8 %.
  • Sweden Democrats does best compared with its national result (+3,9 percentage points), Left Party worst (−2,6 percentage points).
  • 2 968 invalid and 2 050 blank ballots were counted here.
  • The lines above are calculated straight from the result - no interpretation, no judgement.

Local news

The constituency's members

How to get involved

The parties locally

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.

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)