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
Riksdag business connected to this constituency, with the Riksdag's own status. No editing, no interpretation.
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenSveriges självförsörjning och den inhemska livsmedelsproduktionenav Dan Hovskär (KD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenÖversyn av lagen om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringarav Tobias Andersson (SD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenKrav på svenskt medborgarskap för all rösträttav Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenLNG-terminal till det västsvenska gasnätetav Tobias Andersson och Josef Fransson (båda SD)
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
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
- Marcus Anderssonmarcus.andersson[på]riksdagen.seS
- Tobias Anderssontobias.andersson[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Sten Berghedensten.bergheden[på]riksdagen.seM
- Erik Ezeliuserik.ezelius[på]riksdagen.seS
- Josef Franssonjosef.fransson[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Ulrika Heieulrika.heie[på]riksdagen.seC
- Dan Hovskärdan.hovskar[på]riksdagen.seKD
- Therese Kristianssontherese.kristiansson[på]riksdagen.seS
- Charlotte Nordströmcharlotte.nordstrom[på]riksdagen.seM
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.
- EssungaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0512 570 00Official address: kommun@essunga.se - FalköpingMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0515 88 50 00 - GrästorpMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Kent Larsson (M)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0514 580 00Official address: kommun@grastorp.se - GullspångMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Jenni Gustrand
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0551 363 25Official address: info@gullspang.se - GöteneMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0511 38 60 00Official address: kommunstyrelsen@gotene.se - HjoMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Catrin Hulmarker
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0503 35000Official address: kontaktcenter@hjo.se - KarlsborgMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Jonas Davidsson (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0505 17262Official address: kommun@karlsborg.se - LidköpingMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Gustav Edvinsson (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0510 77 00 00Official address: kommun@lidkoping.se - MariestadMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Johan Abrahamsson (M)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0501 75 50 00Official address: servicecenter@mariestad.se - SkaraMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0511 320 00Official address: skara.kommun@skara.se - SkövdeMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0500 49 80 00Official address: skovdekommun@skovde.se - TibroMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Jan Hanna (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0504 18160Official address: kommun@tibro.se - TidaholmMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0502 60 60 00Official address: kontaktcenter@tidaholm.se - TörebodaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Linn Brandström (M)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0506 180 00Official address: kommunen@toreboda.se - VaraMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0512 310 00Official address: kommun@vara.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)