District guide · General election 2026
Västmanland County
Covers Västmanland 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
83,5 %
Valid votes
175 964
Eligible voters
213 804
The constituency in figures
The constituency covers 10 municipalities in Västmanland County. The key figures come from Kolada (SALAR and RKA) and carry the year they refer to. Percentages are weighted by municipal population.
- Inhabitants
- 280 7622025
- Unemployed, aged 18-65
- 7,2 %2025
- Year 9 pupils eligible for upper secondary
- 78,7 %2026
- Municipal tax rate
- 21,1 %2026
Municipality by municipality
- Skinnskatteberg4 234 inh.
- Surahammar9 733 inh.
- Kungsör8 550 inh.
- Hallstahammar16 600 inh.
- Norberg5 351 inh.
- Västerås161 240 inh.
- Sala22 600 inh.
- Fagersta12 915 inh.
- Köping25 610 inh.
- Arboga13 929 inh.
Current issues
Riksdag business connected to this constituency, with the Riksdag's own status. No editing, no interpretation.
- ·Public inquiry (SOU)No status givenMentions the countyFri rörlighet för ökad delaktighet
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenmed anledning av prop. 2025/26:287 Ny politisk inriktning för ett starkare filmlandav Sandra Sönnergren m.fl. (V)
- ·Government billNo status givenMentions the countyKommuners och regioners grundläggande beredskap inför kris och krig
- ·Public inquiry (SOU)No status givenMentions the countySveriges flygplatser i en förändrad omvärld
The result here
- Social Democratic Party30,5 %53 630 votes · 3 seats · +2,5 percentage points vs nationally
- Sweden Democrats20,4 %35 968 votes · 2 seats · +2,9 percentage points vs nationally
- Moderate Party19,7 %34 648 votes · 2 seats · −0,1 percentage points vs nationally
- Left Party8,0 %13 995 votes · 1 seats · −0,4 percentage points vs nationally
- Christian Democrats5,6 %9 846 votes · 0 seats · −0,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Centre Party5,3 %9 327 votes · 0 seats · −1,7 percentage points vs nationally
- Liberals5,0 %8 864 votes · 1 seats · −0,3 percentage points vs nationally
- Green Party3,7 %6 568 votes · 0 seats · −2,4 percentage points vs nationally
- Other parties1,8 %3 118 votes · 0 seats
What the numbers say
- The largest party here is Social Democratic Party with 30,5 % of the vote and 3 of the constituency's 9 seats.
- Turnout was 83,5 %, −1,3 percentage points against the national 84,8 %.
- Sweden Democrats does best compared with its national result (+2,9 percentage points), Green Party worst (−2,4 percentage points).
- 2 590 invalid and 1 749 blank ballots were counted here.
- The lines above are calculated straight from the result - no interpretation, no judgement.
Local news
Headlines from SVT News Västmanland, which covers this area. We summarise nothing ourselves - everything links to the source.
- In SwedishBianca och Aya undviker centralen kvällstid: ”Om jag måste dit ringer jag någon”
- In SwedishNyheter från dagen: 3 november
- In SwedishKent fick sms om akut blodbrist – lämnade blod för 98:e gången
- In SwedishBilist körde in i mitträcket på E18: ”Väldigt halt”
- In SwedishNyheter från dagen: 2 November
- In SwedishKlart med nytt styre i Surahammar – S byts ut mot SD
The constituency's members
- Hawar Asaieshhawar.asaiesh[på]riksdagen.seV
- Tomas Brandbergtomas.brandberg[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Jonas Cronertjonas.cronert[på]riksdagen.seS
- Mikael Damsgaardmikael.damsgaard[på]riksdagen.seM
- Åsa Erikssonasa.eriksson[på]riksdagen.seS
- Roger Haddadroger.haddad[på]riksdagen.seL
- Caroline Högströmcaroline.hogstrom[på]riksdagen.seM
- Amanda Lindbladamanda.lindblad[på]riksdagen.seS
- Oscar Sjöstedtoscar.sjostedt[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, Västmanland 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.
- ArbogaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0589 870 00Official address: arboga.kommun@arboga.se - FagerstaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0223 440 83Official address: info@fagersta.se - HallstahammarMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0220 240 00Official address: kundcenter@hallstahammar.se - KungsörMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0227 60 00 00Official address: info@kungsor.se - KöpingMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0221 250 00Official address: kopings.kommun@koping.se - NorbergMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0223 290 00Official address: info@norberg.se - SalaMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: Daniel Holmvin
Switchboard: 0224 74 70 00Official address: kommun.info@sala.se - SkinnskattebergMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0222 51 55 00Official address: kommun@skinnskatteberg.se - SurahammarMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0220 390 00Official address: kommunen@surahammar.se - VästeråsMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Staffan Jansson (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 021 39 00 00Official address: kontaktcenter@vasteras.se - Region VästmanlandRegion
Chair of the regional executive board: Mikael Elfgren (M)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 021 17 30 00Official address: region@regionvastmanland.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)