District guide · General election 2026
Gävleborg County
Covers Gävleborg 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
83,9 %
Valid votes
183 712
Eligible voters
222 363
The constituency in figures
The constituency covers 10 municipalities in Gävleborg County. The key figures come from Kolada (SALAR and RKA) and carry the year they refer to. Percentages are weighted by municipal population.
- Inhabitants
- 283 4492025
- Unemployed, aged 18-65
- 7,1 %2025
- Year 9 pupils eligible for upper secondary
- 80,1 %2026
- Municipal tax rate
- 22,0 %2026
Municipality by municipality
- Ockelbo5 715 inh.
- Hofors9 138 inh.
- Ovanåker11 272 inh.
- Nordanstig9 284 inh.
- Ljusdal18 377 inh.
- Gävle104 108 inh.
- Sandviken38 033 inh.
- Söderhamn24 163 inh.
- Bollnäs26 018 inh.
- Hudiksvall37 341 inh.
Current issues
Riksdag business connected to this constituency, with the Riksdag's own status. No editing, no interpretation.
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenSärskilt boendestöd via CSNav Larry Söder och Lili André (båda KD)
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenHavsöringen i Dalälvenav Lili André (KD)
- ·Public inquiry (SOU)No status givenMentions the countyFri rörlighet för ökad delaktighet
- ·Government billNo status givenMentions the countyKommuners och regioners grundläggande beredskap inför kris och krig
The result here
- Social Democratic Party31,8 %58 462 votes · 3 seats · +3,8 percentage points vs nationally
- Sweden Democrats21,5 %39 527 votes · 2 seats · +4,0 percentage points vs nationally
- Moderate Party17,7 %32 545 votes · 2 seats · −2,1 percentage points vs nationally
- Left Party6,8 %12 420 votes · 1 seats · −1,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Christian Democrats6,2 %11 380 votes · 1 seats · −0,0 percentage points vs nationally
- Centre Party6,1 %11 158 votes · 1 seats · −0,9 percentage points vs nationally
- Green Party4,2 %7 752 votes · 0 seats · −1,9 percentage points vs nationally
- Liberals4,0 %7 388 votes · 0 seats · −1,3 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 31,8 % of the vote and 3 of the constituency's 10 seats.
- Turnout was 83,9 %, −0,9 percentage points against the national 84,8 %.
- Sweden Democrats does best compared with its national result (+4,0 percentage points), Moderate Party worst (−2,1 percentage points).
- 2 847 invalid and 1 887 blank ballots were counted here.
- The lines above are calculated straight from the result - no interpretation, no judgement.
Local news
Headlines from SVT News Gävleborg, which covers this area. We summarise nothing ourselves - everything links to the source.
- In SwedishMulti Care i konkurs – har skulder på 2,6 miljoner
- In SwedishNyheter från dagen: 3 november
- In SwedishEfter kritiken: M och S överens om sänkt skatt i Gävle
- In SwedishRumänska arbetare på Microsofts bygge får 15 miljoner i obetalda löner
- In SwedishNyheter från dagen: 2 november
- In SwedishRegionchefen: ”Det är jättesorgligt att kasta mat”
The constituency's members
- Lili Andrélili.andre[på]riksdagen.seKD
- Sanna Backeskogsanna.backeskog[på]riksdagen.seS
- Lars Beckmanlars.beckman[på]riksdagen.seM
- Mattias Eriksson Falkmattias.eriksson.falk[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Samuel Gonzalez Westlingsamuel.gonzalez.westling[på]riksdagen.seV
- Roger Hedlundroger.hedlund[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Kristoffer Lindbergkristoffer.lindberg[på]riksdagen.seS
- Patrik Lundqvistpatrik.lundqvist[på]riksdagen.seS
- Caroline Schmidtcaroline.schmidt[på]riksdagen.seC
- Viktor Wärnickviktor.warnick[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, Gävleborg 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.
- BollnäsMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Tommy Winqvist
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0278 250 01Official address: kundcenter@bollnas.se - GävleMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Åsa Wiklund-Lång (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 026 17 80 00Official address: gavle.kommun@gavle.se - HoforsMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0290 290 00Official address: hofors.kommun@hofors.se - HudiksvallMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0650 19 000Official address: kommun@hudiksvall.se - LjusdalMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Pernilla Färlin (M)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0651 180 00Official address: kommun@ljusdal.se - NordanstigMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Lisa Järvinen
Chief executive: Lisa Järvinen
Switchboard: 0652 360 00Official address: kommun@nordanstig.se - OckelboMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0297 555 00Official address: kommun@ockelbo.se - OvanåkerMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0271 570 00Official address: kommun@ovanaker.se - SandvikenMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 026 24 00 00Official address: medborgarservice@sandviken.se - SöderhamnMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Marjo Myllykoski (M)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0270 750 00Official address: kommunstyrelsen@soderhamn.se - Region GävleborgRegion
Chair of the regional executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 026 15 40 00Official address: rg@regiongavleborg.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)