District guide · General election 2026
Västernorrland County
Covers Västernorrland County. The constituency elects 8 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
8
Turnout
84,8 %
Valid votes
158 202
Eligible voters
189 562
The constituency in figures
The constituency covers 7 municipalities in Västernorrland County. The key figures come from Kolada (SALAR and RKA) and carry the year they refer to. Percentages are weighted by municipal population.
- Inhabitants
- 240 6412025
- Unemployed, aged 18-65
- 5,2 %2025
- Year 9 pupils eligible for upper secondary
- 74,3 %2026
- Municipal tax rate
- 22,8 %2026
Municipality by municipality
- Ånge9 000 inh.
- Timrå17 465 inh.
- Härnösand24 348 inh.
- Sundsvall98 962 inh.
- Kramfors17 390 inh.
- Sollefteå18 138 inh.
- Örnsköldsvik55 338 inh.
Current issues
Riksdag business connected to this constituency, with the Riksdag's own status. No editing, no interpretation.
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenTidig upptäckt och uppföljning av risk för långvarig skolfrånvaro i grundskolanav Liza-Maria Norlin (KD)
- ·Public inquiry (SOU)No status givenMentions the countyFri rörlighet för ökad delaktighet
- ·Private member's motionNo status givenmed anledning av prop. 2025/26:313 Ett nytt brott och andra åtgärder mot människohandelav Alexander Christiansson m.fl. (SD)
- ·Government billNo status givenMentions the countyKommuners och regioners grundläggande beredskap inför kris och krig
The result here
- Social Democratic Party34,4 %54 379 votes · 3 seats · +6,4 percentage points vs nationally
- Sweden Democrats19,1 %30 288 votes · 2 seats · +1,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Moderate Party16,2 %25 684 votes · 1 seats · −3,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Christian Democrats7,0 %11 099 votes · 1 seats · +0,8 percentage points vs nationally
- Centre Party6,9 %10 950 votes · 1 seats · −0,1 percentage points vs nationally
- Left Party6,3 %10 014 votes · 0 seats · −2,1 percentage points vs nationally
- Green Party4,6 %7 304 votes · 0 seats · −1,5 percentage points vs nationally
- Liberals3,7 %5 854 votes · 0 seats · −1,6 percentage points vs nationally
- Other parties1,7 %2 630 votes · 0 seats
What the numbers say
- The largest party here is Social Democratic Party with 34,4 % of the vote and 3 of the constituency's 8 seats.
- Turnout was 84,8 %, +0,0 percentage points against the national 84,8 %.
- Social Democratic Party does best compared with its national result (+6,4 percentage points), Moderate Party worst (−3,6 percentage points).
- 2 507 invalid and 1 592 blank ballots were counted here.
- The lines above are calculated straight from the result - no interpretation, no judgement.
Local news
Headlines from SVT News Västernorrland, which covers this area. We summarise nothing ourselves - everything links to the source.
- In SwedishRådjur i centrala Härnösand ska skjutas: ”Känns lite otryggt”
- In SwedishNyheter från dagen: 3 november
- In SwedishNytt styre klart i Sollefteå
- In SwedishGreenpeace: Ikea tillverkar möbler av skyddsvärd norrländsk skog
- In SwedishRenoveringen av Vikbron har kommit halvägs nu
- In Swedish200 kommunbilar ska ha köpts ut privat – fem kommunanställda i Örnsköldsvik stängs av
The constituency's members
- Jörgen Berglundjorgen.berglund[på]riksdagen.seM
- Peter Hedbergpeter.hedberg[på]riksdagen.seS
- Mats Hellhoffmats.hellhoff[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Malin Larssonmalin.larsson[på]riksdagen.seS
- Liza-Maria Norlinliza-maria.norlin[på]riksdagen.seKD
- Kevin Sahlinkevin.sahlin[på]riksdagen.seSD
- Anne-Li Sjölundanne-li.sjolund[på]riksdagen.seC
- Anna-Belle Strömberganna-belle.stromberg[på]riksdagen.seS
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, Västernorrland 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.
- HärnösandMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0611 34 80 34Official address: kommun@harnosand.se - KramforsMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: Malin Svanholm (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0612 800 00Official address: kommun@kramfors.se - SollefteåMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 020 600 600Official address: kommun@solleftea.se - SundsvallMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 060 19 15 65Official address: kontakt@sundsvall.se - TimråMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 060 16 31 00Official address: timra.kommun@timra.se - ÅngeMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: not published - ÖrnsköldsvikMunicipality
Chair of the municipal executive board: not published
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0660 78 595Official address: kontaktcenter@ornskoldsvik.se - Region VästernorrlandRegion
Chair of the regional executive board: Sara Nylund (S)
Chief executive: not published
Switchboard: 0611 800 00Official address: region.vasternorrland@rvn.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)