IFES Election Guide | Elections: Swedish Parliament 2026 General Riksdag

Sept. 13, 2026 Held

Kingdom of Sweden

Election for Riksdag (Swedish Parliament)

Results

Voter Participation

Cast Votes:6,834,413

Valid Votes:6,767,429

Invalid Votes:66,984

Registered Voters:8,051,355

Voter
Turnout*

Vote Share by Party:

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Swedish Social Democratic Party (S) (Swedish Social Democratic Party (S)) 99 - 1,895,989

28.02%"

Moderate Party (M) (Moderate Party (M)) 70 - 1,343,448

19.85%"

Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) 62 -11 ▼ 1,183,248

17.48%"

Left Party (V) (Left Party (V)) 30 - 568,781

8.40%"

Centre Party (C) (Centre Party (C)) 25 - 475,780

7.03%"

Green Party 22 4 ▲ 414,307

6.12%"

Christian Democrats (KD) (Christian Democrats (KD)) 22 - 417,490

6.17%"

Liberal Party (Folkpartiet liberalerna) 19 - 361,187

5.34%"

Results Notes

https://www.val.se/english/election-results/elections-to-the-riksdag-and-regional-and-municipal-councils/election-results-2026

Election Results Modified: Sep 22, 2026

General Information

At Stake in this Election:       

All 349 seats in the Parliament (Riksdag) of the Kingdom of Sweden

Government Structure:

Chief of State: King Carl XVI GUSTAF (since 26 November 1973)

Head of Government: Prime Minister Ulf KRISTERSSON (since 17 October 2022)

Assembly: Unicameral Parliament (Riksdag) with 349 seats

Electoral System:

The King is a hereditary monarch.

The Prime Minister is nominated by the Speaker and elected by simple majority of the Riksdag.

The 349 members of the Riksdag are elected through open list proportional representation system. They serve four-year terms. 310 of the seats are allotted to permanent constituencies. The additional 39 seats are allotted based on population, to support proportional representation.

Last Election:  

In the last election in 2022, the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterna) won a plurality of 107 seats, which was insufficient to form a majority in parliament. The Moderate Party, which won 68 seats, formed a coalition with the Christian Democrats and the Liberal Party, for a total of 103 seats. With the backing of the Sweden Democrats (73 seats), outlined in the Tidö Agreement, a majority bloc of 176 seats was formed, and elected Ulf Kristersson to serve as prime minister in October 2022. Voter turnout was 84 percent. 