National apportionment of MP seats in the Riksdag

Kingdom of Sweden
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Sweden
Constitution Fundamental laws Instrument of Government Act of Succession Freedom of the Press Act Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression
Monarchy King (list) Carl XVI Gustaf Crown Princess Victoria Royal Family Royal Court Marshal of the Realm Svante Lindqvist
Executive Government Löfven Cabinet Prime Minister (list) Stefan Löfven Deputy Prime Minister Margot Wallström Government Offices Ministries Government agencies
Legislature Riksdag Speaker Urban Ahlin Deputy Speakers 1st — Tobias Billström 2nd — Björn Söder 3rd — Esabelle Dingizian Members National apportionment Committees Committee on the Constitution War Delegation
Judiciary Supreme Court Courts of appeal District courts Supreme Administrative Court Administrative courts of appeal Administrative courts Council on Legislation Judicial review
Elections Political parties Recent elections General: 2006 2010 2014 European: 2004 2009 2014 Referendums
Administrative divisions Counties County Administrative Boards Governors County Councils Municipalities
Foreign relations
Related topics Sami Parliament Armed Forces Swedish Police Authority
Other countries Atlas

The electoral system in Sweden is proportional. Of the 349 seats in the national diet, the unicameral Riksdag, 310 are fixed constituency seats (Swedish: valkretsmandat) allocated to constituencies in relation to the number of people entitled to vote in each constituency (Swedish: valkrets). The remaining 39 leveling seats (Swedish: utjämningsmandat) are used to correct the deviations from proportional national distribution that may arise when allocating the fixed constituency seats. There is a constraint in the system that means that only a party that has received at least four per cent of the votes in the whole country participates in the distribution of seats. However, a party that has received at least twelve per cent of the votes in a constituency participates in the distribution of the fixed constituency seats in that constituency.^[1][2]

Apportionment of fixed constituency seats

Notes