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General elections, participation survey

Official statistics of Sweden

The statistics present election participation in different groups in society, broken down by county, sex, age, income and civil status. Results supplement the vote count, which shows election participation overall and in different regions.

Statistical news

Lower turnout and more mobility among voters in areas with socioeconomic challenges

2023-06-05

The voting turnout in the 2022 election decreased most in areas with large socioeconomic challenges. It is also this area type that had the largest mobility of those entitled to vote between the elections in 2018 and 2022. Still, six out of the ten areas with higher voting turnout than expected were areas with large socioeconomic challenges.

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Tables in the Statistical Database

Publications

Title Language Type Date
Shared participation – a study of integration and segregation based on voting in the 2022 general elections Swedish Report 2023-06-05
Voter turnout in the General Elections 2022 Swedish Report 2023-05-31
Voting in the General Elections 2018 Swedish Report 2019-06-25
Who chose to choose? – Voter turnout in the 2014 elections Swedish with elements of English Rapport 2015-05-29
Political Participation among people with disabilities Swedish with elements of English Rapport 2015-04-16
One hundred years of Swedish voter turnout Swedish with elements of English Rapport 2012-12-06
Young people and democracy Swedish with elements of English Rapport 2012-12-06
Electoral Participation in the 2011 Re-elections Swedish with elements of English Rapport 2012-01-12

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