General elections, nominated and elected candidates 2023
More common to leave regional councils
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2024-01-19 8.00
Almost seven percent of those elected to Swedish regional councils in 2022 left office within a year. In the municipal councils five percent left and in the Riksdag two percent of those elected left office during the same period. It was more common for young politicians to drop out and in the regional councils Sweden democrats dropped out to the greatest extent.
Definitions and explanations
The Election Authority regularly published information on candidates who resign from their political office during the electoral period, as well as who replaces them. Statistics Sweden’s statistics on resignations among elected representatives are based on the Election Authority’s data. Statistics Sweden’s statistics on resignations only presents resignations among officials who were elected in the elections, not resignations among substitutes. Resignations between 2022-09-12 and 2023-09-12 are presented here.
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