General elections 2010, election results:

Male candidates receive most personal votes

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2011-03-30 9.30

A considerable share of the voters in the Riksdag election of 2010 chose to vote for individual male candidates, compared to female candidates. The share of personal votes has increased somewhat compared to the 2006 election. The Sweden Democrats received the largest share of personal votes.

Of the roughly 1.5 million personal votes that were registered for some of the Riksdag parties, a clear majority (61.3 percent) of the votes were for male candidates.

Of those who voted for a party that received seats in the Riksdag election of 2010, 24.9 percent chose to vote for individuals by selecting a candidate in the box next to the name. The share of personal votes thus increased by 2.9 percentage points compared to the Riksdag election of 2006.

The Sweden Democrats was the party that voters chose to cast personal votes for to the largest extent (28.5 percent). The Liberal Party received the fewest personal votes (22.0 percent).

Riksdag election 2010. Personal votes for parties that received seats by party and sex. Number and percent

Party	Sex	Numer of personal votes	Percentage of personal votes
M	Women	126,581	31.6
	Men	273,469	68.4
	Total	400,050	100.0
C	Women	52,653	49.6
	Men	53,586	50.4
	Total	106,239	100.0
FP	Women	40,845	44.1
	Men	51,810	55.9
	Total	92,655	100.0
KD	Women	33,108	36.1
	Men	58,514	63.9
	Total	91,622	100.0
MP	Women	55,185	55.9
	Men	43,469	44.1
	Total	98,654	100.0
S	Women	212,144	44.0
	Men	269,938	56.0
	Total	482,082	100.0
V	Women	39,000	42.3
	Men	53,254	57.7
	Total	92,254	100.0
SD	Women	6,227	6.4
	Men	90,552	93.6
	Total	96,779	100.0
All Riksdag parties	Women	565,743	38.7
	Men	894,592	61.3
	Total	1,460,335	100.0

Riksdag election 1998–2010. Personal votes for parties that received seats by party and sex. Percentage of total number of votes for each party

Riksdag election	M	C	FP	KD	MP	S	V	SD	Total seats
2010	22.3	27.2	22.0	27.5	22.6	26.4	27.6	28.5	24.9
2006	22.1	25.8	21.2	24.3	21.5	20.7	21.6	-	21.9
2002	27.4	33.3	23.4	30.1	27.0	23.7	27.6	-	26.0
1998	30.2	41.3	34.2	38.3	27.2	26.1	27.2	-	29.9

Men favoured when the seats were distributed

Of the 349 seats in the Riksdag, 59 were attained with the help of personal votes. Of these persons, 18 were women and 41 were men. In percent this means that 30.5 percent of the seats attained by personal votes were given to women and 69. 5 percent of the seats went to men. Comparative figures for the Riksdag in general were 45.0 percent and 55.0 percent, respectively.

Riksdag election 2010. Riksdag seats attained by personal votes by party and sex. Number and percent

Party	Sex	Number of seats	Percentage of seats
M	Women	3	33.3
	Men	6	66.7
	Total	9	100.0
C	Women	5	38.5
	Men	8	61.5
	Total	13	100.0
FP	Women	2	33.3
	Men	4	66.7
	Total	6	100.0
KD	Women	3	30.0
	Men	7	70.0
	Total	10	100.0
MP	Women	2	66.7
	Men	1	33.3
	Total	3	100.0
S	Women	2	15.4
	Men	11	84.6
	Total	13	100.0
V	Women	1	25.0
	Men	3	75.0
	Total	4	100.0
SD	Women	0	0.0
	Men	1	100.0
	Total	1	100.0
All Riksdag parties	Women	18	30.5
	Men	41	69.5
	Total	59	100.0

Riksdag election 1998–2010. Riksdag seats attained by personal votes

Riksdag election	M	C	FP	KD	MP	S	V	SD	All parties
2010	9	13	6	10	3	13	4	1	59
2006	12	15	7	12	2	6	3	-	57
2002	18	18	11	12	5	13	9	-	86
1998	23	18	13	3	5	13	12	-	87

Definitions and explanations

To be elected to Sweden's Riksdag with the help of personal votes, at least eight percent of a party's total number of votes is required in a Riksdag constituency. A candidate can only be elected to one Riksdag constituency, but there are no limits for the number of party lists a candidate can be a part of.

Publication

General elections, Part 1. Election results in the Swedish Riksdag election 17 September 2010

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