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Survey on local democracy in municipalities and regions in 2024

Local democracy in municipalities and regions

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2025-03-06 8.00

In the survey on local democracy in municipalities and regions, Statistics Sweden examines citizens’ opportunities to have an impact between elections. Information on council organisation, citizen dialogues and proposals, audits, service and community information are also included in the results.

Definitions and explanations

Statistics Sweden now publishes the results of the 2024 survey on local democracy in municipalities and regions. This is the sixth electoral period in which Statistics Sweden carries out this survey. The survey is sent to all 290 municipalities and 20 regions. In total, 257 municipalities and 18 regions participated. In addition to questions about democracy, citizen dialogues and proposals, there are also questions on which parties form part of the political governance, information channels to the citizens, municipal companies, relations with care users, information, services, and more.

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