Pajala municipal election, 2002
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Results of the general election to the Municipal Council of Pajala
, Sweden
, held Sunday September 15, 2002.
Pajala
Pajala is a locality and the seat of Pajala Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,985 inhabitants in 2005.-History:Lars Levi Læstadius lived and worked in Pajala Municipality in the middle of the 19th century...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, held Sunday September 15, 2002.
| Pajala Pajala Pajala is a locality and the seat of Pajala Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,985 inhabitants in 2005.-History:Lars Levi Læstadius lived and worked in Pajala Municipality in the middle of the 19th century... | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change |
| Moderate Coalition Party | 257 | 5.8% | -0.8% | 2 | - |
| Centre Party Centre Party (Sweden) The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party". The ideology is sometimes called agrarian, but in a European context, the Centre Party can perhaps best be characterized as social... | 312 | 7.1% | +1.2% | 2 | - |
| Liberal People's Party Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006... | 73 | 1.6% | -0.4% | - | - |
| Christian Democrats Christian Democrats (Sweden) The Christian Democrats ) is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on the Christian Democrats' own accord in 1991. The leader since April 3, 2004 is Göran Hägglund. He succeeded Alf... | 528 | 12.0% | +3.2% | 4 | +1 |
| Social Democratic Party Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889... | 1563 | 35.7% | -3.9% | 12 | -1 |
| Left Party Left Party There are several socialist political parties with the name Left Party:* Estonian Left Party, in Estonian: Eesti Vasakpartei, 1990–2008* Estonian United Left Party in Estonian: Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei, formed in 2008... | 1127 | 25.7% | +3.1% | 9 | +1 |
| Green Party Green Party (Sweden) -External links:**... | 116 | 2.6% | +2.5% | 1 | +1 |
| Communists | 98 | 2.2% | - | 1 | - |
| S-Alternative | 292 | 6.6% | -4.9% | 2 | -2 |
| Others | 10 | 0.2% | - | 0 | |
| Invalid | 71 | | |||
| Total | 4447 | ||||
| Participation | 76.1% | ||||
See also
- Elections in SwedenElections in SwedenElections in the Kingdom of Sweden are held every four years, and determine the makeup of the legislative bodies on the three levels of administrative division in the country. At the highest level, these elections determine the allocation of seats in the Riksdag, the national legislative body of...
- Swedish Election Authority
- Politics of SwedenPolitics of SwedenPolitics of Sweden takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the government, led by the Prime Minister of Sweden. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament, elected within a multi-party...
- List of political parties in Sweden