Swedish municipal elections, 2002
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The Swedish municipal elections of 2002 were held on Sunday 15 September, along with other elections in Sweden
Swedish elections, 2002
Swedish elections, 2002 can refer to the following elections that were held on Sunday September 15, 2002:* Swedish general election, 2002, to elect the Riksdag* Swedish county council elections, 2002, to elect the 21 County Councils...

 to the County Councils
Swedish county council elections, 2002
The Swedish county council elections of 2002 were held on Sunday 15 September, along with other elections in Sweden to the Municipalities and the parliament.-Results:...

 and the parliament
Swedish general election, 2002
The Swedish general election of 2002 was held on Sunday 15 September to elect the 349 members to the Parliament of Sweden. This election was hels along with other elections in Sweden to the Municipalities and the County Councils. 5,385,430 of the 6,722,152 eligible to vote voted in this election .-...

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Results

These are the overall party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 results of the elections to the various Municipalities of Sweden
Municipalities of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

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Party Leader Votes Seats
No. +− % No. +−
Göran Persson
Göran Persson
Hans Göran Persson was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Conceding defeat in the September 2006 general election, he announced that he would resign as party leader, and Mona Sahlin was elected to succeed him as...

1982703 37.3 +2.2 5155 +206
Bo Lundgren
Bo Lundgren
Bo Axel Magnus Lundgren is a Swedish politician. He is the former leader of the Moderate Party. Lundgren was born in Kristianstad in Skåne. Between 1991 and 1994, he served as Deputy Minister of Finance with special responsibility for taxation...

932621 17.5 −4.8 2059 −529
Lars Leijonborg
Lars Leijonborg
Lars Erik Ansgar Leijonborg is a Swedish politician, Minister for Higher Education and Research 2006-2009 and Head of the Ministry of Education and Research 2006-2007...

609411 11.4 +5.5 1259 +552
Alf Svensson
Alf Svensson
Alf Robert Olof Svensson is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament from 2009. Alf was the leader of the Christian Democrats in Sweden between 1973 and 3 April 2004. He was a Member of Parliament from 1985 to 1988 and again from 1991 until his election to the European Parliament...

376657 7.0 −0.9 1013 −56
Maud Olofsson
Maud Olofsson
Maud Elisabeth Olofsson is a Swedish politician, the former leader of the Centre Party of Sweden between 2001-2011, and the former Minister for Enterprise and Energy between 2006 and 2011...

458274 8.6 +0.4 1689 +121
Gudrun Schyman
Gudrun Schyman
Gudrun Schyman is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her feminist political work...

437788 8.2 −2.0 1045 −292
Maria Wetterstrand
Maria Wetterstrand
Ingrid Maria Wetterstrand is a Swedish politician. Between 2002-2011 she was one of the spokespersons of the Green Party alongside with Peter Eriksson...

 
and Peter Eriksson
227189 4.2 -0.5 443 -116
Kerstin Koistinen 51801 1.0 * 75 *
Mikael Jansson
Mikael Jansson
Mikael Jansson is a former leader of the Swedish political party Sweden Democrats . He served as party leader between 1995 and 2005. He was replaced by Jimmie Åkesson.- External links :...

47704 0.9 * 49 *
Andreas Carlsson 10923 0.2 * 11 *
Stockholm Party
Stockholm Party
Stockholmspartiet is a Political Party in Sweden, registered for the Municipal and County Council elections. It was founded in 1979 and was represented in the Stockholm city council from 1979-2002. It failed to reach enough votes to return in the elections of 2006.The Party has a political base of...

Stella Fare 9137 0.2 * 0 -3
Health Care Party of Norrbotten 8769 0.2 * 27 +9
Anders Steen
Anders Steen
Anders Steen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 42 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Winnipeg Jets.He is Currently a scout for the calgary flames franchise- External links :...

7477 0.1 +0.1 4 +4
Skåne Party
Skåne Party
The Scania Party is a right-wing populist, anti-immigration political party in the Swedish province of Scania, established in 1979. The party leader, and founder, is Carl P. Herslow....

Carl P. Herslow
Carl P. Herslow
Carl P. Herslow is a Swedish politician and leader of the Scania Party.-Mohammed poster controversy:In 2010 the Scania Party produced a poster depicting a naked Muhammed with a naked Aisha holding a doll, and the slogan "He is 53 and she is nine. Is this the kind of wedding we want to see in Skåne?"...

6480 0.1 * 3 +0
5956 0.1 * 5 +3
Kiruna Party
Kiruna Party
Kirunapartiet is a local political party in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden. It was founded in 1994 as a splinter group of the local branch of the Social Democrats and was led by Lars Törnman from 1994 until 2010, when Törnman left the party for the Social Democrats...

Lars Törnman
Lars Törnman
Lars Törnman, born May 6 1951 in Kiruna, Norrbotten County is a Swedish mine worker, union leader and politician, Municipal commissioner and Mayor of Kiruna in 1994-2003 and 2008-2010...

4510 0.1 * 15 -1
Vägvalet 4225 0.1 +0.1 6 +6
Sjöbo Party 4161 0.1 * 13 +1
SAFE
Solidarity - Work - Peace - Ecology
Solidarity - Work - Peace - Ecology is a local political party in Nässjö, Sweden. SAFE was formed through a split in the Swedish Social Democratic Party, in connection with the referendum on nuclear power in 1980...

2960 0.1 +0 10 +0
Mariestad Party 2949 0.1 +0.1 10 +10
Health Care Party - Will of the People 2947 0.1 * 0 *
Lidingö Party
Lidingö Party
The Lidingö Party is Swedish political party active only on the island of Lidingö, outside Stockholm.The party can be seen as belonging to the Green Right as it combines traditional centre-right policies, like lower taxation and choice in public services, with wide-reaching support for the...

2633 0.0 * 5 -1
Falu Party
Falu Party
The Falu Party a local political party in Falun, Sweden. Party leader is Ulf Elgemyr.In 1998 FP got 10.9% of the votes and six seats in the municipal council...

2441 0.0 * 5 -1
Popular Will 2249 0.0 * 5 -7
Sollentuna Party 2192 0.0 +0 4 +0
Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Sweden)
The Socialistiska Partiet is a Swedish political party, the Swedish section of the Fourth International. The party was formed at a congress in 1971, through the merger of the Revolutionary Marxists and the Bolshevik Group . Initially it was called League of Revolutionary Marxists...

2186 0.0 * 1 *
Drevviken Party
Drevviken Party
The Drevviken Party is a local political party in Huddinge Municipality, Sweden. The party advocates that Trångsund and Skogås should separate from Huddinge and form a separate municipality....

2140 0.0 +0 3 +0
Botkyrka Party 2132 0.0 * 3 -2
Huddinge Party 2037 0.0 * 2 -3
Folkets Väl 1979 0.0 * 5 +2
Alternative 2000 1969 0.0 * 9 +1
Berg Party
Berg Party
Berg Party a local political party in Berg, Sweden, formed ahead of the 2002 elections. Party leader is Olle Nord, a former local leader of the Centre Party....

1959 0.0 +0 16 +16
Linköping Party 1900 0.0 +0 0 +0
Social List Active Politics
Social List Active Politics
Social List Active Politics a local political party in Falkenberg, Sweden. The party was founded in 1966, through a split in the local division of the Centre Party.-Elections:...

1695 0.0 +0 4 +1
Nykvarn Party 1638 0.0 +0 12 +5
Ale Democrats 1578 0.0 +0 5 -2
Alvesta Alternative
Alvesta Alternative
Alvesta Alternative a local political party in Alvesta, Sweden. Founded in 1991 by 27 expelled member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. AA has been present in the municipal council since 1991...

1483 0.0 +0 6 -1
Länsbytarpartiet 1476 0.0 +0 9 +5
Municipal Party Our Future 1439 0.0 +0 17 +7
Health Care Party of Skåne 1370 0.0 * 4 *
Markbygdspartiet 1434 0.0 +0 2 +0
Kommunens Väl 1317 0.0 +0 7 -4
Axel Ingmar's List - Avesta Party
Axel Ingmar's List - Avesta Party
Axel Ingmar's List - Avesta Party , a local populist political party in Avesta, Sweden. AILAP was launched in 1994, just 12 days ahead of the elections...

1308 0.0 +0 4 -1
Rolf Hagel 1307 0.0 +0 3 *
Alternative
Alternative (Ljungby)
The Alternative is a local political party in Ljungby Municipality, Sweden. Alternativet was founded in 1994. The party president is Roland Johansson, secretary Rune Arvidsson and treasurer Jörgen Källdalen....

1301 0.0 +0 4 +0
Copper Party 1299 0.0 - 8 +8
Pensionist Party in Södertälje 1256 0.0 +0 2 +1
Bjäre Party 1214 0.0 +0 6 +2
Municipal Party VDM
Municipal Party VDM
Municipal Party VDM a local political party in Västervik, Sweden. Founded in 1976 as Västerviks Demokratiska Miljöparti . VDM had its roots in the association Miljö och Trafik i Västervik . The present name was adopted in 2000...

1209 0.0 +0 4 +3
Centrist Collaboration in Håbo 1190 0.0 - 5 +5
Health Care Party - Västernorrland 1110 0.0 +0 4 -3
Bopartiet
Bopartiet
Bopartiet a local political party in Ludvika, Sweden. The party was founded in 1985. In its initial election programme it had two main demands:* Implementation of the Street Cost Law...

1092 0.0 +0 3 -1
Österlenpartiet Simrishamn 1089 0.0 - 5 +5
BARA-Partiet 1074 0.0 +0 4 -2
Burlövs Väl 1055 0.0 +0 5 +2
Municipal Alternative 1044 0.0 +0 5 +2
Kommunens Bästa - Ölandspartiet
Kommunens Bästa - Ölandspartiet
Kommunens Bästa - Ölandspartiet a local political party in Öland, Sweden. KBÖ is one of the older Swedish local populist parties, having had representation in the Borgholm municipality, the northern half of the island, for many years...

1016 0.0 - 6 +6
Västerhaninge-Tungelsta Party 1044 0.0 +0 1 -1
Care Party in Arboga 867 0.0 - 4 +4
Knivsta.nu 840 0.0 - 4 +4
Bålsta Party 809 0.0 +0 3 +0
Independents of Hällefors
Independents of Hällefors
Independents of Hällefors is a local political party in Hällefors, Sweden. It is led by Mats Runqvist. At the 2002 municipal elections the party got 6 seats out of 31, and became the second largest party in the municipal council.The party sponsors the local ice hockey team Hällefors IK....

783 0.0 +0 6 +0
Gotland Party Future of Gotland 756 0.0 +0 0 -3
Future of the Municipality 742 0.0 - 3 +3
Independent Democrats of Lindesberg
Independent Democrats of the Municipality of Lindesberg
Independent Democrats of the Municipality of Lindesberg was a local political party in Lindesberg, Sweden. The president of the party was Mats Lagerman....

722 0.0 +0 2 -1
Voice of the People - VOX humana
Voice of the People - VOX humana
Voice of the People - VOX humana is a local political party in Härjedalen, Sweden. The party was formed ahead of the 2002 elections. Party president is Pelle Persson.The party has 75 members as of 2005....

721 0.0 +0 5 +0
Health Care Party in Jämtland 712 0.0 - 0 -
Hörby Party 709 0.0 +0 4 +0
Staffantorp Party 707 0.0 - 2 +2
Municipal List of Dorotea 699 0.0 +0 11 -3
Göingepartiet Kommunal Samling 686 0.0 +0 4 -2
Österåker Party 686 0.0 +0 2 +0
Åhus Party 680 0.0 +0 1 -1
Road to Life Quality 662 0.0 - 4 +4
Environmental and Left List in Tanum
Environmental and Left List in Tanum
Environmental and Left List in Tanum was a joint list of the Left Party and the Green Party in Tanum, Sweden for the 2002 municipal elections. The list got 624 votes and four seats in the municipal council...

624 0.0 - 4 +4
Bevara Österåker 163 0.0 - 1 +1
Ronneby Party
Ronneby Party
The Ronneby Party is a local political party in Ronneby Municipality, Sweden. It was founded in 1994 by Sune Håkansson, Göran Tidman and Per Thano. In 1994 it won four seats in the municipal council. In 1998 the part had got 6.3% of the votes and three seats in the municipal council. In 2002 the...

592 0.0 +0 2 -1
Vimmerby Party
Vimmerby Party
Vimmerbypartiet a local political party in Vimmerby, Sweden. Founded ahead of the 2002 elections.Kjell Hemmingsson is the party president.In the 2002 municipal elections ViP got 594 votes , and three seats....

592 0.0 - 3 +3
Samhällets Bästa 578 0.0 +0 3 +0
Frihetliga Ljusdalsbygden
Frihetliga Ljusdalsbygden
Frihetliga Ljusdalsbygden a joint candidature of Frihetliga Kommunalfolket and Rädda Ljusdalsbygden in Ljusdal, Sweden. FLB contested the 2002 municipal elections and got 551 votes and two seats...

551 0.0 - 2 +2
Storforsbygdens Väl 536 0.0 +0 7 +1
New Municipal Party of Svenljunga 530 0.0 +0 3 -3
Demokratiska Särlistan 524 0.0 +0 3 -2
Norrköping Party 519 0.0 - 0 -
Pensionist Party in Nynäshamn 519 0.0 - 2 +2
Progress Party
Progress Party (Sweden)
The Progress Party was a minor Swedish populist political party that existed in various forms from 1968 to the 2000s, when local parties merged with the Sweden Democrats, or developed into distinct local parties. It was based mostly in Scania, although it at times had active local chapters other...

510 0.0 +0 2 +0
Alternative 501 0.0 +0 5 -4
Alliance Party
Alliance Party (Sweden)
Alliance Party is a political party in Sweden. The party was formed in the mid-1990s, as a splinter-group of the right-wing populist New Democracy...

494 0.0 +0 2 +0
Rejuventation Party 486 0.0 - 2 +2
Future of Götene 481 0.0 +0 3 +0
Hedemora Party
Hedemora Party
Hedemora Party is a local political party in Hedemora, Sweden. It was founded in March 2002 by a group of former Social Democrats. The split was caused by the accusation that the local branch in Långshyttan controlled the entire party municipality, and thus the entire municipality...

474 0.0 - 2 +2
Solidarity and Cooperation 473 0.0 - 2 +2
Sölvesborg Party
Sölvesborg Party
The Sölvesborg Party a local political party in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Formed ahead of the 2002 election by a group of former Green Party members. Party councilors are Dan Boberg and Bo Sandquist....

472 0.0 +0 2 +1
Sigtuna Party 466 0.0 - 1 +1
New Sotenäs Party 461 0.0 +0 3 -1
Hela Edas Lista 449 0.0 - 4 +4
Future Party
Future Party
Future Party a local political party in Tingsryd, Sweden. Party leader is Ulf Nygren.In the 2002 municipal polls it got 420 votes and three seats....

420 0.0 +0 3 +1
Strängnäs Party 416 0.0 - 1 +1
Action for the Municipality of Sigtuna 411 0.0 - 1 +1
Särna List 408 0.0 - 3 +3
Mora Party
Mora Party
Mora Party is a local political party in Mora, Sweden. It was founded in 1993.In 1998 FP got 4% of the votes and two seats in the municipal council. In 2002 it got 399 votes and lost one of its seats. The present sole councilor of the party is Ingvar "Nille" Niilimaa....

399 0.0 +0 1 -1
Åtvidaberg Party 392 0.0 +0 2 -4
Popular Will on Orust 389 0.0 +0 2 -1
Laholm Party
Laholm Party
Laholm Party a local political party in Laholm, Sweden. LP is one of many local parties that surged after the downfall of New Democracy...

382 0.0 - 1 +1
Folkhemmet i Hofors-Torsåker
Folkhemmet i Hofors-Torsåker
Folkhemmet i Hofors-Torsåker is a local political party in Hofors, Sweden. The party was formed ahead of the 2002 elections. Pär Åslund founded the party after having been expelled from the Green Party. It got 379 votes and two seats in the municipal council...

379 0.0 - 2 +2
Norrland Party 375 0.0 - 0 -
Future of Mullsjö
Future of Mullsjö
Future of Mullsjö a local political party in Mullsjö, Sweden, formed ahead of the 2002 elections.In the 2002 municipal polls MF got 374 votes and three seats.Category:Swedish local political parties...

374 0.0 - 3 +3
Pensionist Party in Göteborg 373 0.0 * 0 +0
Kommunala Rättspartiet Tyresö 367 0.0 +0 0 -1
Municipal Unity 366 0.0 +0 2 +0
Leksand Party
Leksand Party
Leksand Party a local political party in Leksand, Sweden. Party president is Jimmy Karlsson.In 1998 LP got 3.4% of the votes and two seats in the municipal council. In 2002 it got 360 votes and retained its two seats....

360 0.0 +0 2 +0
People in Focus 358 0.0 +0 2 -1
Åsele Party 355 0.0 +0 5 -2
Älvdalen Party
Älvdalen Party
The Älvdalen Party is a local political party in Älvdalen, Sweden. In 1998, the party received 9.3 percent of the votes and five seats in the municipal council. In 2002, it garnered 345 votes and three seats....

354 0.0 +0 3 -2
Sala Party 342 0.0 +0 1 -2
Citizens Party 324 0.0 +0 2 +0
Independent Party of Ljusnarsberg
Independent Municipal Party of Ljusnarsberg
Independent Municipal Party of Ljusnarsberg is a local political party in Ljusnarsberg, Sweden. The party president is Maria Sahlin....

321 0.0 +0 3 -3
Övertorneå Alternative 303 0.0 +0 4 -2
S-Alternative
S-Alternative
S-Alternative is a splinter-group of the Social Democrats in Pajala, Sweden....

292 0.0 +0 2 -2
Lysekilspartiet.nu 289 0.0 - 1 +1
Bergas Bästa 288 0.0 - 1 +1
Health Care Party of Uppland 286 0.0 - 0 -
Citizens Party of Grums 285 0.0 - 2 +2
Edsberg Party 280 0.0 - 0 -
Ystad Party 272 0.0 +0 1 +0
Libertarian Municipal People
Libertarian Municipal People
Frihetliga Kommunalfolket is a candidature used by syndicalists in Sweden to contest municipal elections. FKF surged in the 1950s, mainly in municipalities in central Sweden ....

265 0.0 +0 2 -2
DemoEx
Demoex
Demoex, an appellation short for democracy experiment, is a local Swedish political party and an experiment with direct democracy in Vallentuna, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. It uses the Internet to make it possible for any member to participate in the local government...

261 0.0 - 1 +1
Political Forum 250 0.0 * 0 *
Free Trade Party of Norrbotten
Free Trade Party of Norrbotten
Free Trade Party of Norrbotten a local political party in Haparanda, Sweden. The party is pro-European Union.In the 2002 municipal polls it got 248 votes and two seats....

248 0.0 - 2 +2
Bjärred-Lommas Väl 246 0.0 +0 1 -1
Rotpartiet 234 0.0 +0 1 -2
Bamsepartiet 230 0.0 * 0 *
Tidaholms Väl 229 0.0 +0 1 -2
Framtid Väsby 224 0.0 - 0 -
Alliance for Disabled 215 0.0 - 0 -
Kalix Party 215 0.0 +0 1 -2
Karlstad Party 212 0.0 +0 0 -3
Samernas Väl 209 0.0 +0 2 +0
National Socialist Front
National Socialist Front
The National Socialist Front was at the time of its dissolving the largest Neo-Nazi political party in Sweden. The organization was founded in Karlskrona on 8 August 1994. It became a political party on 20 April 1999, the 110th birthday of Adolf Hitler...

208 0.0 - 0 -
Workers List 205 0.0 +0 1 +0
Eslöv Party 205 0.0 +0 0 -2
Student Political Party of Gotland 195 0.0 - 0 -
Åstorp Party 195 0.0 +0 1 +0
Väner Democrats 176 0.0 - 0 -
Municipal Inhabitants in Cooperation 173 0.0 +0 1 -2
Leisure Time Party
Leisure Time Party
Leisure Time Party , is a local political party in Vallentuna, Sweden. In the 1998 municipal elections FTP won one seat in the council. Until the 2002 elections FTP took part in a centre-right coalition government in the municipality. In the 2002 elections FTP received 172 votes and lost their seat....

172 0.0 +0 0 -1
Youth List 168 0.0 - 1 +1
Fram för Kommunen 164 0.0 +0 2 -1
Centrum Democrats - Kommunens Väl
Centre Democrats (Sweden)
The Centre Democrats is a minor political party in Sweden, founded in 1974. While the party has described itself as a "centre alternative," it has been described externally as a right-wing populist party. It agitated against immigration from the 1980s, but toned down the issue in the 2000s,...

158 0.0 - 1 +1
Nynäshamn Party 158 0.0 - 0 -
Free Democrats of Arjeplog
Free Democrats of Arjeplog
Free Democrats of Arjeplog a local political party in Arjeplog, Sweden.In the 2002 municipal polls it got 157 votes and three seats . The party forms part of a local government coalition consisting of the Social Democrats, Centre Party and AFD....

157 0.0 +0 3 -1
Swedish Socialists of Skaraborg 154 0.0 - 0 -
Free Norrland 149 0.0 +0 1 +0
Welfare Party 147 0.0 - 0 -
Vindelkommunal demokrati 143 0.0 +0 1 -4
National Democratic Party of Sweden 111 0.00 - 0 -
Umeå Campus 108 0.0 - 0 -
Generation Party 101 0.0 - 0 -
Life Quality in Högsby
Life Quality in the Municipality of Högsby
Life Quality in the Municipality of Högsby a local political party in Högsby, Sweden. LHK was launched ahead of the 2002. It substituted Årets Kommunlista that had contested the 1998 elections....

93 0.0 - 1 +1
New Alternative 81 0.0 - 0 -
Centre 79 0.0 - 0 -
Gnesta Party 74 0.0 - 0 -
Gävle Party 73 0.0 +0 0 +0
Sami Party 58 0.0 +0 1 +0
Municipal Party 51 0.0 * 0 *
Parties with less than 50 votes 661 0.0 * 0 *
Valid votes 100.00    
Invalid votes 96830  
Total 5410101
(79.9 %)
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