Västra Götaland County South (Riksdag constituency)

Västra Götaland County South
Västra Götaland County South
Västra Götalands Läns Södra
Constituency; for the Riksdag
	Location of Västra Götaland County South within Sweden
Municipality	List Bollebygd ; Borås ; Herrljunga ; Mark ; Svenljunga ; Tranemo ; Ulricehamn ; Vårgårda ;
County	Västra Götaland
Population	228,306 (2021)
Electorate	170,107 (2022)
Area	6,096 km2 (2022)
Current constituency
Created	1970
Seats	List 7 (2018–present) ; 6 (1994–2018) ; 7 (1991–1994) ; 6 (1988–1991) ; 7 (1970–1988) ;
Member of the Riksdag	List Anders Alftberg (SD) ; Jan Ericson (M) ; Patrik Jönsson (SD) ; Ingemar Kihlström (KD) ; Mikael Larsson (C) ; Petter Löberg (S) ; Ulrik Nilsson (M) ; Jessica Rodén (S) ;
Regional council	Västra Götaland Regional Council
Created from	Älvsborg County South

Västra Götaland County South (Swedish: Västra Götalands Läns Södra) is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established as Älvsborg County South in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It was renamed Västra Götaland County South in 1998 when the counties of Älvsborg, Gothenburg and Bohus and Skaraborg were merged to create Västra Götaland. The constituency consists of the municipalities of Bollebygd, Borås, Herrljunga, Mark, Svenljunga, Tranemo, Ulricehamn and Vårgårda. The constituency currently elects seven of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 170,107 registered electors.

Electoral system

Västra Götaland County North currently elects eight of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system.^[4]^[5] Constituency seats are allocated using the modified Sainte-Laguë method.^[6]^[7] Only parties that reach the 4% national threshold and parties that receive at least 12% of the vote in the constituency compete for constituency seats.^[8]^[9] Supplementary leveling seats may also be allocated at the constituency level to parties that reach the 4% national threshold.^[10]

Election results

Summary

Election	Left V / VPK			Social Democrats S			Greens MP			Centre C			Liberals L / FP / F			Moderates M			Christian Democrats KD / KDS			Sweden Democrats SD

	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2022	7,583	5.34%	0	41,350	29.14%	2	5,053	3.56%	0	10,063	7.09%	1	5,445	3.84%	0	26,846	18.92%	2	9,871	6.96%	0	33,477	23.59%	2
2018	9,213	6.42%	0	40,234	28.04%	2	4,891	3.41%	0	13,760	9.59%	1	7,624	5.31%	0	27,197	18.95%	2	10,445	7.28%	0	28,221	19.67%	2
2014	6,520	5.22%	0	38,791	31.06%	3	7,534	6.03%	0	9,423	7.54%	0	6,145	4.92%	0	27,795	22.26%	2	6,376	5.11%	0	18,773	15.03%	1
2010	6,136	5.06%	0	37,817	31.21%	3	7,315	6.04%	0	9,273	7.65%	0	8,883	7.33%	0	34,334	28.33%	3	7,745	6.39%	0	8,350	6.89%	0
2006	6,233	5.50%	0	40,429	35.69%	3	4,488	3.96%	0	10,726	9.47%	1	7,373	6.51%	0	27,238	24.05%	2	9,093	8.03%	0	3,600	3.18%	0
2002	8,188	7.48%	0	44,822	40.94%	3	4,224	3.86%	0	8,790	8.03%	0	11,951	10.92%	1	15,218	13.90%	1	13,546	12.37%	1	1,341	1.23%	0
1998	12,719	11.58%	1	39,791	36.24%	3	5,079	4.63%	0	7,781	7.09%	0	4,004	3.65%	0	22,144	20.17%	1	16,775	15.28%	1
1994	5,961	5.06%	0	53,754	45.59%	3	6,029	5.11%	0	12,763	10.82%	1	7,249	6.15%	0	25,002	21.20%	2	5,372	4.56%	0
1991	3,865	3.29%	0	43,710	37.21%	3	3,259	2.77%	0	13,507	11.50%	1	9,641	8.21%	0	24,109	20.52%	2	11,390	9.70%	1
1988	4,573	3.94%	0	50,092	43.12%	3	5,890	5.07%	0	17,432	15.01%	1	12,970	11.16%	1	20,923	18.01%	1	4,197	3.61%	0
1985	4,475	3.73%	0	50,458	42.02%	3	1,366	1.14%	0	20,474	17.05%	1	16,838	14.02%	1	26,140	21.77%	2
1982	4,602	3.82%	0	50,772	42.18%	3	1,702	1.41%	0	23,741	19.72%	2	6,787	5.64%	0	30,318	25.19%	2	2,339	1.94%	0
1979	4,344	3.66%	0	47,560	40.02%	3				26,672	22.44%	2	11,792	9.92%	0	26,419	22.23%	2	1,719	1.45%	0
1976	3,444	2.90%	0	46,174	38.94%	3				33,734	28.45%	2	11,174	9.42%	1	22,467	18.95%	1	1,431	1.21%	0
1973	3,708	3.27%	0	44,741	39.44%	3				32,874	28.98%	2	8,611	7.59%	0	21,385	18.85%	2	1,782	1.57%	0
1970	3,215	2.87%	0	44,649	39.91%	3				27,070	24.20%	2	15,283	13.66%	1	19,952	17.83%	1	1,376	1.23%	0

(Excludes leveling seats)

Detailed

Party has received at least 4% of the vote nationally and is entitled to compete for constituency seats.

2020s

2022

Results of the 2022 general election held on 11 September 2022:^[11]^[12]

Party			Votes per municipality								Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Bolle -bygd	Borås	Herrl -junga	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Vår -gårda	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	1,627	20,724	1,638	6,909	1,721	2,280	4,365	2,086	41,350	29.14%	2	0	2
	Sweden Democrats	SD	1,763	14,652	1,664	5,627	2,144	1,850	3,860	1,917	33,477	23.59%	2	0	2
	Moderate Party	M	1,278	13,753	1,029	3,733	1,194	1,455	3,202	1,202	26,846	18.92%	2	0	2
	Centre Party	C	412	4,043	574	1,713	455	663	1,454	749	10,063	7.09%	1	0	1
	Christian Democrats	KD	420	4,305	592	1,557	534	496	1,155	812	9,871	6.96%	0	1	1
	Left Party	V	272	4,197	294	1,212	249	309	714	336	7,583	5.34%	0	0	0
	Liberals	L	258	2,889	233	722	209	217	648	269	5,445	3.84%	0	0	0
	Green Party	MP	248	2,563	172	773	185	231	564	317	5,053	3.56%	0	0	0
	Nuance Party	PNy	3	438	1	8	2	8	16	15	491	0.35%	0	0	0
	Alternative for Sweden	AfS	21	167	30	111	20	14	51	22	436	0.31%	0	0	0
	Citizens' Coalition	MED	24	108	10	50	8	19	30	15	264	0.19%	0	0	0
	Human Rights and Democracy	MoD	11	147	9	28	11	19	15	10	250	0.18%	0	0	0
	Christian Values Party	KrVP	5	64	21	44	2	9	28	6	179	0.13%	0	0	0
	Pirate Party	PP	2	75	6	32	2	15	15	11	158	0.11%	0	0	0
	The Push Buttons	Kn	1	59	9	44	2	0	8	6	129	0.09%	0	0	0
	Independent Rural Party	LPo	0	1	5	11	25	5	13	11	71	0.05%	0	0	0
	Feminist Initiative	FI	4	21	4	12	2	1	9	1	54	0.04%	0	0	0
	Unity	ENH	0	20	2	6	1	7	4	0	40	0.03%	0	0	0
	Direct Democrats	DD	3	10	1	11	0	4	5	4	38	0.03%	0	0	0
	Socialist Welfare Party	S-V	0	23	0	2	0	0	0	2	27	0.02%	0	0	0
	Climate Alliance	KA	2	3	1	9	0	0	4	0	19	0.01%	0	0	0
	Nordic Resistance Movement	NMR	0	6	2	2	1	2	2	1	16	0.01%	0	0	0
	Communist Party of Sweden	SKP	0	1	5	6	0	1	0	2	15	0.01%	0	0	0
	Classical Liberal Party	KLP	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	9	0.01%	0	0	0
	Sweden Out of the EU/ Free Justice Party		0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	5	0.00%	0	0	0
	Turning Point Party	PV	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0.00%	0	0	0
	Basic Income Party	BASIP	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00%	0	0	0
	Evil Chicken Party	OKP	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00%	0	0	0
	Freedom Party		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00%	0	0	0
	Donald Duck Party		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Freedom of the Family		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Green Democrats		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Hard Line Sweden		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Political Shift		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	United Democratic Party		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			6,356	68,283	6,302	22,632	6,768	7,607	16,163	7,795	141,906	100.00%	7	1	8
Blank Votes			54	668	80	290	106	103	199	83	1,583	1.10%
Rejected Votes – Unregistered Parties			1	17	2	3	2	1	4	2	32	0.02%
Rejected Votes – Other			3	56	10	22	13	5	9	4	122	0.08%
Total Polled			6,414	69,024	6,394	22,947	6,889	7,716	16,375	7,884	143,643	84.44%
Registered Electors			7,202	83,786	7,313	26,700	8,140	8,981	18,972	9,013	170,107
Turnout			89.06%	82.38%	87.43%	85.94%	84.63%	85.91%	86.31%	87.47%	84.44%

The following candidates were elected:^[13]^[14]

Constituency seats - Anders Alftberg (SD), 126 votes; Jan Ericson (M), 1,083 votes; Patrik Jönsson (SD), 0 votes; Mikael Larsson (C), 572 votes; Petter Löberg (S), 1,339 votes; Ulrik Nilsson (M), 438 votes; and Jessica Rodén (S), 1,065 votes.
Leveling seats - Ingemar Kihlström (KD), 210 votes.

2010s

2018

Results of the 2018 general election held on 9 September 2018:^[15]^[16]

Party			Votes per municipality								Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Bolle -bygd	Borås	Herrl -junga	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Vår -gårda	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	1,452	20,640	1,578	6,624	1,774	2,296	3,982	1,888	40,234	28.04%	2	0	2
	Sweden Democrats	SD	1,482	12,840	1,389	4,515	1,760	1,519	3,154	1,562	28,221	19.67%	2	0	2
	Moderate Party	M	1,256	14,354	1,066	3,640	1,199	1,377	3,167	1,138	27,197	18.95%	2	0	2
	Centre Party	C	551	5,077	787	2,426	821	1,077	2,081	940	13,760	9.59%	1	0	1
	Christian Democrats	KD	480	4,629	562	1,608	466	479	1,278	943	10,445	7.28%	0	1	1
	Left Party	V	321	4,905	384	1,653	283	348	891	428	9,213	6.42%	0	0	0
	Liberals	L	348	3,984	311	1,243	295	293	821	329	7,624	5.31%	0	0	0
	Green Party	MP	254	2,559	175	754	148	210	520	271	4,891	3.41%	0	0	0
	Feminist Initiative	FI	20	239	27	73	20	16	36	19	450	0.31%	0	0	0
	Alternative for Sweden	AfS	10	214	24	59	19	25	69	28	448	0.31%	0	0	0
	Pirate Party	PP	6	120	11	23	6	5	17	9	197	0.14%	0	0	0
	Citizens' Coalition	MED	11	96	13	41	6	8	12	8	195	0.14%	0	0	0
	Independent Rural Party	LPo	1	21	8	7	61	8	23	5	134	0.09%	0	0	0
	Unity	ENH	4	51	7	23	7	8	14	6	120	0.08%	0	0	0
	Direct Democrats	DD	7	44	5	18	3	7	6	6	96	0.07%	0	0	0
	Animal Party	DjuP	2	35	1	21	7	2	13	13	94	0.07%	0	0	0
	Christian Values Party	KrVP	2	51	9	19	4	0	3	3	91	0.06%	0	0	0
	Nordic Resistance Movement	NMR	0	19	2	7	0	3	4	0	35	0.02%	0	0	0
	Classical Liberal Party	KLP	1	17	0	4	2	0	2	1	27	0.02%	0	0	0
	Basic Income Party	BASIP	1	5	2	2	3	1	1	0	15	0.01%	0	0	0
	Initiative	INI	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	0.00%	0	0	0
	Communist Party of Sweden	SKP	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.00%	0	0	0
	European Workers Party	EAP	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Scania Party	SKÅ	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Security Party	TRP	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Parties not on the ballot		0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	0.00%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			6,209	69,904	6,362	22,770	6,884	7,682	16,096	7,598	143,505	100.00%	7	1	8
Blank Votes			59	528	76	247	84	90	146	67	1,297	0.89%
Rejected Votes – Unregistered Parties			1	21	1	10	2	3	5	0	43	0.03%
Rejected Votes – Other			4	32	7	10	4	3	10	3	73	0.05%
Total Polled			6,273	70,485	6,446	23,037	6,974	7,778	16,257	7,668	144,918	87.44%
Registered Electors			6,915	81,563	7,255	26,180	8,014	8,821	18,404	8,573	165,725
Turnout			90.72%	86.42%	88.85%	87.99%	87.02%	88.18%	88.33%	89.44%	87.44%

The following candidates were elected:^[17]

Constituency seats - Ann-Christin Ahlberg (S), 1,748 votes; Jan Ericson (M), 760 votes; Patrik Jönsson (SD), 2 votes; Mikael Larsson (C), 826 votes; Petter Löberg (S), 1,017 votes; Caroline Nordengrip (SD), 181 votes; and Cecilie Tenfjord-Toftby (M), 1,799 votes.
Leveling seats - Ingemar Kihlström (KD), 102 votes.

2014

Results of the 2014 general election held on 14 September 2014:^[18]^[19]

Party			Votes per municipality						Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Bolle -bygd	Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	1,569	21,131	7,352	2,000	2,514	4,225	38,791	31.06%	3	0	3
	Moderate Party	M	1,427	15,679	4,193	1,410	1,539	3,547	27,795	22.26%	2	0	2
	Sweden Democrats	SD	1,074	9,716	3,274	1,256	1,165	2,288	18,773	15.03%	1	0	1
	Centre Party	C	459	3,312	1,972	755	994	1,931	9,423	7.54%	0	0	0
	Green Party	MP	304	4,572	1,196	233	340	889	7,534	6.03%	0	0	0
	Left Party	V	252	3,874	1,244	215	242	693	6,520	5.22%	0	0	0
	Christian Democrats	KD	296	3,465	1,149	280	312	874	6,376	5.11%	0	0	0
	Liberal People's Party	FP	270	3,513	1,145	264	267	686	6,145	4.92%	0	0	0
	Feminist Initiative	FI	105	1,492	440	90	124	233	2,484	1.99%	0	0	0
	Pirate Party	PP	27	275	66	22	27	40	457	0.37%	0	0	0
	Unity	ENH	1	51	25	8	15	21	121	0.10%	0	0	0
	Independent Rural Party	LPo	0	10	8	76	0	5	99	0.08%	0	0	0
	Party of the Swedes	SVP	3	45	29	4	5	10	96	0.08%	0	0	0
	Christian Values Party	KrVP	0	46	27	1	0	7	81	0.06%	0	0	0
	Animal Party	DjuP	2	27	24	2	5	2	62	0.05%	0	0	0
	Classical Liberal Party	KLP	0	20	1	2	0	2	25	0.02%	0	0	0
	Direct Democrats	DD	5	8	3	0	0	1	17	0.01%	0	0	0
	Progressive Party		0	15	0	0	1	0	16	0.01%	0	0	0
	Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party	SPI	0	7	1	1	0	1	10	0.01%	0	0	0
	Communist Party of Sweden	SKP	0	8	0	0	0	0	8	0.01%	0	0	0
	Crossroads		1	3	1	0	0	2	7	0.01%	0	0	0
	Socialist Justice Party	RS	0	4	1	0	0	0	5	0.00%	0	0	0
	Health Party		1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0.00%	0	0	0
	European Workers Party	EAP	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Parties not on the ballot		6	21	9	0	4	3	43	0.03%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			5,802	67,295	22,161	6,619	7,554	15,461	124,892	100.00%	6	0	6
Blank Votes			56	688	262	97	79	132	1,314	1.04%
Rejected Votes – Other			1	7	5	1	16	2	32	0.03%
Total Polled			5,859	67,990	22,428	6,717	7,649	15,595	126,238	85.73%
Registered Electors			6,538	80,115	25,953	7,932	8,820	17,897	147,255
Turnout			89.61%	84.87%	86.42%	84.68%	86.72%	87.14%	85.73%

The following candidates were elected:^[20]

Constituency seats - Ann-Christin Ahlberg (S), 948 votes; Phia Andersson (S), 958 votes; Jan Ericson (M), 1,073 votes; Petter Löberg (S), 1,231 votes; Cecilie Tenfjord-Toftby (M), 1,655 votes; and Kristina Winberg (SD), 15 votes.

2010

Results of the 2010 general election held on 19 September 2010:^[21]^[22]

Party			Votes per municipality						Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Bolle -bygd	Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	1,453	20,800	7,394	1,883	2,384	3,903	37,817	31.21%	3	0	3
	Moderate Party	M	1,812	18,978	5,326	1,862	1,986	4,370	34,334	28.33%	3	0	3
	Centre Party	C	395	3,091	2,017	909	1,048	1,813	9,273	7.65%	0	0	0
	Liberal People's Party	FP	355	5,018	1,643	418	439	1,010	8,883	7.33%	0	0	0
	Sweden Democrats	SD	448	4,616	1,267	510	514	995	8,350	6.89%	0	0	0
	Christian Democrats	KD	358	4,014	1,458	335	410	1,170	7,745	6.39%	0	0	0
	Green Party	MP	335	4,216	1,245	247	363	909	7,315	6.04%	0	0	0
	Left Party	V	255	3,644	1,222	200	231	584	6,136	5.06%	0	0	0
	Pirate Party	PP	36	430	114	24	42	60	706	0.58%	0	0	0
	Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party	SPI	1	210	9	13	3	41	277	0.23%	0	0	0
	Feminist Initiative	FI	10	126	53	14	12	21	236	0.19%	0	0	0
	Freedom Party		1	2	2	10	2	0	17	0.01%	0	0	0
	National Democrats	ND	2	3	4	1	6	1	17	0.01%	0	0	0
	Party of the Swedes	SVP	1	9	4	0	0	0	14	0.01%	0	0	0
	Rural Democrats		0	1	2	0	0	6	9	0.01%	0	0	0
	Unity	ENH	0	4	0	1	0	2	7	0.01%	0	0	0
	Communist Party of Sweden	SKP	1	3	2	0	0	0	6	0.00%	0	0	0
	Classical Liberal Party	KLP	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0.00%	0	0	0
	Active Democracy		1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0.00%	0	0	0
	Spirits Party		0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0.00%	0	0	0
	Socialist Justice Party	RS	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00%	0	0	0
	Communist League	KommF	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	European Workers Party	EAP	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Norrländska Coalition	NorrS	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Parties not on the ballot		4	18	5	0	2	1	30	0.02%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			5,468	65,193	21,770	6,427	7,443	14,886	121,187	100.00%	6	0	6
Blank Votes			61	700	271	113	108	194	1,447	1.18%
Rejected Votes – Other			3	22	8	0	3	3	39	0.03%
Total Polled			5,532	65,915	22,049	6,540	7,554	15,083	122,673	85.08%
Registered Electors			6,315	77,883	25,742	7,836	8,799	17,611	144,186
Turnout			87.60%	84.63%	85.65%	83.46%	85.85%	85.65%	85.08%

The following candidates were elected:^[23]

Constituency seats - Ann-Christin Ahlberg (S), 1,131 votes; Phia Andersson (S), 1,316 votes; Jan Ericson (M), 1,221 votes; Ulrik Nilsson (M), 966 votes Hans Olsson (S), 422 votes; and Cecilie Tenfjord-Toftby (M), 1,684 votes.

2000s

2006

Results of the 2006 general election held on 17 September 2006:^[24]^[25]

Party			Votes per municipality						Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Bolle -bygd	Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	1,676	21,911	7,851	2,083	2,612	4,296	40,429	35.69%	3	0	3
	Moderate Party	M	1,399	15,297	4,182	1,464	1,532	3,364	27,238	24.05%	2	0	2
	Centre Party	C	484	3,495	2,424	992	1,271	2,060	10,726	9.47%	1	0	1
	Christian Democrats	KD	441	4,735	1,597	467	473	1,380	9,093	8.03%	0	1	1
	Liberal People's Party	FP	342	4,342	1,093	381	417	798	7,373	6.51%	0	0	0
	Left Party	V	289	3,665	1,306	157	256	560	6,233	5.50%	0	0	0
	Green Party	MP	182	2,544	819	134	222	587	4,488	3.96%	0	0	0
	Sweden Democrats	SD	195	1,946	595	177	281	406	3,600	3.18%	0	0	0
	Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party	SPI	23	1,048	137	79	48	332	1,667	1.47%	0	0	0
	Pirate Party	PP	30	506	144	32	41	75	828	0.73%	0	0	0
	June List		40	359	129	62	28	65	683	0.60%	0	0	0
	Feminist Initiative	FI	50	209	86	24	25	49	443	0.39%	0	0	0
	Health Care Party	Sjvåp	15	107	91	39	24	22	298	0.26%	0	0	0
	National Socialist Front		2	40	11	1	2	1	57	0.05%	0	0	0
	Unity	ENH	1	7	6	1	2	5	22	0.02%	0	0	0
	New Future	NYF	0	9	5	0	0	1	15	0.01%	0	0	0
	People's Will		0	7	3	2	0	3	15	0.01%	0	0	0
	National Democrats	ND	0	6	3	1	1	1	12	0.01%	0	0	0
	Freedom of the Justice Party		0	4	0	0	0	2	6	0.01%	0	0	0
	Active Democracy		2	1	0	0	0	1	4	0.00%	0	0	0
	The Communists	KOMM	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	0.00%	0	0	0
	Socialist Justice Party	RS	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.00%	0	0	0
	Tax Reformists		0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00%	0	0	0
	Unique Party		0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.00%	0	0	0
	Classical Liberal Party	KLP	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Democratic Party of New Swedes	DPNS	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Kvinnokraft		0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0
	Other parties		0	14	7	0	3	5	29	0.03%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			5,171	60,258	20,492	6,097	7,238	14,015	113,271	100.00%	6	1	7
Blank Votes			95	1,037	436	141	142	293	2,144	1.86%
Rejected Votes – Other			0	29	9	3	2	5	48	0.04%
Total Polled			5,266	61,324	20,937	6,241	7,382	14,313	115,463	82.23%
Registered Electors			6,108	75,051	25,279	7,878	8,898	17,202	140,416
Turnout			86.21%	81.71%	82.82%	79.22%	82.96%	83.21%	82.23%

The following candidates were elected:^[26]

Constituency seats - Ann-Christin Ahlberg (S), 1,287 votes; Phia Andersson (S), 1,191 votes; Jan Ericson (M), 740 votes; Hans Olsson (S), 455 votes; Ulf Sjösten (M), 2,726 votes; and Claes Västerteg (C), 643 votes.
Leveling seats - Else-Marie Lindgren (KD), 756 votes.

2002

Results of the 2002 general election held on 15 September 2002:^[27]^[28]

Party			Votes per municipality						Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Bolle -bygd	Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	1,783	24,512	8,362	2,310	3,030	4,825	44,822	40.94%	3	0	3
	Moderate Party	M	796	8,815	2,170	827	882	1,728	15,218	13.90%	1	0	1
	Christian Democrats	KD	667	6,786	2,360	769	849	2,115	13,546	12.37%	1	0	1
	Liberal People's Party	FP	522	6,753	1,851	626	641	1,558	11,951	10.92%	1	0	1
	Centre Party	C	371	2,510	2,054	918	1,112	1,825	8,790	8.03%	0	1	1
	Left Party	V	336	4,747	1,588	292	359	866	8,188	7.48%	0	0	0
	Green Party	MP	214	2,221	798	200	239	552	4,224	3.86%	0	0	0
	Sweden Democrats	SD	70	876	205	54	65	71	1,341	1.23%	0	0	0
	Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party	SPI	7	716	74	32	17	186	1,032	0.94%	0	0	0
	New Future	NYF	9	98	43	6	0	1	157	0.14%	0	0	0
	Unity	ENH	0	3	4	0	0	0	7	0.01%	0	0	0
	The Communists	KOMM	0	4	2	0	0	0	6	0.01%	0	0	0
	Socialist Justice Party	RS	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0.00%	0	0	0
	Socialist Party	SOC.P	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0.00%	0	0	0
	European Workers Party	EAP	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0.00%	0	0	0
	Other parties		10	79	42	11	6	28	176	0.16%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			4,785	58,125	19,559	6,045	7,200	13,755	109,469	100.00%	6	1	7
Rejected Votes			84	1,029	428	133	152	260	2,086	1.87%
Total Polled			4,869	59,154	19,987	6,178	7,352	14,015	111,555	81.23%
Registered Electors			5,770	73,198	24,594	7,856	8,853	17,067	137,338
Turnout			84.38%	80.81%	81.27%	78.64%	83.05%	82.12%	81.23%

The following candidates were elected:^[29]

Constituency seats - Berndt Ekholm (S), 922 votes; Anne-Marie Ekström (FP), 774 votes; Sonja Fransson (S), 1,555 votes; Arne Kjörnsberg (S), 3,055 votes; Else-Marie Lindgren (KD), 1,321 votes; and Ulf Sjösten (M), 2,449 votes.
Leveling seats - Claes Västerteg (C), 776 votes.

1990s

1998

Results of the 1998 general election held on 20 September 1998:^[30]^[31]

Party			Votes per municipality						Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Bolle -bygd	Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	1,654	21,248	7,677	2,186	2,805	4,221	39,791	36.24%	3	0	3
	Moderate Party	M	1,131	12,220	3,325	1,302	1,396	2,770	22,144	20.17%	1	0	1
	Christian Democrats	KD	764	8,297	2,953	1,044	1,005	2,712	16,775	15.28%	1	0	1
	Left Party	V	516	7,430	2,524	556	519	1,174	12,719	11.58%	1	0	1
	Centre Party	C	323	2,223	1,820	773	1,024	1,618	7,781	7.09%	0	0	0
	Green Party	MP	253	2,682	852	238	330	724	5,079	4.63%	0	0	0
	Liberal People's Party	FP	137	2,390	482	229	256	510	4,004	3.65%	0	0	0
	Other parties		91	855	234	70	50	200	1,500	1.37%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			4,869	57,345	19,867	6,398	7,385	13,929	109,793	100.00%	6	0	6
Rejected Votes			103	1,323	477	173	199	334	2,609	2.32%
Total Polled			4,972	58,668	20,344	6,571	7,584	14,263	112,402	82.72%
Registered Electors			5,750	71,441	24,562	8,098	8,973	17,059	135,883
Turnout			86.47%	82.12%	82.83%	81.14%	84.52%	83.61%	82.72%

The following candidates were elected:^[32]

Constituency seats - Lars Björkman (M), 2,310 votes; Berndt Ekholm (S), 1,253 votes; Kjell Eldensjö (KD), 320 votes; Sonja Fransson (S), 1,873 votes; Arne Kjörnsberg (S), 2,651 votes; and Jonas Ringqvist (V), 79 votes.

1994

Results of the 1994 general election held on 18 September 1994:^[33]^[34]

Party			Votes per municipality						Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Bolle -bygd	Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	2,225	29,620	10,457	2,808	3,362	5,282	53,754	45.59%	3	0	3
	Moderate Party	M	1,201	13,589	3,776	1,528	1,635	3,273	25,002	21.20%	2	0	2
	Centre Party	C	545	4,065	2,867	1,302	1,480	2,504	12,763	10.82%	1	0	1
	Liberal People's Party	FP	269	4,115	945	432	458	1,030	7,249	6.15%	0	0	0
	Green Party	MP	277	2,985	997	353	378	1,039	6,029	5.11%	0	0	0
	Left Party	V	254	3,486	1,193	213	225	590	5,961	5.06%	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Unity	KDS	278	2,539	1,002	296	318	939	5,372	4.56%	0	0	0
	New Democracy	NyD	64	677	181	71	86	198	1,277	1.08%	0	0	0
	Other parties		32	274	99	21	18	67	511	0.43%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			5,145	61,350	21,517	7,024	7,960	14,922	117,918	100.00%	6	0	6
Rejected Votes			74	941	364	158	160	296	1,993	1.66%
Total Polled			5,219	62,291	21,881	7,182	8,120	15,218	119,911	88.24%
Registered Electors			5,783	70,975	24,571	8,284	9,044	17,228	135,885
Turnout			90.25%	87.76%	89.05%	86.70%	89.78%	88.33%	88.24%

1991

Results of the 1991 general election held on 15 September 1991:^[35]^[36]

Party			Votes per municipality					Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	25,901	8,684	2,153	2,846	4,126	43,710	37.21%	3	0	3
	Moderate Party	M	14,554	3,622	1,462	1,502	2,969	24,109	20.52%	2	0	2
	Centre Party	C	4,778	3,057	1,444	1,513	2,715	13,507	11.50%	1	0	1
	Christian Democratic Unity	KDS	6,286	1,910	637	676	1,881	11,390	9.70%	1	0	1
	Liberal People's Party	FP	5,851	1,339	575	610	1,266	9,641	8.21%	0	1	1
	New Democracy	NyD	3,766	1,302	503	468	1,135	7,174	6.11%	0	0	0
	Left Party	V	2,533	756	122	137	317	3,865	3.29%	0	0	0
	Green Party	MP	1,810	573	189	184	503	3,259	2.77%	0	0	0
	Other parties		595	100	32	26	67	820	0.70%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			66,074	21,343	7,117	7,962	14,979	117,475	100.00%	7	1	8
Rejected Votes			1,055	377	133	150	241	1,956	1.64%
Total Polled			67,129	21,720	7,250	8,112	15,220	119,431	88.49%
Registered Electors			76,241	24,313	8,300	9,011	17,101	134,966
Turnout			88.05%	89.33%	87.35%	90.02%	89.00%	88.49%

1980s

1988

Results of the 1988 general election held on 18 September 1988:^[37]^[38]

Party			Votes per municipality					Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	29,827	9,652	2,510	3,212	4,891	50,092	43.12%	3	0	3
	Moderate Party	M	12,560	3,083	1,287	1,253	2,740	20,923	18.01%	1	0	1
	Centre Party	C	6,561	3,707	1,735	1,954	3,475	17,432	15.01%	1	0	1
	Liberal People's Party	FP	7,908	1,755	718	766	1,823	12,970	11.16%	1	0	1
	Green Party	MP	3,263	1,066	396	363	802	5,890	5.07%	0	0	0
	Left Party – Communists	VPK	3,033	877	172	193	298	4,573	3.94%	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Unity	KDS	2,474	677	222	185	639	4,197	3.61%	0	0	0
	Other parties		55	12	2	4	23	96	0.08%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			65,681	20,829	7,042	7,930	14,691	116,173	100.00%	6	0	6
Rejected Votes			576	212	77	96	159	1,120	0.95%
Total Polled			66,257	21,041	7,119	8,026	14,850	117,293	87.98%
Registered Electors			75,640	23,713	8,180	8,916	16,873	133,322
Turnout			87.60%	88.73%	87.03%	90.02%	88.01%	87.98%

1985

Results of the 1985 general election held on 15 September 1985:^[39]^[40]

Party			Votes per municipality					Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	30,052	9,898	2,426	3,279	4,803	50,458	42.02%	3	0	3
	Moderate Party	M	15,477	3,941	1,729	1,547	3,446	26,140	21.77%	2	0	2
	Centre Party	C	8,015	4,286	1,946	2,100	4,127	20,474	17.05%	1	0	1
	Liberal People's Party	FP	10,383	2,256	958	992	2,249	16,838	14.02%	1	0	1
	Left Party – Communists	VPK	3,031	813	146	157	328	4,475	3.73%	0	0	0
	Green Party	MP	694	235	113	75	249	1,366	1.14%	0	0	0
	Other parties		247	29	11	11	27	325	0.27%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			67,899	21,458	7,329	8,161	15,229	120,076	100.00%	7	0	7
Rejected Votes			473	156	75	83	131	918	0.76%
Total Polled			68,372	21,614	7,404	8,244	15,360	120,994	91.50%
Registered Electors			75,039	23,449	8,121	8,903	16,715	132,227
Turnout			91.12%	92.17%	91.17%	92.60%	91.89%	91.50%

1982

Results of the 1982 general election held on 19 September 1982:^[41]^[42]

Party			Votes per municipality					Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	30,645	9,689	2,463	3,255	4,720	50,772	42.18%	3	0	3
	Moderate Party	M	18,258	4,381	1,985	1,736	3,958	30,318	25.19%	2	0	2
	Centre Party	C	9,777	4,913	2,234	2,379	4,438	23,741	19.72%	2	0	2
	Liberal People's Party	FP	4,082	833	339	408	1,125	6,787	5.64%	0	0	0
	Left Party – Communists	VPK	3,164	850	147	149	292	4,602	3.82%	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Unity	KDS	1,233	367	136	119	484	2,339	1.94%	0	0	0
	Green Party	MP	973	292	87	102	248	1,702	1.41%	0	0	0
	K-Party	K-P	25	3	0	0	0	28	0.02%	0	0	0
	Other parties		47	12	9	3	16	87	0.07%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			68,204	21,340	7,400	8,151	15,281	120,376	100.00%	7	0	7
Rejected Votes			550	156	66	98	103	973	0.80%
Total Polled			68,754	21,496	7,466	8,249	15,384	121,349	92.89%
Registered Electors			74,318	22,981	8,066	8,790	16,480	130,635
Turnout			92.51%	93.54%	92.56%	93.85%	93.35%	92.89%

1970s

1979

Results of the 1979 general election held on 16 September 1979:^[43]^[44]

Party			Votes per municipality					Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	28,787	9,177	2,249	3,065	4,282	47,560	40.02%	3	0	3
	Centre Party	C	11,255	5,450	2,454	2,620	4,893	26,672	22.44%	2	0	2
	Moderate Party	M	15,959	3,901	1,665	1,404	3,490	26,419	22.23%	2	0	2
	Liberal People's Party	FP	7,444	1,355	563	670	1,760	11,792	9.92%	0	1	1
	Left Party – Communists	VPK	2,924	856	100	166	298	4,344	3.66%	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Unity	KDS	930	256	125	86	322	1,719	1.45%	0	0	0
	Communist Party of Sweden	SKP	40	6	0	2	4	52	0.04%	0	0	0
	Workers' Party – The Communists	APK	37	0	0	0	0	37	0.03%	0	0	0
	Other parties		154	15	8	19	43	239	0.20%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			67,530	21,016	7,164	8,032	15,092	118,834	100.00%	7	1	8
Rejected Votes			217	93	31	28	42	411	0.34%
Total Polled			67,747	21,109	7,195	8,060	15,134	119,245	92.49%
Registered Electors			73,795	22,566	7,753	8,553	16,256	128,923
Turnout			91.80%	93.54%	92.80%	94.24%	93.10%	92.49%

1976

Results of the 1976 general election held on 19 September 1976:^[45]^[46]

Party			Votes per municipality					Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	28,274	8,857	2,187	2,875	3,981	46,174	38.94%	3	0	3
	Centre Party	C	15,697	6,393	2,813	2,959	5,872	33,734	28.45%	2	0	2
	Moderate Party	M	13,578	3,304	1,403	1,155	3,027	22,467	18.95%	1	1	2
	People's Party	F	7,189	1,180	468	653	1,684	11,174	9.42%	1	0	1
	Left Party – Communists	VPK	2,431	648	65	101	199	3,444	2.90%	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Unity	KDS	794	200	90	84	263	1,431	1.21%	0	0	0
	Communist Party of Sweden	SKP	113	6	2	1	10	132	0.11%	0	0	0
	Other parties		31	0	0	0	0	31	0.03%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			68,107	20,588	7,028	7,828	15,036	118,587	100.00%	7	1	8
Rejected Votes			143	39	8	21	26	237	0.20%
Total Polled			68,250	20,627	7,036	7,849	15,062	118,824	93.55%
Registered Electors			73,341	21,858	7,513	8,265	16,034	127,011
Turnout			93.06%	94.37%	93.65%	94.97%	93.94%	93.55%

1973

Results of the 1973 general election held on 16 September 1973:^[47]^[48]

Party			Votes per municipality					Total Votes	%	Seats
Party			Borås	Mark	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	27,649	8,480	2,040	2,670	3,902	44,741	39.44%	3	0	3
	Centre Party	C	15,756	5,925	2,697	2,903	5,593	32,874	28.98%	2	0	2
	Moderate Party	M	12,850	3,275	1,288	1,099	2,873	21,385	18.85%	2	0	2
	People's Party	F	5,470	796	370	542	1,433	8,611	7.59%	0	0	0
	Left Party – Communists	VPK	2,708	698	52	92	158	3,708	3.27%	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Unity	KDS	1,046	252	95	53	336	1,782	1.57%	0	0	0
	Communist League Marxist–Leninists (the revolutionaries)	KFML(r)	147	23	1	7	18	196	0.17%	0	0	0
	Communist Party of Sweden	SKP	114	12	0	0	4	130	0.11%	0	0	0
	Other parties		18	2	1	0	2	23	0.02%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			65,758	19,463	6,544	7,366	14,319	113,450	100.00%	7	0	7
Rejected Votes			61	15	4	5	16	101	0.09%
Total Polled			65,819	19,478	6,548	7,371	14,335	113,551	93.04%
Registered Electors			71,128	20,771	7,028	7,771	15,346	122,044
Turnout			92.54%	93.77%	93.17%	94.85%	93.41%	93.04%

1970

Results of the 1970 general election held on 20 September 1970:^[49]^[50]

Party		Votes per municipality															Total Votes	%	Seats
Party		Åsun -den	Bolle -bygd	Borås	Dalsjö -fors	Dals -torp	Fri -stad	Höke -rum	Mark	Red -väg	Sand -hult	Svenl -junga	Trane -mo	Ulrice -hamn	Viska -fors	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Con.	Lev.	Tot.
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	S	873	1,176	17,912	2,119	508	996	281	7,841	605	1,286	1,869	1,970	1,816	1,841	3,556	44,649	39.91%	3	0	3
	Centre Party	C	1,180	822	5,543	1,417	927	1,140	871	4,856	1,795	1,089	2,230	1,484	983	800	1,933	27,070	24.20%	2	0	2
	Moderate Party	M	491	637	6,168	798	291	763	511	2,775	709	686	1,192	633	791	265	3,242	19,952	17.83%	1	0	1
	People's Party	F	315	310	6,231	566	204	490	195	1,270	680	536	509	461	943	157	2,416	15,283	13.66%	1	0	1
	Left Party – Communists	VPK	11	54	1,730	75	16	98	20	563	17	111	37	60	40	89	294	3,215	2.87%	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Unity	KDS	31	32	356	90	7	38	23	196	175	38	59	19	114	10	188	1,376	1.23%	0	0	0
	Communist League Marxists-Leninists	KFML	0	3	198	7	0	3	0	20	2	9	2	1	17	2	67	331	0.30%	0	0	0
	Other parties		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.00%	0	0	0
Valid Votes			2,901	3,034	38,138	5,072	1,953	3,528	1,901	17,521	3,983	3,755	5,898	4,628	4,704	3,164	11,697	111,877	100.00%	7	0	7
Rejected Votes			4	4	21	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	3	0	0	38	87	0.08%
Total Polled			2,905	3,038	38,159	5,080	1,954	3,528	1,901	17,523	3,984	3,755	5,903	4,631	4,704	3,164	11,735	111,964
Postal Votes			217	209	6,328	291	167	424	88	1,318	289	394	445	420	746	335	-11,735	-64
Total Polled			3,122	3,247	44,487	5,371	2,121	3,952	1,989	18,841	4,273	4,149	6,348	5,051	5,450	3,499	0	111,900	91.05%
Registered Electors			3,352	3,561	49,618	5,755	2,253	4,279	2,137	20,473	4,661	4,497	7,040	5,475	6,097	3,708		122,906
Turnout			93.14%	91.18%	89.66%	93.33%	94.14%	92.36%	93.07%	92.03%	91.68%	92.26%	90.17%	92.26%	89.39%	94.36%		91.05%

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Västra Götaland County South
Västra Götalands Läns Södra
Constituency for the Riksdag
Location of Västra Götaland County South within Sweden
Municipality	List Bollebygd Borås Herrljunga Mark Svenljunga Tranemo Ulricehamn Vårgårda
County	Västra Götaland
Population	228,306 (2021)^[1]
Electorate	170,107 (2022)
Area	6,096 km² (2022)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1970
Seats	List 7 (2018–present) 6 (1994–2018) 7 (1991–1994) 6 (1988–1991) 7 (1970–1988)
Member of the Riksdag^[3]	List Anders Alftberg (SD) Jan Ericson (M) Patrik Jönsson (SD) Ingemar Kihlström (KD) Mikael Larsson (C) Petter Löberg (S) Ulrik Nilsson (M) Jessica Rodén (S)
Regional council	Västra Götaland Regional Council
Created from	Älvsborg County South