2002 Stockholm municipal election explained

The 2002 Stockholm municipal election was held on Sunday, 15 September 2002. The election used a party-list proportional representation system to allocate the 101-seats of the Stockholm City Council (Stockholms stadsfullmäktige) to the various Swedish political parties. This election was held concurrently with the 2002 Swedish parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 77.7%.

This election marks the first time since the election of 1976 that the Stockholm Party failed to win any seats, ending their 23-year streak of representation on the City Council.

Results

PartyVotesSeats
%+ –
+ –
bgcolor= width="5"Social Democrats
Socialdemokraterna (s)
149,87132.1%+6.5%35+6
bgcolor= width="5"Moderate Party
Moderaterna (m)
121,40526.0%–6.9%28–8
bgcolor= width="5"Liberal People's Party
Folkpartiet liberalerna (fp)
73,73615.8%+8.0%17+8
bgcolor= width="5"Left Party
Vänsterpartiet (v)
52,32511.2%–1.1%11–2
bgcolor= width="5"Green Party
Miljöpartiet (mp)
24,9655.3%–0.6%6±0
bgcolor= width="5"Christian Democrats
Kristdemokratiska samlingspartiet (kd)
20,7464.4%–1.9%5–1
Stockholm Party
Stockholmspartiet (sp)
9,1372.0%–2.4%0–3
bgcolor= width="5"Centre Party
Centerpartiet (c)
5,9391.3%–0.8%0±0
Other parties8,7721.9%–0.8%0±0
Total466,896100%101±0
Invalid ballots8,469

See also

References