2018 Gävleborg regional election explained

Gävleborg County or Region Gävleborg held a regional council election on 9 September 2018, on the same day as the general and municipal elections.^{[1] [2]}

Results

The number of seats remained at 75 with the Social Democrats winning the most at 24, a drop of two from 2014.^[3]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	±
bgcolor=		Social Democrats	58,521	31.6	24	-2
bgcolor=		Moderates	27,556	14.9	11	-2
bgcolor=		Sweden Democrats	27,494	14.9	11	+3
bgcolor=		Centre Party	18,146	9.8	8	+2
bgcolor=		Left Party	15,809	8.5	7	+1
		13,176	7.1	5	-1
bgcolor=		Christian Democrats	9,364	5.1	4	+1
bgcolor=		Liberals	8,440	4.6	3	0
bgcolor=		Green Party	5,720	3.1	2	-2
	Others	805	0.4	0	0
align=left colspan=2	Invalid/blank votes	3,733
align=left colspan=2	Total	185,031	100	75	0
align=left colspan=6	Source: val.se

Municipalities

Location	Turnout	Share	Votes	S	M	SD	C	V	SJP	KD	L	MP	Other
	83.0	9.3	17,179	32.1	12.5	13.1	13.0	7.3	9.3	5.1	4.7	2.5	0.3
Gävle	85.4	35.9	66,452	30.1	18.1	15.6	5.6	8.8	6.5	4.8	6.0	3.9	0.5
Hofors	81.2	3.3	6,111	36.6	10.2	14.9	6.2	12.7	7.1	4.6	5.4	1.8	0.5
Hudiksvall	82.8	13.1	24,217	31.5	13.9	11.7	15.1	10.0	5.7	5.2	2.6	3.6	0.5
Ljusdal	79.6	6.3	11,676	32.0	16.9	13.5	10.9	6.9	9.0	3.7	3.4	3.4	0.4
Nordanstig	81.3	3.2	5,985	30.9	11.3	17.1	12.2	9.2	7.0	6.5	3.2	2.0	0.5
Ockelbo	83.8	2.1	3,900	34.0	8.9	22.1	11.8	6.3	8.6	3.6	1.8	2.4	0.4
Ovanåker	84.0	4.1	7,592	30.3	9.7	11.9	18.7	4.0	9.0	11.7	2.6	1.6	0.3
Sandviken	84.1	13.6	25,127	35.0	13.9	17.2	6.7	8.6	6.7	4.2	5.2	2.1	0.3
Söderhamn	84.0	9.1	16,792	30.4	12.9	14.6	15.3	8.7	7.6	4.8	2.8	2.5	0.3
Total	83.8	100.0	185,031	31.6	14.9	14.9	9.8	8.5	7.1	5.1	4.6	3.1	0.4
align=left colspan=14	Source: val.se

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gävleborgs län - Röster - Val 2018. sv. Valmyndigheten. 21 September 2018. 27 March 2020.
2. Web site: Röster - Val 2018. sv. Valmyndigheten. 16 September 2018. 1 September 2020. 17 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181217125738/https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html. dead.
3. Web site: Gävleborgs län - Valda - Val 2018. sv. Valmyndigheten. 21 September 2018. 27 March 2020. 8 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190708155546/https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/L/lan/21/valda.html. dead.