Västmanland County or Region Västmanland held a regional council election on 9 September 2018, on the same day as the general and municipal elections.[1] [2]
The number of seats remained at 77 with the Social Democrats winning the most at 27, a drop of three from 2014.[3] Among the traditional national blocs, the leftist parties received 44.0% and the centre-right parties 40.2%.[1] Since the Green Party did not receive enough votes to gain seats, the seat share was the much closer 33–32.[3]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ± | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | Social Democrats | 57,522 | 33.3 | 27 | -3 | |
| bgcolor= | Moderates | 35,214 | 20.4 | 16 | -1 | |
| bgcolor= | Sweden Democrats | 25,910 | 15.2 | 12 | +4 | |
| bgcolor= | Left Party | 13,657 | 7.9 | 6 | 0 | |
| bgcolor= | Liberals | 11,772 | 6.8 | 6 | +1 | |
| bgcolor= | Centre Party | 11,641 | 6.7 | 5 | +1 | |
| bgcolor= | Christian Democrats | 10,637 | 6.2 | 5 | +2 | |
| bgcolor= | Green Party | 4,672 | 2.7 | 0 | -4 | |
| Others | 1,487 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| align=left colspan=2 | Invalid/blank votes | 3,215 | ||||
| align=left colspan=2 | Total | 172,512 | 100 | 77 | 0 | |
| align=left colspan=6 | Source: val.se | |||||
| Location | Turnout | Share | Votes | S | M | SD | V | L | C | KD | MP | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arboga | 83.6 | 5.3 | 9,080 | 36.3 | 21.6 | 15.7 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 0.7 |
| Fagersta | 79.4 | 4.6 | 7,856 | 44.3 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 11.0 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| Hallstahammar | 82.1 | 5.9 | 10,138 | 39.0 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 8.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 |
| Kungsör | 84.8 | 3.1 | 5,373 | 34.9 | 17.0 | 18.3 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.8 |
| Köping | 82.2 | 9.5 | 16,472 | 37.5 | 15.7 | 19.7 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 |
| Norberg | 83.1 | 2.1 | 3,622 | 44.6 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Sala | 85.2 | 8.6 | 14,777 | 31.8 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 15.9 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 1.2 |
| Skinnskatteberg | 81.9 | 1.7 | 2,851 | 42.4 | 9.4 | 19.7 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Surahammar | 80.8 | 3.6 | 6,184 | 38.1 | 15.4 | 21.8 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
| Västerås | 83.8 | 55.7 | 96,159 | 30.0 | 23.9 | 13.0 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 0.8 |
| Total | 83.3 | 100.0 | 172,512 | 33.3 | 20.4 | 15.0 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 0.9 |
| align=left colspan=13 | Source: val.se |