| Type: | parliamentary |
| Election Name: | 2021 Swedish Church Assembly elections |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Swedish Church Assembly elections |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2025 Swedish Church Assembly elections |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
| Election Date: | 19 September 2021 |
| Seats For Election: | All 251 seats in the General Synod |
| Majority Seats: | 126 |
| Party1: | Social Democrats |
| Last Election1: | 76 seats, 30.3% |
| Seats1: | 70 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 243,246 |
| Percentage1: | 27.5% |
| Swing1: | 2.8 pp |
| Colour2: | FFC72C |
| Party2: | Non-partisans |
| Last Election2: | 43 seats, 17.1% |
| Seats2: | 47 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 170,946 |
| Percentage2: | 19.3% |
| Swing2: | 2.3 pp |
| Party3: | Centre |
| Last Election3: | 34 seats, 13.7% |
| Seats3: | 30 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 96,797 |
| Percentage3: | 10.9% |
| Swing3: | 2.7 pp |
| Colour4: | 316695 |
| Last Election4: | 22 seats, 8.8% |
| Seats4: | 20 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 71,046 |
| Percentage4: | 8.0% |
| Swing4: | 0.8 pp |
| Party5: | Sweden Democrats |
| Last Election5: | 24 seats, 9.3% |
| Seats5: | 19 |
| Seat Change5: | 5 |
| Popular Vote5: | 68,941 |
| Percentage5: | 7.8% |
| Swing5: | 1.5 pp |
| Party6: | Left |
| Last Election6: | 9 seats, 3.8% |
| Seats6: | 19 |
| Seat Change6: | 10 |
| Popular Vote6: | 67,519 |
| Percentage6: | 7.6% |
| Swing6: | 3.9 pp |
| Colour7: | E96656 |
| Last Election7: | 11 seats, 4.4% |
| Seats7: | 13 |
| Seat Change7: | 2 |
| Popular Vote7: | 48,692 |
| Percentage7: | 5.5% |
| Swing7: | 1.1 pp |
The Swedish Church Assembly elections were held on 19 September 2021. All 251 seats in the General Synod of the Church of Sweden were up for election, as well as local governing bodies.
In church elections in Sweden all members of the Church of Sweden over the age of 16 may vote. It takes through proportional representation by lists presented by nominating groups, many of which are political parties or affiliated with political parties. The election is for the governing bodies of the Church of Sweden at the parish, diocese, and national level. [1]
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| Nominating group | Votes | Seats | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | ± | ± | ||||||||
| Swedish Social Democratic Party (S) | 243,246 | 27.50% | –2.84% | 70 | –6 | |||||
| Non-Partisans in the Church of Sweden (POSK) | 170,946 | 19.33% | +2.27% | 47 | +4 | |||||
| Centre Party (C) | 96,797 | 10.94% | –2.75% | 30 | –4 | |||||
| (BorgA) | 71,046 | 8.03% | –0.77% | 20 | –2 | |||||
| Sweden Democrats (SD) | 68,941 | 7.79% | –1.48% | 19 | –5 | |||||
| The Left in the Church of Sweden (ViSK) | 67,519 | 7.63% | +3.88% | 19 | +10 | |||||
| (ÖKA) | 48,692 | 5.50% | +1.08% | 13 | +2 | |||||
| Bold Church (FK) | 30,666 | 3.47% | –0.50% | 8 | –2 | |||||
| Environmentals in the Church of Sweden (MPSKDG) | 28,806 | 3.26% | +0.88% | 8 | +2 | |||||
| (KR) | 24,170 | 2.73% | –0.24% | 7 | +0 | |||||
| Free Liberals in the Church of Sweden (FiSK) | 14,211 | 1.61% | –1.33% | 4 | –3 | |||||
| Alternative for Sweden (AfS) | 11,112 | 1.26% | – | 3 | New | |||||
| Heaven and Earth (HoJ) | 5,344 | 0.60% | – | 1 | New | |||||
| Green Christians (GK) | 2,011 | 0.23% | +0.06% | 0 | +0 | |||||
| Church Collaboration in Visby Diocese (KysV) | 1,067 | 0.12% | -0.00% | 0 | +0 | |||||
| Abroad voters | 2 | +0 | ||||||||
| Totals | style=text-align:right;width:75px | 884,574 | style=text-align:right;width:50px | 100.0 | style=text-align:right;width:50px | – | style=text-align:right;width:50px | 251 | style=text-align:right;width:50px | ±0 |
| Blank and invalid votes | style=text-align:right | 16,179 | style=text-align:right | style=text-align:right | style=text-align:right | – | style=text-align:right | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | style=text-align:right | 4,898,123 | style=text-align:right | 18.39 | style=text-align:right | -0.69 | style=text-align:right | – | style=text-align:right | – |
| Source: kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se | ||||||||||