Although the bloc compositions were similar to 1998, the complexions of the centre-right bloc shifted radically. Under new party leader Bo Lundgren, the Moderates lost more than seven percentage points and barely held on as the largest party in its coalition. Only eight municipalities in all of Sweden had the Moderates as the largest party, six of which were in the Stockholm area.[3] The Peoples' Party led by Lars Leijonborg, instead more than doubled its parliamentary delegation and received above 13% of the vote. Lundgren resigned in the wake of the election, leading to the selection of future Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as the Moderate leader.
Among the four other Riksdag parties, the Christian Democrats and the Left Party both lost ground, whereas the Centre and Green parties managed to reach the parliamentary threshold of four percentage points.
Among minor parties, the Norrbotten Party reached 9.4% of the vote in its county, polling above 20% in some inland areas, although this was not enough to gain a Riksdag seat.[3] The Sweden Democrats became the eight largest party for the first time, making sizeable gains and winning more council seats than ever before.
Votes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes within the coalition that won relative majority.
Cartogram of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast.
Map showing the voting shifts from the 1998 to the 2002 election. Darker blue indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that formed the centre-right bloc. Darker red indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form the left-wing bloc.
Votes by municipality as a scale from red/Left-wing bloc to blue/Centre-right bloc.
Cartogram of vote with each municipality rescaled in proportion to number of valid votes cast. Deeper blue represents a relative majority for the centre-right coalition, brighter red represents a relative majority for the left-wing coalition.
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Further readingedit
Madeley, John T. S. (April 2003). "'The Swedish model is dead! Long live the Swedish model!' The 2002 Riksdag election". West European Politics. 26 (2): 165–173. doi:10.1080/01402380512331341161.
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General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 2002 1 alongside municipal and county council elections The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag winning 144 of the 349 seats 2 2002 Swedish general election 1998 15 September 2002 2006 outgoing memberselected members All 349 seats in the Riksdag175 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Goran Persson Bo Lundgren Lars Leijonborg Party Social Democrats Moderate Liberals Alliance Centre left Centre right Centre right Last election 131 seats 82 seats 17 seats Seats won 144 55 48 Seat change 13 27 31 Popular vote 2 113 560 809 041 710 312 Percentage 39 9 15 3 13 4 Swing 3 5pp 7 6pp 8 7pp Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Alf Svensson Gudrun Schyman Maud Olofsson Party Christian Democrats Left Centre Alliance Centre right Centre left Centre right Last election 42 seats 43 seats 18 seats Seats won 33 30 22 Seat change 9 13 4 Popular vote 485 235 444 854 328 428 Percentage 9 2 8 4 6 2 Swing 2 6pp 3 6pp 1 1pp Seventh party Leader Peter Eriksson Maria Wetterstrand Party Green Alliance Centre left Last election 16 seats Seats won 17 Seat change 1 Popular vote 246 392 Percentage 4 7 Swing 0 2ppDistribution of constituency and levelling seats and largest political bloc within each constituencyLargest party within each constituency and municipalityPM before election Goran Persson Social Democrats Elected PM Goran Persson Social Democrats After securing a confidence and supply agreement with the Left Party and the Green Party Prime Minister Goran Persson was able to remain in his position in a third consecutive term as a minority government Although the bloc compositions were similar to 1998 the complexions of the centre right bloc shifted radically Under new party leader Bo Lundgren the Moderates lost more than seven percentage points and barely held on as the largest party in its coalition Only eight municipalities in all of Sweden had the Moderates as the largest party six of which were in the Stockholm area 3 The Peoples Party led by Lars Leijonborg instead more than doubled its parliamentary delegation and received above 13 of the vote Lundgren resigned in the wake of the election leading to the selection of future Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as the Moderate leader Among the four other Riksdag parties the Christian Democrats and the Left Party both lost ground whereas the Centre and Green parties managed to reach the parliamentary threshold of four percentage points Among minor parties the Norrbotten Party reached 9 4 of the vote in its county polling above 20 in some inland areas although this was not enough to gain a Riksdag seat 3 The Sweden Democrats became the eight largest party for the first time making sizeable gains and winning more council seats than ever before Contents 1 Debates 2 Results 2 1 Seat distribution 2 2 By municipality 3 References 4 Further readingDebates edit2002 Swedish general election debates Date Time Organizers Moderators P Present I Invitee N Non invitee S M V KD C L MP Refs Sveriges Television Stina Lundberg Erik Fichtelius sv PGoran Persson PBo Lundgren PGudrun Schyman PAlf Svensson PMaud Olofsson PLars Leijonborg PPeter Eriksson 4 Results editMain article Results of the 2002 Swedish general election nbsp PartyVotes Seats Swedish Social Democratic Party2 113 56039 85144 13Moderate Party809 04115 2655 27Liberal People s Party710 31213 3948 31Christian Democrats485 2359 1533 9Left Party444 8548 3930 13Centre Party328 4286 1922 4Green Party246 3924 6517 1Sweden Democrats76 3001 4400Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party37 5730 7100Norrbotten Party14 8540 280 New Future9 3370 1800Scania Party4 5640 090 National Democrats4 1220 080 Socialist Party3 2130 0600Socialist Justice Party1 5190 0300Communist Party1 1820 0200Unity6030 0100Free List2740 010 Voice of the Free People2070 000 European Workers Party1630 000 New Democracy1060 0000Welfare Party940 000 National Democratic Party870 000 Alliance Party580 000 Skane Federalists520 000 Communist League460 000 Citizens Party270 000 National Householders170 000 Republicans150 000 Tax Reformists140 000 Popular Democrats120 000 New Swedes D P N S 110 000 Donald Duck Party100 000 Party of Love80 000 Populist Party80 000 Blank Voters Party A Political Marking70 000 Sports Party70 000 Preschool Party Children s Voice60 000 God Trolls Witches Beings and Cosmic Powers Party40 000 ATP Pensions And Widows Pensions Party40 000 Singles Party Sorry but we exist too30 000 Cloning no Thanks I am a Unique Person Party30 000 Animal Welfare Party A Loving Life for our Animals30 000 Beach Protection Party30 000 Viking Party Sweden Out of the EU20 000 Dog Party The Dog Man s Best Friend20 000 Shaman s Indigenous Party20 000 Crisis10 000 Dust Online10 000 Santa Party Children s and Animals Best Friend10 000 Dentist High Cost Party10 000 Land we Inherited Party10 000 The Boiled Frog Dance Party The Swedish Man Today10 000 Football Party10 000 Other parties10 8610 200 Total5 303 212100 003490Valid votes5 303 21298 47Invalid blank votes82 2181 53Total votes5 385 430100 00Registered voters turnout6 722 15280 11Source Val Seat distribution edit Constituency Totalseats Seats won By party By coalition S M F KD V C MP Red green Right Blekinge 6 3 1 1 1 3 3 Dalarna 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4 Gavleborg 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4 Gothenburg 18 6 3 4 2 2 1 9 9 Gotland 2 2 2 Halland 11 4 2 2 1 1 1 5 6 Jamtland 6 3 1 1 1 4 2 Jonkoping 13 5 2 1 3 1 1 6 7 Kalmar 9 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 Kronoberg 7 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 Malmo 9 5 2 1 1 6 3 Norrbotten 11 6 1 1 1 1 1 8 3 Orebro 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4 Ostergotland 17 7 3 2 2 1 1 1 9 8 Skane North and East 11 5 2 1 1 1 1 6 5 Skane South 14 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 7 7 Skane West 10 4 2 2 1 1 5 5 Sodermanland 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4 Stockholm County 39 13 9 8 3 3 1 2 18 21 Stockholm Municipality 29 9 7 6 2 3 2 14 15 Uppsala 12 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 6 6 Varmland 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4 Vasterbotten 11 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4 Vasternorrland 10 5 1 1 1 1 1 6 4 Vastmanland 10 5 1 1 1 1 1 6 4 Vastra Gotaland East 9 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 Vastra Gotaland North 10 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 4 Vastra Gotaland South 7 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 Vastra Gotaland West 13 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 7 6 Total 349 144 55 48 33 30 22 17 191 158 Source Statistics Sweden By municipality edit nbsp Votes by municipality The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes within the coalition that won relative majority nbsp Cartogram of the map to the left with each municipality rescaled to the number of valid votes cast nbsp Map showing the voting shifts from the 1998 to the 2002 election Darker blue indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that formed the centre right bloc Darker red indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form the left wing bloc nbsp Votes by municipality as a scale from red Left wing bloc to blue Centre right bloc nbsp Cartogram of vote with each municipality rescaled in proportion to number of valid votes cast Deeper blue represents a relative majority for the centre right coalition brighter red represents a relative majority for the left wing coalition References edit Nohlen D amp Stover P 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p1858 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Nohlen amp Stover p1873 a b Sverige Valomrade 2002 09 27 09 16 45 in Swedish Valmyndigheten 27 September 2002 Archived from the original on 7 September 2021 Retrieved 19 November 2019 Sweden Sveriges Television AB Stockholm Slutdebatter Val 2002 Slutdebatten in Swedish retrieved 1 February 2024 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Further reading editMadeley John T S April 2003 The Swedish model is dead Long live the Swedish model The 2002 Riksdag election West European Politics 26 2 165 173 doi 10 1080 01402380512331341161 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 Swedish general election amp oldid 1201726937, wikipedia, wiki, 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