The 2010 Stockholm municipal election was held on 19 September 2010, concurrently with the 2010 Swedish general election. The election determined how many seats each party would be allocated on the 101-member Stockholm city council (Stockholms kommunfullmäktige) through a system of proportional representation. A total of 541,716 votes were cast in this election, for a total voter turnout of 81.58%
This election confirmed the trend of the Green Party winning voters in the Swedish capital and other major urban areas in Sweden. The Sweden Democrats - for the first time winning seats in the national parliament - had a significantly lower share of votes in the Stockholm election, receiving only 2.62% of the votes (5.70% on national level).
Results
Election results
PartyVotesSeats%±##±% mModerate PartyModeraterna34.38% 2.86 184,53338 337.6% sSocial DemocratsSocialdemokraterna22.60% 1,82 121,27325 224.8% mpGreen PartyMiljöpartiet13.87% 4.67 74,43716 615.8% fpPeople's PartyFolkpartiet10.02% 0.38 53,77010±09.9% vLeft PartyVänsterpartiet7.44% 0.47 39,9208 17.9% cCentre PartyCenterpartiet3.98% 0.83 21,3353 23.0% kdChristian DemocratsKristdemokraterna3.49% 0.42 18,7051 21.0% Parties that failed to win seats: sdSwedish DemocratsSverigedemokraterna2.62% 0.99 14,085 0 ±0 fi Feminist InitiativeFeminist initiativ1.16% 0.02 6,216 0 ±0 rsSocialist Justice PartyRättvisepartiet Socialisterna0.15% 0.08 790 0 ±0 k Communist PartyKommunistiska partiet0.07% 0.02 402 0 ±0 Popvox0.05% 0.05 258 0 ±0 nd National DemocratsNationaldemokraterna 0.03% 0.04 147 0 ±0 Communist LeagueKommunistiska förbundet 16 0 ±0 Mosebacke DemocratsMosebackedemokraterna 4 0 ±0 Write-in parties 0.15% 1.25 792 0 ±0 Party blocs: Alliance/coalition Votes Seats % ± # # ± % The AllianceAlliansenm + fp + c+ kd51.8% 2.08278,34352 351.5% Red-GreensDe rödgrönas + mp + v43.9% 2.37 235,63048 348.5%
References
See also Elections in Sweden List of political parties in Sweden City of Stockholm